Don't get me wrong-the holidays have their place-Valentine's for couples, Christmas for kids, Thanksgiving for families. However, I'm completely done with the corporatization of every frikkin holiday. The second one holiday is over, big box/generic retail giant is rushing us into the next one, with their seasonal set up(gifts/cards)in place, even if the "special day" is still a couple of months away. I swear some stores' black friday sales started some time in October this past year! Also, when in the hell did every holiday become a gift-giving,card buying event? Back in the day, I remember only having to worry about cards/gifts a few times a year, now it seems like the retail chains are having an (insert holiday here) sale every got-damned month! And when did people start hanging lights for Halloween/Fourth of July and giving each other cards for shittier holidays like St. Patricks day? As long as the idiot public keeps buying into the retail holiday hype, this train will keep rolling. In addition to making their shareholders happy, these corporate chains are succeeding in making the holidays feel like just another thing to check off my to do list, where they used to feel like something special. Thanks for that, dickheads.
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