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It's a post-nostalgic, uber-kitsch, ironic world now. Devoid of tradition, meaning or attachment.
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 73549684:MV8zNDAyNTk1XzYwNjI3Mjk3X0M3NzRBMTUw] [quote:Anonymous Coward 73042251:MV8zNDAyNTk1XzYwNjIxMDE3XzI5NDJBMEVB] [quote:Anonymous Coward 73042251:MV8zNDAyNTk1XzYwNjIxMDExX0MwMjEwNURG] [quote:Anonymous Coward 13183066:MV8zNDAyNTk1XzYwNjIwNDAxXzY2OEZGQjI3] [quote:Anonymous Coward 73131060:MV8zNDAyNTk1X0Q0QjEzRDZG] Think about Christmas....ugly sweaters are a thing now, sold in kits or available at Target or Party City. No sweet little Grandmas or Moms in the mix, sewing with love or sentiment. TV stations play the same once-beloved movie for 24 hours, totally killing any specialness or "once a year" feeling, the repetition turns the sentiment into snark or irony. Several stations even have a Yule Log playing on the TV for hours on end. Or you can get it anytime on your computer for the fake warm fuzzy feeling. Presents have been replaced by gift cards, frought with obligation and expectation instead of generosity or surprise. Christmas trees are fake. Or miniature. With tiny little or ornaments that reflect or personalities or lifestyle instead of the Spirit of the season. So last Christmas? That was a decade or more ago. We are post-cultural at this point. No shared values or traditions. All just having our own little special snowflake experiences. No depth, no feeling. Just checking off the boxes on the calendar. [/quote] I'm glad its over, and I think this was the last Christmas I'll do. [/quote] I feel the exact same way. Also.. interestingly... everything was fine at my place as long as we stayed in the 'fantasy' land of no meaning. I brought up one 'controversial' topic at the end of the night Christmas Eve thinking that everyone was in a fine headspace and there would be no big deal. My family shit down - my adult daughter looked like she was going to cry and then after I asked her why she can't talk about anything meaningful anymore she *did* cry. I felt shocked and sad. I felt like I'd dropped a bomb on the house by accident - it was that bad. I got angry. They got angry. Then we went to bed, got up, and pretended nothing happened. I'd say it was the booze but it's like that every time ... stay away from anything important and keep the talk to fingernails and music. crazy. makes me feel so alone. [/quote] *shut down, not shit-down. lol [/quote] And I was just trying to figure out how to use it in a sentence. [/quote]
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Think about Christmas....ugly sweaters are a thing now, sold in kits or available at Target or Party City. No sweet little Grandmas or Moms in the mix, sewing with love or sentiment.
TV stations play the same once-beloved movie for 24 hours, totally killing any specialness or "once a year" feeling, the repetition turns the sentiment into snark or irony.
Several stations even have a Yule Log playing on the TV for hours on end. Or you can get it anytime on your computer for the fake warm fuzzy feeling.
Presents have been replaced by gift cards, frought with obligation and expectation instead of generosity or surprise.
Christmas trees are fake. Or miniature. With tiny little or ornaments that reflect or personalities or lifestyle instead of the Spirit of the season.
So last Christmas? That was a decade or more ago.
We are post-cultural at this point. No shared values or traditions. All just having our own little special snowflake experiences. No depth, no feeling. Just checking off the boxes on the calendar.
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