The only interesting people are the ones that are different. The self awareness to question is a type of intelligence filter.

I look at this time of year as the official peasants vacation block on the calendar. I'm not bothered that it exists, or the ways stupid people are exploited. I think the fact we are only given the most useless and shortest days are the biggest thing to gripe about.

Even in a biblical context, while the date of Jesus' birth is not disclosed, the circumstances of the story preclude any possibility that happened at the winter solstice. It was simply adopted as such because of the preexisting festivities of the winter solstice. The entire holiday as a Christian thing is only tradition and not biblical. Technically, no one belongs with this one. Every ritual surrounding the xmass celebration is adopted from extra biblical sources too.

I'm atheist, but find it funny that the whole thing is a sham. The sad part is how the months following are peak suicide season in most of the west. What should be a vacation is a massive tax.