Anyone want to have a Winter Solstice Anti-Celebration, in which we express our generalized bitterness with the dark and cold, and then leave all the nice celebratory bits until Midsummer?
In any case I don’t see how Christmas is about expressing bitterness.
It’s basically about pretending it’s not so damn dark and cold out. Ironically, only some cultures that put ever so much effort into their Christmas celebrations even bother to have anything at all for Midsummer, which is the actual nice part of the year.
look, people need some good-natured drinking, feasting and gift-exchanging during the depths of winter in order to not go mad or depressed from the bleakness of it all. you don’t need that kind of stimulus during the summer months precisely because it’s so nice anyway—it’d be like taking medicine when you’re healthy.
either you’re being deliberately obtuse about the whole thing for some inexplicable reason, or else you’ve got a serious deficiency in your understanding of social customs
look, people need some good-natured drinking, feasting and gift-exchanging during the depths of winter in order to not go mad or depressed from the bleakness of it all.
Ah, I think I’ve figured out my deficiency: no amount of good-natured drinking, feasting, and gift-exchanging stops me from going slightly mad-depressed from winter bleakness.
Ironically, only some cultures that put ever so much effort into their Christmas celebrations even bother to have anything at all for Midsummer, which is the actual nice part of the year.
In the US, which seems pretty big on Christmas, we’ve got Independence Day in early July.
Anyone want to have a Winter Solstice Anti-Celebration, in which we express our generalized bitterness with the dark and cold, and then leave all the nice celebratory bits until Midsummer?
Bitterness at things you can’t change isn’t a useful mental state. There no reason to have it.
Then why is there a Solstice holiday in winter?
In case you are refering to Christmas, the solstice is on the 21st while Christmas is depending on culture the 24, 25 and/or 26.
In any case I don’t see how Christmas is about expressing bitterness.
It’s basically about pretending it’s not so damn dark and cold out. Ironically, only some cultures that put ever so much effort into their Christmas celebrations even bother to have anything at all for Midsummer, which is the actual nice part of the year.
sounds like you’re just projecting, honestly
look, people need some good-natured drinking, feasting and gift-exchanging during the depths of winter in order to not go mad or depressed from the bleakness of it all. you don’t need that kind of stimulus during the summer months precisely because it’s so nice anyway—it’d be like taking medicine when you’re healthy.
either you’re being deliberately obtuse about the whole thing for some inexplicable reason, or else you’ve got a serious deficiency in your understanding of social customs
Ah, I think I’ve figured out my deficiency: no amount of good-natured drinking, feasting, and gift-exchanging stops me from going slightly mad-depressed from winter bleakness.
Does it reduce the extent to which you do? Could still be worth it for you if so.
This is a medically recognized thing that you should get treatment for.
Yes, I quite realize! I used to have a light box until I up and moved somewhere warmer and sunnier.
In the US, which seems pretty big on Christmas, we’ve got Independence Day in early July.
Because it’s a turning point—the days stop getting shorter and begin to get longer.
are you serious?