i hate christmas and thanksgiving

Happy "its not quite the holidays" time. Take a deep breath, and brace yourself.  we are in the final days of very near peace, cause the air is electric like the whole world is about to exlpode.. its the lull before the GREED tsunami that we call family holidays...  don't worry your seat cushion turns into a floatation device and your armrests turn into a mask and snorkle. pull the cushion up and out then hug it to your chest because your life depends on it, while trying frantically to secure your mask and snorkle to your head so you will be immune to all the bullshit that is about to hit you like a ton of bricks.  i don't like these holidays... clearly. 
they just seem so cheap. its certianly not christian anymore. i dont want ANOTHER pile of shit i didnt even know i wanted. there is a difference in giving out of love and just shoveling it at people to keep up appearances.  i mean i know for a fact that the people in my family who arent my parents or siblings will just rummage around in their basements, garages or "re-gifting" drawers wrap it and call it a gift.  well its crap. i hate it. do they really need to REaffirm that they dont like me EVERY year? i just dont think its necessary.  thanksgiving used to be painful until we stopped making it a family affair and started having friends over and parting hard. thanks giving needs to be just that, or we just shouldnt celebrate it at all, cause honestly its like celebrating that our ancestors very nearly killed off a whole race of people in order to form a less perfect union and destroy the world!! woo hoo!
sorry i got a little carried away there. i wouldnt really have a family that knew anything about each other if it wasnt for these cheesy holidays.  now as far as the reason for the season and all... christianity is all about relationships, forming them, maintaining them, not breaking them...  so i guess we are very nearly on the track next to the right track.  halmark, walmart, KB toys, etc... are nudging us HARD in the wrong directions though. 
we should all be like my friend scott and be generous, loving and forgiving ALL YEAR ROUND.... i know its hard to fathom, but lets give it a shot... ok?
im really not asking for presents this year. if you feel like giving me something, stop yourself, and they donate to your favorite charity or contribute to my campaign for my own  higher education, because school aint free yet.
yea, its true, i also think its poor stewardship to make people pay for seminary, but the church aint got much money blah blah blah...
i hate money. its the root of all evil, far too friendly with power, which is absolutely corrupting... 
christmas is is a really sucky time of the year for some of us. people without families, people who arent christians, single people, those prodigal sons and daughters... it might be better this year though, since its in vogue to find yourself and all. well shit if maddonna did it, so can i!
also in vogue is getting married and then divorced as quickly as possible. i mean for real, this trend is BAD. its completely cheapening the sacrament of marriage, and dating in general. when you marry someone you make a committment to them, for better or for worse. its not a cheap magic trick. there is more at stake here than just you, when you get married you become "we" which means two individuals together. its hard work man, but its totally worth it.  breaking that relationship is bad for all parties involved.  its just riduculous that people are profiting off marrages and divorces, and the pain of other people. its so dumb. dumd, dumb, dumb. it has completely cheapend the idea of marriage and relation, did i say that already. no one had any respect for anyone else anymore. rar.
even david spade did a bit in his "there i said it" segment on it. i wish i could find it. i searched for like 20 min. rar.
well i guess im done now.
ill talk to ya lata!