Sunday, December 19, 2004 |
01:42 - A dilemma
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So, do we celebrate Christmas and proclaim it to the high heavens... or do we hide in a dark corner and disavow any responsibility for any part of it?
On the one hand, he makes a strong case.
And on the other... well.
Uuuuugghhh.
I suppose that, having actually listened to the whole thing, I should be encouraged. I should take heart in the fact that at least today we seem to have more taste—things like this seems like shameful travesties, and even calling it a Traditional Holiday Celebration seems preferable to the SWCA or any other of the memes the 70s produced. And I have to admit that it'll be pretty hard to curl a baleful lip at "Jingle Bells" in the mall after this.
But... damn. I don't care if I was three when this thing came out; I'm still going to a vague sense of cultural culpability for it. There must have been something I could have done.
UPDATE: But then, "A Very Venture Christmas" seems to have been inspired by the same muse—and yet it's funny...
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