Ok, I know I typically only bitch on here but I PROMISE in the new year I will try to make my posts a little more joyous. So, today was Christmas and what did I do? Let's see what have I done every year since I started working for Blockbuster (with the exception of last year's hospital incident) I WORKED. I hate working on the holidays. I don't understand where family togetherness has gone. Why rent a movie when you could be spending time with your loved ones? Hell, Tim Hortons wasn't even open nor was McDonalds, why do people need to rent movies on the ONE day a year that is meant for family!!! I remember Christmases as a child were joyous events of presents, family, religion and love. Nowadays it's just another day to most people and this depresses me greatly. Putting aside the big "let's spend lots of money that we don't have" side there's nothing TO Christmas anymore. Honestly, how many people went and spent time, and I mean ACTUAL time not in front of a TV, with family today. Or went to Church for that matter. *sigh I guess the world is just changing too much for me. But is it too much to ask for? A little love and family and good cheer? Come on people, you only get one family enjoy and cherish them!

This is one reason why i dont believe in organized religion. It is because of stupid events and holidays like this, that give people an excuse to allow themselves to become brainwashed. After thanksgiving you can't go five minutes of watching tv without seeing a commercial for some stupid christmas sale or something like that. The holiday itself has become so outrageous that even christians are complaining about how ridiculous it has become. The fact that religions create these kinds of holidays is aweful in itself. All that happens during a relilgious holiday is it becomes an excuse for people and businesses to take advantage of the people that can't think critically about these holidays and why they are even celebrated. Christmas itself is a complete sham, celebrating the so called birth of jesus of nazareth, who was supposedly born on the equivilant of december 25th, but, the problem with the story of christmas is that during this time the "3 wise men" who were farmers, were traveling, however, in the middle east where this story takes place, it is very cold during the time of december, and 3 farmers would not have been wandering around, they would have been at home trying to keep warm and making sure they had food. That is just ONE of the problems with the holiday, and that is just in the history of it, not in the modern practices of it. It would seem to me that it is rather moronic to have the largest anual holiday based on false facts and hypocritical ideology.

I don't mean to bash anyone's beliefs, I feel that everyone is free to make their own choices in faith, but people can't seem to think for themselves, especially when they have other people trying to convince them that their point of view is correct, or better than others. In the end that behavior only propogates war, and anything else you can think of that can derail civilization. Marx said "Religion is the opiate of the people" and he is absolutely correct. It blinds those that follow it, eventual

*eventually to their own destruction.

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Merry Christmahanukwanzukah to you!!!
and a happy new year!!!