23 December 2013
Two sleeps to Christmas!
Someone asked me the other day what I thought of christmas, so I gave them my ready-made description:
A winter solstice festival stolen by christians to celebrate the birth of a bloke who almost certainly never existed in the manner claimed, when we utilise German trees to partake in a tradition started by feudal lords, borrowing from Dutch history to create a marketing exercise of unparalleled waste and consumerism dressed in colours made famous by Coca-Cola.
Kids love it, apparently.
At least those ones who receive presents, unlike the millions of kids in Sudan, Kenya, and Bangladesh who don't even have enough food.
If you're a christian - and I'm sure Pope Francis would agree with me - you ought to be giving at least 10% of the total spend on christmas presents to a charity, and if you're not a christian, you ought to be giving at least 10% of the total spend on presents to a charity. The only difference is that I trust non-christians not to need the exhortations of a sky-daddy to do so.
Just think - if everyone did that, we'd be able to feed millions of children for several months. Surely that's worth a couple of hundred bucks per family. Just think - every cheap imported product you've bought will be gone within the year, and you didn't even blink buying them.
Is a child's life worth as much as some cheap crap from The Warehouse?
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