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Web posted on December 8, 2005 at 11:32

This holiday season is pissing me off, with all those corporations doing things like having "holiday sales" and calling trees "holiday trees" instead of "Christmas trees" (which they have been called for years).

Jay Leno had an excellent point... apparently Satan and Dracula are ok (for Halloween), but Jesus isn't for Christmas. Apparently, we're allowed to celebrate Halloween, which has a pagan/satanist background, and other holidays, but we aren't able to celebrate Christmas. It's clear who runs companies now.

So, I wonder what would happen if they tried to run other holidays (in no order)...

Sweetest Day: Oh wait, they created this just so we can get couples without a clue to come out and spend inflated $$$ on Sweetest Day goods, and to try to replicate Valentine's Day. People with a clue would celebrate their own time, perhaps even more than once.

Valentine's Day: It became clear to me in elementary school that it's all fluff. Plus, there is obvious greed... say when you want to buy a dozen roses, a florist will jack up the price to $50-$60, where normally they'd be $20-$30 (depending on their origin). Plus, I can't forget about the bowling shoes. On top of that, St. Valentine never was one who brought such love. So, they have already done stuff to this holiday.

Easter: Easter was the day Jesus rose from the dead after being crucified. Aside from celebrating that, we typically have done Easter egg hunts and had a few other things to go with it. Lately though, I'm seeing a lot of people treating it as another day to give gifts and to get people in the stores. Virtually all stores are open on Easter now (but they still have to be closed for Christmas?). Pretty soon, with all the pastel stuff they sell, it will become "Martha Stewart Sunday"... but wait... she's very offensive.

Independence Day/Memorial Day/Labor Day/Veteran's Day: After 9/11... I saw the greed in people capitalizing on so-called patriotism, and naturally, they just sell a lot of red, white, and blue themed goods. Though, fireworks are awesome.

Columbus Day: I'm glad that they really don't celebrate it. He really didn't discover it... those "natives" really did.

Yom Kippur, Ramadan, and Passover: Why don't they touch them?

I'm too pissed to write anymore about the holidays. Just turn them back to the way they used to be and screw this political correctness.

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