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minus-square__nobodynowhere@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·7 days agoChristmas’s problem is that it has been too successful. It’s no longer a religious holiday. It’s a cultural holiday that has permeated every aspect of American culture.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-27 days agoLike everything else it touches, capitalism co-opted and ruined it.
minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·7 days agoThe true meaning of Christmas is: it was a Coca-Cola advertisement.
minus-squareQueen HawlSera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 days agoI’m tried of this cynical pseudo-history.
minus-squaredustyData@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoSo, would you prefer we return to Saturnalia?
minus-squareQueen HawlSera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoUnironically yes, these pathetic human mortals have forgotten the reason for the season, they don’t know the true meaning of Saturnalia.
Christmas’s problem is that it has been too successful. It’s no longer a religious holiday. It’s a cultural holiday that has permeated every aspect of American culture.
Like everything else it touches, capitalism co-opted and ruined it.
The true meaning of Christmas is: it was a Coca-Cola advertisement.
I’m tried of this cynical pseudo-history.
So, would you prefer we return to Saturnalia?
Unironically yes, these pathetic human mortals have forgotten the reason for the season, they don’t know the true meaning of Saturnalia.