My family - those are the people with whom I will be spending my next two weeks. I kind of really like my family. Sometimes they can be assholes, but for the most part love love love. I feel bad for people who never had a positive familial influence in their life. It's nice to have that support.
Anyway,
Christmas. My family is technically Jewish on my mother's side. But..my mom still celebrates Christmas even post divorce. Truthfully, I don't think it particularly matters which holiday we are celebrating. My family is not religious, we just appreciate the holidays as a time of year to celebrate each other and maybe buy some stuff.
The capitalists get you whether you're a Jew or a Jesus freak. Or..if you're neither and just like pretty new things in the winter. To a certain extent, I'm okay with that. Christmas is what you make of it as an individual. I get a lot of pleasure out of thinking about very meaningful gifts to express my care for an individual. Sometimes that involves buying things, but mostly I try to create my gifts with my hands. It just seems so much more special that way. And if you're poor you don't have much of a choice anyway.
My dad is dating Scrooge, so they basically don't even celebrate Christmas. I find that very odd. Scrooge's birthday is on Christmas day which I imagine would be pretty annoying as a child. That doesn't mean you should pretend the holiday doesn't exist once you're a (young) adult, just because you're jealous of Jesus. IT'S JESUS' BIRTHDAY TOO MUTHA FUCKA. Can't ya'll sharezy the day?
It's sort of scary that corporations and ad campaigns rule our so called religious practices so much. I mean, this is supposed to be a highly sacred holiday, yet rarely is the focus shifted from explosive-buy-shit at-the-mall diarrhea. Yum. Separation of church and state? How about separation of church and corporations. Although, I guess that's sort of the same thing at this point. Can I get a "bailout"! WOOP WOOP?!
Until next time, texture.
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