Happy socially enforced consumerism day everyone!
It's always sparkling capitalism if you're an Atheist.
Shareholders thank you for buying many of their junk with precalculated breaking points though!
The tradition of gift giving at Yule predates capitalism and even Christ. So while it's capitalist today, the tradition can be celebrated in a non capitalist way by giving your loved ones handmade spears and axes.
The family get together could get even more interesting than usual with that many weapons added to the mix.
Finally a traditional way to deal with that annoying stepmom.
Maybe a bit of an unpopular opinion here, but how about you just let other people have their fun with a holiday however they want? With everything being a constant firehouse of shit coming at us lately, just let us be happy for a day and indulge in this nonsense.
For me the theme-ing of Christmas and the feeling of benevolence are things I can enjoy.
What annoys [tires] me and likely the intent of the post is sorta like an engagement ring, where it's commonly portrayed in media that the more money you spend, the more you 'love' the person.
Exactly. I believe Halloween decor spending has been catching up to Christmas decor spending, but some people get particularly touchy about Christmas. People just want some joy. No, it shouldn't have to be associated with purchasing, but many people have more money than time to invest in creating the ambience they want. There are so many more important things to get worked up about than people spending money on things that make them happy.
I'm sorry but tge fact that we can't even say "Fuck Christmas" is part of the problem. toxic positivity is baked into the holiday. it adds pressure to an already dark time
historically the holiday was about banding together through the darkest part of winter, so you are definitely speaking from a place of tradition, but...
we're allowed to feel differently from the culturally accepted way of thinking about this holiday, even if we all enjoy it. fuck christmas.
Who here is stopping you from having fun?
I am! I forbid specifically him to have any fun >:3
THIS
You don't have to enjoy Christmas, but maybe STFU OP. I am a manic depressive with anxiety and this is one of the few days a year I can really be happy.
Not the most horrific thing, wanting to give people gifts. You don't even have to buy them, could make something yourself and whatnot
Your username being Finnish I assume it's more Yule and less CHRISTmas for you as well?
Our ancestors celebrated winter solstice long before Christianity was even a thing, and everyone knows the best gifts are handmade, not storebought. Emotions over stuff.
At ours this year, the kids got toys, but the adults got framed family photos and such.
The thing I think that a lot of people forget is that you don't have to wait until Christmas/Yule to do it. Imagine if everyone treated each other like it was Christmas every day of the year. Just, you know, without all the depressing nostalgia music and needing to spend money willy-nilly. What an idea!
That seems exhausting.
For the schismatics in the room Christmas is in January 😔
I'll be damned before bending the knee to the king of Rome!
Lemmy is the equivalent of your annoying cousin going through a Che Guevara phase: they're going to spend the most of the holiday mumbling into their chin about "commercialization" and "exploitation", but you're nonetheless happy they're here.
... in this case, it's sparkling (for 5 minutes) consumerism enforced by capitalism 90+% of the time.
Idk, but I can't believe plastic reindeer & plastic cocacolaman (Santa) everywhere really bring any joy to most people.
Everyone is free to enjoy the holidays, working retail kind of sucked the life out of it for me personally.
Hot take
Yes it is a Christian holiday and is part of the Christian faith
Naah, it's Pagan. Christians just hijacked it to make it socially acceptable in old Rome.
so bored of this joke now
Okay Buzz Killington.
I imagine huffing their own farts this much must catch them a buzz, at least.
It must suck to be miserable 365 days a year.
So you're saying just 364 but not the 25th of December?
well this year is a leap year so that would make it 366 days. so it could be 365 days except for the 25th of December