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minus-square__nobodynowheredeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·2 years 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-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·2 years agoThe true meaning of Christmas is: it was a Coca-Cola advertisement.
minus-squareQueen HawlSera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoI’m tried of this cynical pseudo-history.
minus-squaredustyData@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoSo, would you prefer we return to Saturnalia?
minus-squareQueen HawlSera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoUnironically yes, these pathetic human mortals have forgotten the reason for the season, they don’t know the true meaning of Saturnalia.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoLike everything else it touches, capitalism co-opted and ruined it.
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.
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.
Like everything else it touches, capitalism co-opted and ruined it.