Name a Holiday celebrated by Americans that has not been exploited by
our Capitalist Overlords.
Holidays are called Holidays because they are single day celebrations.
Otherwise they would be called Holiweeks(Holy weeks).
But the corporate exploiters are not bothered by such limitations.
Take for example President's Day. Did I say, Day? Madison Avenue
calls it "President's day week long sales.
Each Holiday has a buffer of several days around it to enable the
product pushers to do their thing.
The granddaddy of all, is of course, Christmas. Christmas has pretty
much shoved past Thanksgiving day, since Turkey Day sales are mostly
limited to food sales. Even Halloween has to fight for shelf space
with Christmas. The preparation for that one day, that Holy Day of
Love and Giving and Sharing, that Holiest of Holy Days for Christians,
has had its purpose totally corrupted by Commercialism.
Jesus, whose birthday some folks still think Christmas represents, has
been pretty much replaced by Santa Claus, as the chief Product Pusher.
Remember the tale of the frog who sat in the pan of water? The water
slowly heated up and the frog adjusted to the rising
temperature...until it boiled to death.
We have been slowly adjusting to rising gluttony. One fine day we
will realize, too late, that we have been consumed by our own fat.
Carl Jarvis
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