The holidays are only holy if we make them so.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Somehow we just don't make the same boisterous fun of Holy Week that we do of Christmas. No one plans to have a holly, jolly Easter.
I've got two young children, so holidays are not the same as they used to be. There are now two types: family holidays and holidays you need from that holiday.
All holidays can be good times.
The holidays are a way to get away from the pain of the year, creating something people can laugh at. That's a gift.
I think religion is a bunch of hooey, and I think that the holidays are an opportunity for people to get stressed out, getting their rush to shop. It's so conformist.
Holidays have been commercialized. It has become about material things. But the holidays are about sharing stories and being in each other's presence.
I celebrate everyone's religious holidays. if it's good enough for the righteous, it's good enough for the self-righteous, I always say.
The fact is, we need markers in life, whether we subscribe to a religion or not. And the major holidays, such as Christmas, serve to remind us of the turning world.
I wouldn't say that holidays are manufactured by corporations, but they're certainly exploited and mined by them.
Nothing says holidays, like a cheese log.