Stop the Celebration

Approximately 1 week before the biggest holiday we have in the USA,

there could not be a worse time for this post.

We have got to stop the celebration. it is getting out of hand.

I feel like life is grand, and the celebration of life is even grander, and should live with us in every breath, every step, every endeavor, and every heartbeat.

long live the celebration of life.

However, the Americanized form of celebration has to stop.

Here is a list of hoidays that people celebrate of the top of my head

1 The month and a week long celebration that goes from Thanks giving to New Years and includes Christmas

2. president's Day

3. MLK Day

4. Veterans Day

5. Columbus Day

6. St Patricks Day

7. Mothers Day

8. Fathers Day

9. Halloween

10. July 4th

11. Easter

Ok , that is all the holidays... Typically we have about one holiday worthe celebrating per month...

Each is unique with its own equally wack celebration/americanized excuse for scheming you of ways to separate with your $ to show someone, something, or some group of people that you care about them because telling them isn't enough.

We need a cake, or a turkey, or a greeting card, a day off from work, or whatever else it is....

Then on top of that, we are socially obligated to celebrate the birthday's each and every year of each close friend and relative...

For most people, you can tack on about another 6-12 celebrations right there, pushing us close to 20 for nearly everyone in the country.

We're talking dinner's out, gifts, cakes, cookie cakes, ice cream, the works.

Then we have society events that are huge celebrations ..

Sporting events come to mind. Super bowl, College football national championship games, NCAA basketball tournament, Olympics...... others would be mardi gras, parades, social and community events... gay rights parade etc.

All with their own rituals etc.


Then you got the damn weddings

the bridal showers, the bachelor parties, the baby shower parties a year later...

Brides maids have gone out of their way to make their friends feel special by going over the top for the simple reason that they want it returned on their special day, so of course the shit keeps getting more elaborate....


I'm celebrated the fuck out..

I think we have watered it down too much, and numbed our selves to realize what it means to celebrate.

I challenge anyone to try to go 3 consecutive weeks without attending or skipping out on a celebration you are requested to be at.

You can't fucking do it...

We should celebrate achievement and hard work in our society.

Staying alive for another year, while a great accomplishment, is like my boy chris martland would say

BFD

I don't know if you can do something so much that you don't even do it anymore...

in my mind, we have changed what a celebration is...

it has now become of gathering of consumption...

lets all get together and have an excuse to consume something...

Sounds like the college kids who look for excuses to get drunk...

We're pregaming over at mikes before the womens field hockey game... we're gonna get drunk and yell because we're playing the rival school tonight..

You in?

hell yeah i'm in... all i needed was an excuse...

I think we've come damn close to the same thing


Indeed the way we celebrate is ridonkulous as well.

Heavy in sugar and saturated fats are most celebrations..

HELLO

HAS anyone heard...

WE ARE THE FATTEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD BAR NONE...

chill on the cakes....

is our morale as a country that low that we need all these lame ass excuses to boost it up...

I certainly hope not