We don’t hate Christmas. We hate the insistence of Corpthulu that Christmas is supposed to last for three months, and that we have to put up with a very limited pool of songs for such an extended period of time. I would quit a job if it started playing Christmas music preternaturally early to spare my sanity.
In short: Corporate has ruined something we all used to enjoy by making it torturous to our souls. They made Christmas the opposite of what it was supposed to be.
Yup, we get sick of listening to 100 different versions of the same 10 or 20 secular Christmas songs. One thing I was eternally grateful for at HomeGoods was that they mixed about 50% *regular music* in with the Christmas carols. Even as a shopper, I wish every store did that!
If I were a retail worker I’d still love Christmas since I love the real meaning of it. But I would hate the retail version which is the version Stuart loves. He probably has no idea what Christmas is all about. All he hears is the ch-ching of the cash register as people buy gifts. Maybe it’s about time he learned the reason for the season. A special baby born in Bethlehem who came to save the world.
hey Mayor Augustus, they don’t hate Christmas, they hate what Christmas has become. They love Christmas the way the original Whos love it, when it comes without ribbons, or tags, packages, boxes, or bags. They love Christmas when it is a celebration of giving, not a corporate hellscape where everyone is being pressured into spending beyond their means for a momentary high of feeling like they accomplished something, when all they’ve really done is put more of their hard-earned money into the pockets of a greedy minority that already has more money than the rest of the world combined and has no means or reason to spend it.
They love Christmas, but they don’t love your Christmas, Stuart. Maybe it’s you, maybe you’re the problem
We don’t hate Christmas. We hate the insistence of Corpthulu that Christmas is supposed to last for three months, and that we have to put up with a very limited pool of songs for such an extended period of time. I would quit a job if it started playing Christmas music preternaturally early to spare my sanity.
In short: Corporate has ruined something we all used to enjoy by making it torturous to our souls. They made Christmas the opposite of what it was supposed to be.
Perfectly stated, and 100% true.
Yup, we get sick of listening to 100 different versions of the same 10 or 20 secular Christmas songs. One thing I was eternally grateful for at HomeGoods was that they mixed about 50% *regular music* in with the Christmas carols. Even as a shopper, I wish every store did that!
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They’re retail workers, Stu-man. They have every right to hate Christmas.
If I were a retail worker I’d still love Christmas since I love the real meaning of it. But I would hate the retail version which is the version Stuart loves. He probably has no idea what Christmas is all about. All he hears is the ch-ching of the cash register as people buy gifts. Maybe it’s about time he learned the reason for the season. A special baby born in Bethlehem who came to save the world.
hey Mayor Augustus, they don’t hate Christmas, they hate what Christmas has become. They love Christmas the way the original Whos love it, when it comes without ribbons, or tags, packages, boxes, or bags. They love Christmas when it is a celebration of giving, not a corporate hellscape where everyone is being pressured into spending beyond their means for a momentary high of feeling like they accomplished something, when all they’ve really done is put more of their hard-earned money into the pockets of a greedy minority that already has more money than the rest of the world combined and has no means or reason to spend it.
They love Christmas, but they don’t love your Christmas, Stuart. Maybe it’s you, maybe you’re the problem