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December 26, 2005
Surviving Christmas, starring Ben Affleck
Carmen ruminates on how sad the day after Christmas is, but it's lost on Winslow since he's listening to his brand new iPod Nano in today's blah Prickly City.
I'm not really sure why Carmen would think today is a bad day. Is it because she's reminded that while Jesus was born on December 25th*, now that it's the 26th she's reminded that he died for our sins?
(*December 25th, 272 AD was the first official public celebration of Dies Natalis Invicti Solis, a pagan Roman holiday that was later co-opted by Christians to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Turning the holiday into "Christmas" (in 336 AD) was part of a pattern of the church stealing various pagan festivals and feast days. Scholars believe Christ was most likely born in the Spring.)
Or maybe Carmen is depressed because her faith-based homeless shelter is having trouble making ends meet thanks to the high heating costs this winter. Maybe she's sad because it means the neo-cons are one day closer to 2006, when they'll (hopefully) lose control of the government. Or maybe she's upset because she's afraid W has been spying on her illegally. In any event, she's not a happy camper. Maybe she didn't get that copy of MAnn Coulter's "Treason" she so desperately wanted.
As for me, I'm pretty happy. The War on Christmas is over, and thankfully Christmas survived once again. It was touch and go for a while there, especially every time Bill O'Reilly and John Gibson opened their mouths. But somehow, some way, Jesus's fake birthday lived to see another year.
Although to be honest I didn't get the one thing I asked Santa for this year: for Scott Stantis to be funny. Maybe next year...
Comments
Santa may be a generous guy, but he's not a miracle worker.
Posted by: jackmac at December 28, 2005 09:35 PM
