I’m having a hard time understanding this whole Christmas Tree thing.
I was going by the Krogers’ lot the other day, and they’d taken up about half the lot and filled it with trees. This meant that I had to circle a few times to find a spot, walk a few minutes in the rain to get my groceries, and then push the cart aaaaaalll the way back… ugh.
Anyway, will someone explain how chopping down a bunch of trees, humiliating them with all sorts of garish goofy fragile ornaments from the Hallmark store, and then throwing them out when they go bad is supposed to celebrate the birth of your messiah?
The presents, I get. Mass marketing, keeps the economy going. Good for all. And maybe even the big fat bearded guy in the red suit flying around makes sense… that’s the Coca Cola Company’s fault, I figure. Well, them and the animators at Rankin Bass.
But the ritual humiliation and discarding of trees has got me at a loss. Almost as much as whole bunny rabbit and colored eggs thing with regards to the messiah’s coming back to the dead.
Whatever. If you’ll excuse me, I have to finish carving up this block of wood for my homemade dreidel. And don’t tell me that it’s a sinful gambling device. When was the last time you got trackback or comment spam from an offshore site like “Dreidel Dollars dot com” or “Hanukkah Party Palace dot net” ?