The crapfest that is the MERCHANDIZING SIDE of Christmas
(and it is that aspect and that aspect alone, yes,
that I am qualifying as "crapfest" - let that be clear to all)
is set to begin anew, momentarily...
Look at any stores' display and you will KNOW -
in case you are a caveman without a calendar...
but, somehow, with internet access!
(I have seen worse oddities - trust me!)

Starting this Saturday, you have got some 22 days overall
(discounting sleeping hours - unless you're Jack Bauer too,
YOU HAVE GOT TO SLEEP - sometime... preferably periodically,
at regular intervals of a set amount of time too!)
22 days, yes (not 28 Days... no!)
to find all the crap your kids or kins
(and other zombies you're related to)
"want for Christmas"
*sic*

Get set...
On your marks...
GO... to heck.

WHY?
BECAUSE CHRISTMAS ISN'T ABOUT THAT!
OR RATHER...
CHRISTMAS SHOULDN'T BE ABOUT THAT!
Don't make me repeat, yet again,
what is the TRUE
"Reason For The Season"
because it is very OBVIOUS, yes...

Mind you, the early elderly statesmen
of the Church
should have picked another time of the year
so that we wouldn't have all these neo-pagans now
clamoring "foul" -
with little or no reason at all!
But that is another story...