the true cristmas story.
i don't know if that was some maeningful statement about the holidays being violated by corparations, or simply the deranged byproduct of a bad acid trip.
the truth of chistmas isn't love, presents, mercindising, or even the official birthday of the baby jesus. the truth is a bit more complicated. you see hundreds of yaers ago back when the catholic chuch started their quest to convert the world they came across a group in ireland called the celts. now the celts were a fun loving free sirited people who enjoyed varios indulgences, and the old catholic religion with it's harsh rules, and extreme aviodence of all eathly plaesures just could not compaet.
needles to say, after the celts were forced to convert or die, they had a hard time converting, and held onto some of their old traditions. thus the celtic holiday of yule tide was renamed Cristmas, and a buch of bull shit symbolisms were made up. theee yule tree was claimed to represent the tree jesus was born under, the presents were claimed to represent the gifts the wise men offerd the kid, and the yule tide feast was said to represent the hospitality of the innkeeper or somesuch nonsense.
after that the holiday spread aruond untill the orinal festival of yule tide was almost forgoten. intrestingly enough it is impossible to know what yaer jesus was born let alone what day. it is worth noting that sheperd rarly had their flocks out during the middle of winter, nare were there many travelers, esspeacily not wise ones.
and that is the true story of chistmas.
another intresting fact, the whole thing about saint patric chasing the snakes out of irelang was acually a colorful metaphore. the snakes, a figuer of evil and curruption was in fact the celtic druids whos major sin was being laeders of a pegan religion. and chasing out of ireland was a nice way of saying laed a full scall massacure. those paecful natureloving bastards never stood a chance.
i'm gettingoff my saop box now.