MERRY CHRISTMAS
My wife and I don’t celebrate
Christmas, but we do celebrate the Winter Solstice. However, I enjoy the Christmas season.
The commercial aspect of the
holiday (beginning with Black Friday) is the Christian version of Pagans
shedding their propriety and dancing naked around a fire at the beginning of winter.
Actually, the
commercialization of Christmas is one of the main reasons that Christianity
still flourishes. Businesses throughout
the country hop on the band wagon and tout The
Season with displays and advertisements and Christmas music in all their
stores.
From Thanksgiving until
December 25th you can not get away from Christmas – it is a
commercial mind fuck. Without this
commercialization Christmas would be like Hanukkah: a celebration that would
pass unnoticed except for those with deep affiliation.
You must count down the days;
you must decorate; you must buy presents for the children and family; you must
join in the holiday spirit; you must – you must – you must: all a part of the
God indoctrination.
I am not saying that the
stores are proselytizing for Christ but they end up as part of the Christian
propaganda.
Anyway: A Happy New Year to
All!
Morning verse:
This morning as I wake
I vow to see each thing as it is
And not to forsake the world
End of day verse:
This evening as I sleep
I vow to still all things
And put an end to confusion
Our Solstice Tree
We keep our tree decorated
through the dark, stormy months of January and February. It adds color and brightness to our house
and lifts our spirits.
the Ol'Buzzard
Actually, I rather like the idea of dancing around the fire but can easily live without Christmas. I was thinking how mushy, perhaps not such a bad thing, people get over Christmas. I don't know but as with many things people do, it is all curious and a bit foreign to my mind.
ReplyDeleteHappy another day Buzz.
OB,
ReplyDeleteIt is 22 right now in Hoosierland -What is the temp in Maine?
I sure as hell am not going to be dancing around any fire bare-assed in this weather! Good holiday - too much Crown Royal when I got home.
Good post!
Ron
It's strange to me too that millions of North Americans have just engaged in an all-out orgy of conspicuous consumption and mindless waste to celebrate the birth of a poor carpenter’s son in a stable in Bethlehem.
ReplyDeleteI still send out the requisite cards to family and close friends as well as a couple of gifts. Otherwise, we haven't celebrated what's known as a traditional Christmas since 1989.
Your Solstice tree is beautiful and your views are prudent.
Best wishes for a good new year.
It's a beautiful tree and I love that you enjoy it through the dark winter.
ReplyDeleteChristmases past have been up and down, neither great or truly bad, but have usually enjoyed the season, at least when it only lasted from Thanksgiving to Xmas. Now it starts sometime after Labor Day, but that's a different rant. When the kids were young we tried to make Xmas enjoyable for them, but there were some disappointments for them which seemed minor to us, but maybe not to the kids. Anywho, what I'm trying to say is I used to more or less enjoy the season, most people seemed friendly, but in recent years I have come to enjoy it less and less because of the stupid "War on Christmas" bullshit!!
ReplyDeletePeace and happiness to you & yours!
ReplyDeletestarts after Labor day? Here it is December 27th, only 363 more day to Christmas and folks got their lights up already...ohhh...they haven't taken them down yet....uhhh...why bother.....?
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