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 bluezfire rated 10 months ago - From the page:
The problem with Christmas is not the batteries. The problem isn't even really the stuff. The problem with Christmas is that no one much likes it anymore.
If you poll Americans this time of year, far more of them regard the approaching holidays with dread than anticipation...
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- marymar rated 10 months ago
- Don't wish to seem 'Bah Humbug' about Christmas but the writer has some very good points. Thanks to bluezfire. From the page: " Stuff itself is a problem less because of its environmental toll (though that is quite high) than because it's increasingly meaningless. Think of your friends. Are many of them lacking in stuff? Or is the first question that forms in their minds when a new gift arrives from under the tree: "Where am I going to put this?""
- bluezfire rated 10 months ago
- From the page:
The problem with Christmas is not the batteries. The problem isn't even really the stuff. The problem with Christmas is that no one much likes it anymore.
If you poll Americans this time of year, far more of them regard the approaching holidays with dread than anticipation. It has long since become too busy, too expensive, too centered around acquiring that which we do not need. In fact, it's the perfect crystallization of the American economy -- the American consumer experience squeezed into a manic week, a week that people find themselves hoping will soon end so that on Jan. 2 they can return to the mere routine hecticity of their lives.
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Bill McKibben manages to, once again, hit the nail on the head and really piss off at least one person. That's what I love about him. For full entertainment purposes, don't miss the comments.
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