Watching the mindless masses swarming around the Christmas season leaves one to wonder at the sensibility of these communal celebrations. Sure, some call them holidays or holy days or even seasons of joy. Many regard these celebrations as having a "festive mood" and thus worthy of the attention.
However, this is all quite senseless, really. For one, people like being individuals yet adore throwing their individuality away just so they can indulge in a bit of sinful herd mentality. Also, time just passes and pretty much ignores whatever people try to slap onto it. A New Year's day or Christmas would really be quite arbitrary. You don't technically get a "new year" after Dec 31st. You just get another sunrise.
Perhaps all this is just to prevent people from feeling like dumbasses for tossing their dignity to the wind and letting their hair down at an arbitrary time. Big whoop, let's rave like there's no 2008 on Dec 21 because I felt like it! Given the nature of straitlaced modern adult society, such activity would be quite frowned upon or deemed silly. It's just too bad that people love to tie themselves in knots over self-made rules.
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