Hide and Sneak

I heard someone refer to the Republican Party as "Hiding behind the Bible". My left hand took it from  there.

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I had a brief conversation last night with a well-adorned upper-middle-class lady about Xmas shopping. She said her family (I'm assuming she's referring to the adults) stopped sharing Xmas gifts "Years ago. Best decision we ever made."

I agreed that she had a point. "Xmas is horrible for the environment." She said, yes, and buying gifts "goes against the spirit of the season".

The spirit of the season..... (face-palm)

I knew instantly what she was referring to, seeming to have conveniently forgotten the origin of Xmas gift-giving, that whole "Three Wise Men" thing.

At which point I started backing away... slowly.

Like I said, brief conversation. Still, I've felt for years that our garbage dumps and recycling centers would be a whole lot less "fulfilled" if we didn't rush out en masse each Autumn and buy every shiny gew-gaw we could get our hands on and package them in boxes and wrapping paper destined for the nearest garbage can. At best.

So if the lady wants to spend less for Jesus, good on her, but I prefer to spend less for Spider-Man.

Happy Saturnalia, everyone!

=Lefty=