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[-] __nobodynowhere@startrek.website 22 points 2 months ago

Christmas's problem is that it has been too successful. It's no longer a religious holiday. It's a cultural holiday that has permeated every aspect of American culture.

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago

The true meaning of Christmas is: it was a Coca-Cola advertisement.

[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

I'm tried of this cynical pseudo-history.

[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

So, would you prefer we return to Saturnalia?

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Like everything else it touches, capitalism co-opted and ruined it.

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