@Background Pony #51F9
 
You know what? Sorry, I thought Jeremiah 10 was talking about Christmas Trees when it was speaking of people taking trees and carving them into idols. If I don’t hear the Bible verses in their proper context I get a mash-up that doesn’t tell the truth, yes? I hope I didn’t cause any unnecessary stress by posting that.

@cdge  
Capitalism has already “touched” literally every aspect of human culture and society, so I’m not sure what to take from your statement.  
Well, other than the idea that you don’t like capitalism very much. Personally, I think it’s swell!

@Zincy  
That’s my point. Everything capitalism touches is turned into a product meant for the highest possible margin. (and I mean “everything”)

@cdge
 
Christmas is, at this point, capitalism given form anyway.

@SFaccountant  

 
Replace “Christmas” with “Capitalism”.

@Background Pony #DB0F  
It isn’t Christmas until one of those radio stations starts doing “a month long of Christmas songs”; starts December 1st and keeps going until a few days after Christmas, which is typically about how long my family actually cares about it.

@TB Tabby  
Retailer flog Christmas like there’s no tomorrow because people blow ridiculous amounts of money on gifts for each other (and sometimes themselves), and a lesser but still significant amount of money on decorations and food. If the gift-giving part of Christmas could somehow be shifted to Thanksgiving or New Year’s Day, then within a decade or so that would become the holiday that spans 3 months of a retailer’s year.
 
I love celebrating Christmas; I have several storage totes full of decorations, and I literally have dozens of CDs (mostly traditional or choral renditions of public-domain carols) and DVDs. Still, I do nothing in observance of or preparation for the holiday until after Thanksgiving.

A couple weeks ago, I noticed that my local Home Depot not only already had its Christmas displays up, but they were bigger than the Halloween displays. Please stop, everybody. You’re doing more to ruin Christmas than any anti-Christian conspiracy ever could.

Christmas is actually a mash-up (Somewhat, but not completely as there’s a Bible verse that is against the whole tree thing. It’s in what’s known as the “Old Testament”.) of Christianity but is also partially based in an atrocious “holiday” known in the Roman empire in centuries past as “Saturnalia”. In short, as December 21st is the winter solstice people thought “What if the sun won’t come back?” (this was about 1,700 years ago) so they would liven things up in ways such as forcing a poor guy to gorge himself on food for a whole week on threat of death and then force him to run a race and then execute him to “Purge the greed out of our community” or something. Well, that’s what I read! And what else is, THE POPE (at the time) ALLOWED IT! (Is there any really good reason why?)
 
(If you think this is crazy, have you not seen things like I have seen in dreams I’ve had? Holy vision.)
 
So really, “Christmas” despite its name of Christ + mass is not such a good holiday in its origins. If you want to celebrate an actual holiday nicely, Then OK. Comparably, Christmas sounds oftentimes like it’s just forcing unnecessary garbage down people’s throats, too. So I highly suggest you be discerning. Test this very post to see if I’m telling the truth, even.

@Zincy  
Each year, the holiday season lasts 2 to 3 days longer. By the time we’ve ended our lives, Christmas will have been pushed back almost 3/4 a year and begin in April.

@Zincy  
apparently the church’s re-imagining of the crusades is working better this time.

@Zincy  
You foolishly assume it would then be content.  
Christmas will not stop until it consumes EVERYTHING.

@Revenant Wings
 
Christmas won’t stop till it consumes all other holidays.

About a month ago, I went to a concert. On the way to the concert, I passed a “Hallmark” store, which had a sign saying “Happy Halloween” over a fully-decorated Christmas tree.
 
A month ago.

Isn’t it amazing? And Season 5 of MLP didn’t even start yet. :)