Post-Christmas

Well, Happy post-Christmas day! Call me a cynic, but I don't find any joy or warm feelings for Christmas. Maybe because my family's Asian and we don't celebrate anything that revolves around religion. My mother thinks Thanksgiving is more important because it involves a lot of food. Go figure.

So I was watching lots of sappy movies all day, because that's all that was on, and I had nothing to do. Do you know what people do when there's nothing to do? Think. So I thought about Christmas and the meaning of family and sharing the holidays with loved ones. Okay. If Christmas was all about love and whatnot, what's with all the decorations? Christmas spirit? Okay. But presents and buying things you think people want. Halt. If you think about it, half the time, you get presents that you really wish you didn't get, like the shower gel with a bar of soap that gets to join the cabinet full of toiletries from last year? How about the sweaters your mother gets you that you might wear, just once? Oh right. I forgot. The DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS! The day after Christmas seems even more important than the day of. People rush to the malls ALL on the 26th to exchange and return presents. Now, come on people. Whoever got you the gift put a lot of time and thought into buying that present for you now, didn't they? Guess not, if you have to run and return it less than 24 hours after receiving it.

The meaning of Christmas should just be a more extravagant Thanksgiving. I think it's even more of a time to give thanks to your loved ones and being around your family and friends. So, what's with all this unnecessary spending? Oh wait. Christmas is a commercialized holiday now. Christmas means lots of presents and sales and getting things that you WANT! Being a media communications major, all we study is the theoretical aspect of all forms of media and how toxic it is on society. So sorry people, when you think you need something, it's someone taking over some part of your brain to throw money at them.

Maybe it's because I don't get the meaning of Christmas, or the fact that I think that when people want stupid material things and constantly emphasize that they NEED it, I think they're completely brainwashed idiots who can't tell the difference between needing something and wanting something. Or maybe it's because I've never really had a Christmas and will understand the day I 'experience' this 'magical feeling'. Who knows. Maybe it's better to be on the outside.

Either way, your Christmas spirits can't be ruined. It's the day after Christmas now. Look out for the next holiday! Boozing New Years Eve. Yes, it should be called that.