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minus-square__nobodynowhere@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·2 months 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-up20arrow-down1·2 months agoThe true meaning of Christmas is: it was a Coca-Cola advertisement.
minus-squareQueen HawlSera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoI’m tried of this cynical pseudo-history.
minus-squaredustyData@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoSo, would you prefer we return to Saturnalia?
minus-squareQueen HawlSera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months 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·edit-22 months 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.