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Everyone Is Entitled To My Opinion-On Holidays

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, May 20, 2024


by Paul Big Bear

Happy Holidays” “It’s a Holiday” “Where are you going on your holiday?” Oh how we look forward to the holidays, a day off with pay, maybe a ball game on the TV, a special holiday dinner; Turkey for Thanksgiving with all the trimmings, Ham for Easter, ham and cabbage for Saint Patty’s, the 4th of July Bar B Q is the food of choice, do you have a special food that you eat at midnight on New Year’s Eve? How about a gathering of family/friends, some holidays we decorate for; None more so than Christmas with lights, decorate a tree and hang our stockings by the fireplace, Easter with Spring flowers and colorful dyed eggs, and baskets with bows filled with candy. We shop presents from Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, flowers and candy for Mother’s Day and Valentine’s Day. We may even dress up for it; men done their suit and tie, the women their fancy dresses with a hat, another everyone puts on a costume; store bought, homemade, scary, funny, the youngsters go out in search of candy “Trick or Treat” to fill their bags, older costumed celebrants go to parties, drink punch and eat party food, dance, maybe even win a prize for best costume, yes, holidays are something special.

       Funny how as you age things change, now it no longer has as much to do with a day off especially if you are retired (I’ve heard about this) now it’s about the kids; grandchildren are off from school, your children have a family to celebrate with, plans to celebrate together are tentative, weather, how far away, cost of traveling. Dinners become smaller gatherings, perhaps you speak to family and friends on the phone, send a “text” or E-mail, and check media (Facebook) for instant photographs. “Look how big the grand kids have gotten”, “when did he grow a beard?”, “look she cut her hair, it looks cute.”

      Something else replaces the “day off with pay” now we silently remember those who are no longer here to celebrate with us. We may talk about it with thoughts and comments like “mashed potatoes are like Grandma made” “Is that the Angel we put on top of the tree when I was little?” I hope we all say grace and a silent prayer for those who paid the price for our freedom to celebrate and those who are working both here and abroad, military, police, fire, EMT, nurses many who will celebrate with left over’s or meals eaten in a fox hole. Yes holidays are very special, filled with memories, precious memories.  


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  1. This article by Paul clearly hits on the things that have made mankind a sort of unified contingent of soldiers.
    Basically, a “do as I say” or “follow the leader” society, a.k.a similar to grooming to become a puppet or a sheep in order to manage a form of control over society.
    Along with periodic spending due to focused marketing purposes, which can add stresses to one’s life.
    I’ll probably annoy many people with that description, but it remains a fact, regardless.
    And that’s because, like brainwashing, it’s been “taught” to society from birth until death.

    I think that gathering around a dinner table, and enjoying company for a good time is great.
    But it doesn’t have to be just at a time that is determined by a man-made thing like a holiday.
    Marketing tactics themselves have become control machines, and annoying evil forces due to the increasing greed of corporations.

    The bottom line of all this is…. your fundamental freedom is not of concern to others.
    You “must” adhere to the mass policies that are designed to keep you under control.
    And if you don’t, you’ll be chastized, rediculed, labeled a rebel, or shunned.
    As I’ve gotten older, I learned that any specific “holiday” is, in reality, just another day on the calendar.
    I’ve also realized that I became a lot happier, and content, when I allowed my own fundamental freedoms to bloom, instead of letting somone else tell me what and when I should do for any given day.

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