Christmas Satire
Today's Christmas is no longer a celebration of Christ and happiness, but is a celebration of a now fake, commercialized, overweight Santa Claus. The idea of eating yet another turkey dinner while watching a forgettable Disney movie on television brings tears of pain, not joy, to one's eyes. The main virtues of the holidays have gone from an idealistic white wonderland, to a migraine-causing festival of greed. The Christmas of the past was once a beautiful celebration of the birth of Christ. Families would come together to enjoy the holidays together in a peaceful, loving environment. Children ran around in a pine scented home, clamoring over the presents that Santa had brought the night before. Even if the family was struggling, children would appreciate the hard work and thought put into each gift. At night mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters would curl beside a bl
The Christmas of the future still has hope however. Somehow a solution will be found to bring back the virtues of the past. Perhaps government control could help relieve some of the annoyances of the holiday season. For example, federal mandates could limit all marketing of the Christmas holiday to the month of December. This could prevent the trite marketing ploy of "Christmas in May" and "Christmas in July". Mandates could also require big businesses to donate 5-10% of their net profit towards charity. The consequences of not following these rules could result in fines of 5-10% of their net profit. Maybe by forcing people to get into the Christmas spirit, they might begin to enjoy it. azing fire and watch a classic Christmas movie called, "It's a Wonderful Life". This is what the true spirit of Christmas should be. The true Christmas spirit has not been totally lost
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Approximate Word count = 592
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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