It's Saturday, Time for a Rant

So yesterday was the great "Black Friday" But I didn't go shopping.

Christmas is so commercialized and every year it gets worse.

I found out the other day that FDR was lobbied by retailers to start the "Holiday" Season early so that they could make some cash. So I guess you could say that even before the 1940's that Christmas started to become less about Christ and more about money.

It's funny how Jesus himself overturned the money changing tables in the Temple and yet the same sorts of people are taking the day of remembrance of His Birth and turning it into profit.

Historically Christmas was started by the church in order to stop the pagans from celebrating the winter solstice with drinking and wild partying. They took the birthday of the savior and put it on the calender at the same time as the ancient version of what would be today's Marti Gras and called it Christ's Mass or Christmas as we know it today. It's funny how people are trying to control the holy days, when in fact we should be remembering them everyday.

From what I understand, historians believe that Jesus was actually born in what would be today's April or May, so it is more realistic that we should be celebrating Christmas and Easter closer together. I think that if we remembered the events celebrated on both those days everyday that the world would be a better place.

So now it's time to go spend some money all you unknowing capitalist's (I know you Liberals hate it).

Merry Christmas (You won't get me to say happy holidays)

Blessings