Holiday gluttony. Marketing blitzkrieg… starting in October, or maybe even September anymore. How about August?
The job of remembrance, of focusing on true meaning, is left to the faithful who have to navigate and stay the course, ignore the distractions and the temptations and the all-out assault on belief.
Christmastime translates to income and profits and the year-end chance to climb out of the red and into the black. Commerce and faith are unlikely bedfellows, though the dependence is a one-way street. Faith ends up being co-opted for the sake of commerce, the bottom line.
I’m just sayin’ stuff. Maybe I should call a timeout and try to lighten up for a day.
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