Monopolization of Xmas

Guess what everybody? It's Christmas eve!!!!! Or should I say Xmas eve? Yes yes. 'Santa', that overly fat man in the red suit, comes to visit tonight. He'll eat all your cookies and drink all your milk in exchange for a few toys, or if you have bad luck, a lump of coal. What joy, right? A big fat man breaking into your house, raiding you of yummy home baked desserts, only to leave behind some junk.

Well despite all that, I know I'm excited! But if you think about it, its hard to decide what holiday this really is. I don't believe in calling it Christmas. I'm not Catholic, actually, I'm highly atheist. So what if some guy died on this day a few thousand years ago? Big deal. And then theres the Pagan version of Christmas, where its more about family and giving presents to each other. Sounds more like a consumers holiday then a religious one. Speaking of consumer holidays, I've decided to call 'Christmas', Xmas. Using x as that mathematical variable, representing any form of this holiday occurring on December 24th, where you set up a tree of some sort, and pile presents under it for friends and family, labeling it from some fat dude.

Corporate companies have monopolized Xmas so much, it's almost not funny. But then again, it is. All the xmas music playing on the radios and through the stores months before the actually holiday occurs. Stores loading up their already over stocked shelves with xmas paraphernalia and merchandise. And then weeks before xmas also, the sales. Oh the sales. Book sale now, 50% of here, one time only xmas sale there! Its endless, I tell you. But a wise shopper once told me, when prices plummet, shop till you drop!

Yes, maybe I too am caught up in this addicting, stressful, excitement creating crave of xmas, but hot-diggity-dog is it ever fun! Have we ever had a better reason to buy lots of neat shiny things? Nope. So three cheers for xmas! Hip-hip-horray! Hip-hip-horray! Hip-hip-horray! With that said, I can't wait for tomorrow when I can open that small box containing the present you all know I'm craving so dearly, my new psp. And isn't it always funny, no matter how hard parents try to hard our presents, we always find them? Well, my mom has given up on that. She just buys most of them when I'm there. Problem solved.

Happy holidays everyone, how ever you may celebrate them!
Cheerfully yours,
~Chiko!!