Name a Holiday celebrated by Americans that has not been exploited by
our Capitalist Overlords.
Holidays are called Holidays because they are single day celebrations.
Otherwise they would be called Holiweeks(Holy weeks).
But the corporate exploiters are not bothered by such limitations.
Take for example President's Day. Did I say, Day? Madison Avenue
calls it "President's day week long sales.
Each Holiday has a buffer of several days around it to enable the
product pushers to do their thing.
The granddaddy of all, is of course, Christmas. Christmas has pretty
much shoved past Thanksgiving day, since Turkey Day sales are mostly
limited to food sales. Even Halloween has to fight for shelf space
with Christmas. The preparation for that one day, that Holy Day of
Love and Giving and Sharing, that Holiest of Holy Days for Christians,
has had its purpose totally corrupted by Commercialism.
Jesus, whose birthday some folks still think Christmas represents, has
been pretty much replaced by Santa Claus, as the chief Product Pusher.
Remember the tale of the frog who sat in the pan of water? The water
slowly heated up and the frog adjusted to the rising
temperature...until it boiled to death.
We have been slowly adjusting to rising gluttony. One fine day we
will realize, too late, that we have been consumed by our own fat.
Carl Jarvis
On 12/19/18, Roger Loran Bailey <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
It was an ancient Roman holiday called Saturnalia. It was taken over by
the Christians when they took over Rome. It's celebration has changed
over the generations to match the economic system that existed at any
given time. Thusly, it is and has been for some time a capitalist
marketing event. What does it mean to me? I don't celebrate it and do my
best to ignore it. However, most of every November and all of every
December it is shoved in my face wherever I turn. For that reason its
greatest significance for me is as an annoyance.
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J.K. Rowling
“ I mean, you could claim that anything's real if the only basis for
believing in it is that nobody's proved it doesn't exist! ”
― J.K. Rowling
On 12/19/2018 12:37 PM, Mostafa Almahdy wrote:
Hello everyone. As we're reaching this upcoming week, Christmas is
scheduled to be next Tuesday. December the twenty fifth is said to be
Christmas. We wholly knew that it absolutely has nothing to do with
Jesus's birth. Traditionally, it has just been affiliated with the
nativity tale. In western culture, this day is a public holiday.
Scholarly, however, Jesus hasn't been born on December the twenty
fifth. I do not destine to be argumentative with this piece of
composition. I'd just like to ask, despite your background, whether
you're Christian, Jew, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu or even Atheist. As you
live in the west, Christmas, what's it for you? What's it like to
experience Christmas in a western country? As far as I knew, it's all
about family gatherings, food and presents. It's a beautiful season
for people to see their families and spend good time with them.
Typically, people live far from their families and Christmas is an
opportunity for loved ones to warmly gather. As we're nearly in the
season, here are some key vocabulary that is related to Christmas.
First we have, Christmas bells. Christmas bells is any of several
plants of the genus Blandfordia having large orange or crimson
flowers. Then, we have Christmasberry, which is an ornamental
evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States
having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits, often placed in
genus Photinia. Third, we have, Christmas bush. Christmas bush is an
Australian tree or shrub with red flowers, often used in Christmas
decoration. Fourth, we have got, Christmas cactus. It's epiphytic
cactus of Brazilian ancestry widely cultivated as a houseplant having
jointed flat segments and usually rose-purple flowers that bloom in
winter. Fifth, Christmas begonia, which is hybrid winter-blooming
begonia grown for its many large pink flowers. Sixth and ultimately,
Christmas fern, is aNorth American evergreen fern having pinnate
leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds. That was the first
segment which is pertained to Christmas plants. Now, to the second
segment, which is related to Christmas typical items, dates,
activities and medical terms. First, Christmas card. It's a card
expressing a Christmas greeting. Second, Christmas carol, is a joyful
religious song celebrating the birth of Christ. . Third, Christmas
day, is a Christian holiday on 25th December celebrating the birth of
Christ. Fourth, Christmas disease, is a clotting disorder similar to
hemophilia A but caused by a congenital deficiency of factor IX.
Fifth, Christmas Eve, is the day before Christmas. Sixth, Christmas
factor, is coagulation factor whose absence is associated with
hemophilia B. Seventh, Christmas cake is a rich fruitcake, usually
covered with icing and marzipan and eaten at Christmas. Christmas
traditional celebration is a relatively newcomer to the purportedly
initial Christmas chronicle. Dubiously, is Christmas still a Christian
holiday? What's the relationship between December 25th and Mithra?
This is ancient Persian god of light and truth, sun god. What's the
association between this and Christ's allegedly attributed nativity
tale? I think this has to fairly be asked to major clergy. If this
season is of essentially pagan essence, how has it gotten into your
religious tradition? Christ's actual nativity tale is accurately
related in the Noble Koran. The Koran attributes the miraculous birth
to Jesus. Our belief in Jesus is of orthodox origin. I keenly look
forward to hearing from you. Merry Christmas and happy new upcoming
year. I wish each and everyone pleasantness and prosperity in 2019.
Thank you so much for patiently reading, Mustafa
