Friday, December 25, 2009

Christmas


There are many conflicting accounts on the birth of Christ. Historically, read them and weep, bitches, Jesus is real. You heard that right, historians wrote about him, even before they had blogs. He himself did not write anything, preferring the spoken word. However, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John all contributed to ‘1001 Things I Love’, the first ever blog. Back to the birth of our Lord and Savior and why I hate Christmas, it was that time in the middle of BC and AD where they decided to not keep track when He was born. His mother, Mary, had a virgin birth (a tradition kept alive to this day by Catholic schoolgirls). Joseph, who had never laid a hand (more likely a penis) on his soon-to-be-wife, hired a private detective to get to the bottom of it. He never did, and now we are left with a religion that hinges on books written with more holes and conflicting information than any other ever published.

Regardless, Jesus went on to be a great teacher and brought us some of the greatest words of wisdom ever written, ones that would make our lives perfect should we only abide by them. Instead, we decided to destroy entire civilizations, appropriating any cause we felt the notion to uphold at the time, in His name. But in the dickest move of the last 2000 years, He delivered unto us the end of the world, without giving us a date as to when it will come (this is why He has topped my Biggest Dick list five years in a row and is my personal hero.) In the name of Jesus Christ, bringer of wisdom, destroyer of demons, who died for our sins, we shall set aside one day each year to honor him. This blog is about the one holiday I hate most, Christmas.

Not even a paragraph away, I still find it awesome that doomsday slowly balances above our heads, dropping low to whisper in our ears, “What, bitch? Should I end it now, make you wait, oh, yeah, that’s my decision. Not tellin’.” When doomsday comes, it will hit you in the balls, laugh, then hit you in the balls again. The same can be said for Christmas, only it hits you in the ass, laughs, then hits you in the ass again. Christmas is a bullshit holiday that no one can even remember why it is celebrated. Kids think it is about some old, fat guy in a red suit. Teens think it is about new cell phones that they can take naked pictures of themselves on to send to their boyfriends of one week and get upset when they hit the internet after the breakup. Parents, well, who the hell knows what they are thinking. My great-grandmother had it all figured out. She gave each of her great-grandchildren a dollar. Trust me, that is a lot of money. It also brings me to the “thought that counts” bullshit.

Why is a gift about the giver? You notice this shit? People buy you a gift because they want to be the one who gave you something you wanted, so they can feel special because they bought it. Even worse, sometimes they buy you something they wanted you to have, even though you didn’t want it. Why don’t they just buy it for themselves? But it’s the thought that counts, right? Well, I’ve thought about it and I’m pretty sure you can go fuck yourself with the present you wanted, but bought for me to feel less guilty about wanting it for yourself. If you would have admitted that to begin with, no complaints. But you didn’t.

You see, people are selfish and care about themselves more than anything. In fact, the only reason people care about their kids is because genetics forces them to. If you don’t care for your kid, you cannot pass on your DNA and die. In short, and because I promised I would make my blogs shorter for the reading impaired, quit pretending Christmas is all about others. It’s all about yourself. What did you get for Christmas?