Christmas eve tomorrow. Christ-mas is about celebrating the birth of a baby in the historic equivalent of a youth hostel, 2007 years ago.
It’s also about the shortest day of the year. How to get the sun to come back again, and the pagan ceremonial around it – burn a log, sacrifice a human being, get very drunk, have promiscuous sex.
It’s also about consumerism. Huge upsurge in sales for all kinds of material goods. Socks, electronics, bath soaps, cooking pots, you name it, it’s a present. Throngs of harassed and desperate shoppers rushing to the sound of christmas carols.
And it’s also about gathering with your family and eating too much. Navigate your way around family grudges. Going to church or not going to church. Nurture some genuine warmth. Go to bed a little bloated, and wake up for more of the same.
We’ll survive it, once again. Might even be OK.
Merry Christmas, Squidmas, NewtonMas to you all !
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Merry Xmas to you Elise !