That’s what this holiday is about
right? Or was it the winning of the revolutionary war? Who really cares anyway?
What this holiday is really about, is lighting of pyrotechnics. Just like how
Christmas is about pine trees and presents and Easter is about eggs and
chocolate. Yes, holidays are mostly founded on important events such as the
declaration of a nation’s independence or birth of one’s messiah. But let’s be
honest, most of these things are just tradition at this point. Some people do
celebrate Christmas as a day of honoring Jesus. But for most people it’s a day
off of work and an excuse to give gifts. And personally, I don’t think there is
anything wrong with that at all.
There will always be those people
that get all uppity about the true meaning of Christmas, but the true meaning
of Christmas was warped long before Hallmark got its hands on it. It’s based in
Pagan traditions. Some would say that family and togetherness and all of that
jazz is what it is really all about. And I would argue that giving people time
off of work, incentivizing them to think of gifts for their friends and family,
or get together and partake in some redox chemistry reactions, as is the case
for the fourth, are all good ways to encourage family and togetherness. As for
all that jazz, I would suggest Satchmo.
People love to get upset about
things that really don’t matter. Remember the Starbuck’s Christmas cup fiasco.
No, I don’t mean people getting upset about their cups, I don’t know that I
knew a single person who did that. I mean the people that got upset because
they thought other people got upset about cups. Of course, I kind of just
defeated my entire message here, but I think it still shines through.
Regardless of what anyone thinks, even yourself in a blog post, celebrate
whichever holidays you want, however you want, as long as your happy and
harmless.
-AMS
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