You can argue that Christmas has become a crass commercialized event, but at the same time it’s still a period where people tend to be a little nicer, tend to recognize the importance of children and innocent childhood, and don’t try to push identity politics or LGBT (as much, anyway).
You still hear traditional Christian music on the mainstream radio stations during this time, stuff written in the 1700s by the dreaded ‘straight christian cis white males’. December is probably the only month left where some dumb identity politics shit hasn’t been declared, i.e. “National Latinx Heritage Month” or “LGBTQSTRV Anal Beads Month”, etc. Because they know it’s “Christmas Month” and nothing will compare.
Yes you still have the effect of the late-20th / early-21st century political correctness, before identity politics, where corporations and governments say “holiday season” instead of “Christmas”, but everyone still knows it’s all about Christmas and all the mainstream cultural staples are solidly Christmas in nature. Even new movies and TV shows for Christmas tend to lean more traditional, and dumb attempts by certain “Early Life” people to satirize and sexualize Christmas (“Santa, Inc”. in 2021) crash and burn hard (1.5/10 on IMDB).
No other pre-Woke mainstream cultural event seems to have this kind of status, I feel like the Fourth of July (or Canada Day) is now constantly under attack from leftists, same with Thanksgiving. The most popular cultural event in 2020s mainstream culture is probably the goddamn Gay Pride Month.
I’m curious if anyone else has any points to make on this or views to express, I’m trying to figure out how the lefists and Marxists are going to ploy to destroy Christmas.
Only because Christmas still brings in the money big time so even woke businesses aren't stupid enough yet to mess with that.
That's because the holiday — holy day — has been 95% replaced, ship of Theseus style, with a crass commercial event of the secular materialist neo-religion.
Like everything else the filthy utopianists have touched, all that remains is the name.
Many popular Christmas songs were written by Jews because they own the record labels. Blackpilled goes over that well in this video. It's still good that it hasn't been totally corrupted but there definitely was an attempt to "Remove the Christ from Christmas"
Christmas is the last holiday where you can reasonably guarantee a day off, after Thanksgiving became a half-day, Fourth of July became a glorified appliance sale day, and no one cares about Easter anymore. I think even leftists are hesitant to rock the boat, lest they tear down the last remaining refuge from work.
We could go back to Santa Claus being a demon hunting bad ass who gives presents for those that help and and protect their houses from evil. That would be fun.
I like the part when Santa solves a murder mystery and punches a heretic in the face.
I can approve this for krampusnacht.
Kwanzaa would like a word.
True...but that was promulgated long before the advent of full Wokeness, so it'll be interesting to see how they try to use it to sideline Christmas. For now most black people celebrate Christmas, so they won't get behind Kwanzaa as a "replacement", but with role models like Lil Nas X and that Ibram Kendi idiot I'm sure that's changing.
Kwanzaa has always been a fake holiday used to water down Christmas as just another "holiday" the same way Hanukkah was promoted from a minor Jewish celebration because it happened to fall at the same time of year.
Christmas (and Thanksgiving in the US) has always been not just a public celebration, but a private, family celebration that gives rise to our own private stories and traditions.
Christian or secular, Christmas is a wholesome and homey holiday, a way for people to step back and remind themselves that getting and spending ain't the reason for the season, but sharing, kindness, compassion, gift giving and feasting are.
And you don't need to be a Christian to get behind that. It's a bonus, I suppose, for them to meditate on the Gospel.
Insane leftists can't ruin any of that. Let 'em rage, and when they get tired, offer them cocktails or Christmas cookies.
I really need a Christmas this year. The world's been getting me down.
It's pretty hard to not love Christmas.
99% about Santa clause 1% Jesus . So the name time of year and some of the traditions might still be there but the reasons why has been shoved to the background in most mainstream representations of the holiday