(December 13, 2013 at 12:41 pm)ronedee Wrote:(December 12, 2013 at 11:29 pm)Ksa Wrote: The reason why Christmas is wired in our dopamine reward systems is because we always got nice gifts at Christmas when we were kids...not because a puny little child was born in a stable, making his mother impure for 40 days and got circumcised when he was 8 days old. No one gives a shit about that part.
It's commercial...social, an opportunity for the family to reunite and celebrate, not the birth of Jesus of course, but themselves, their achievements and so on. It's a pretext.
Then why the Hypocrisy?
If Christmas doesn't mean squat to you.... leave it to those it does.
Find another day to celebrate "themselves".
Why? The Christians lifted the Dec. 25 holiday/festival from other people. Turnabout is fair play. If my family chooses to celebrate and exchange gifts on that day, what's it to you? I promise we don't do it in the name of the baby Jesus, if that makes you feel better.
