Christmas is no longer a religious holiday, it is now a day, nay, a season to worship capitalism. No longer do we make spending time with family a priority, unless of course, you are without blood family and your circle of friends is your family. Back to school sales in July, Halloween sales by Labor Day, and Christmas arrives by the 31st of October. The day after Thanksgiving, when we express thanks for all that we do have, hoards of vicious, evil, hungry shoppers descend upon the big box stores to spend money they don't have, for people they don't like, buying shit they don't want. We've seen the pictures and videos of the WalMart crew beating the shit out of each other, crowd surfing out the front door with that aforementioned shit in boxes beat to hell. That's Christmas?
Goddess forbid that retail stores don't meet their sales targets for the season. The financial experts then declare that the season has been a disaster. A disaster? Really? Because the CEO can't buy that 3rd vacation home, the bonuses are smaller for senior management? That's a disaster? Puh-leeze. Merry Capitalismas.
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