I have a really hard time saying "Merry Christmas" back to people. I'm stubborn and have a hard time doing anything that most people do without having my own deep understanding and reasoning of it. Holidays are hard because whatever meaning they might have is undermined by the way our capitalist system exploits them. And … Continue reading on christmas
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beef stew chicken wings playing cards Lakers game government-sanctioned break from work a welcome chance for quality time with family but i dread the "holiday season," the sales, the scrambling, my inability to understand this "spirit of giving" that looks more like the "mania of buying" and where all the generosity goes when the decorations … Continue reading strange traditions