The Wood Stove Blues

I don't know about you, but I'm getting excited for Christmas. "But Tyler, don't you get excited for every Christmas?" You're damn right I do!!! Best holiday there is! Except maybe good ole St. Patty's Day. Embrace the Irish!
Anyways, people are complaining because others are excited for Christmas, even though Thanksgiving hasn't gotten here yet. Screw Thanksgiving! Seriously, screw Thanksgiving. Granted, I love food. I love football. And I love weeks upon weeks of leftovers. But seriously, Thanksgiving doesn't hold a torch to Christmas.
Let's look at their history and coming of birth, shall we?

Thanksgiving: an autumn feast comprised of the harvest of the passing year, combined between the stocks of the Native Amricans, and the foreign Europeans. It was a time of bonding, and frivolities. That's pretty neat, I'll say that much. I'm all about brotherhood. But we know where the story goes from here. White man decides they need more land, so in order to quench their insatiable appetite for power, they rape, plunder, kill, and annihilate tribes upon tribes of Native Americans, driving them into designated "reservations." I for one, do NOT want to celebrate to that. Tsk tsk whitey, tsk tsk.

Christmas: Christmas has a double meaning, because it's that awesome. One, the birth day of Christ. Kind of a big deal. He did that whole dying for our sins thing. Pretty cool move. I like his style. Second, the celebration of the life and deeds of St. Niklaus. Don't know who this guy was? Google it, it's quite heartwarming. In the short term, this guy went around, giving gifts to the children of his village who couldn't afford them, asking nothing of them in return. Very groovy baby! And there's so many stories behind Christmas. I remember learning Italian in high school, and hearing the stories of Babbo Natale, the good witch.

Alright, let's just face it. Christmas is the best holiday. Ever. No argument. No other holiday has so many special meanings behind it. This is a holiday that truly belongs to everyone. Anyone can celebrate the season of giving, regardless of your beliefs and your culture. Thanksgiving? Pfft, waste of a holiday. Just a nice day off to remind us how racist we are and how close we are to being supremacists. Good job pilgrims. You guys were assholes.

I'm going to go watch "It's a Charlie Brown Christmas" now. On November 19. One week before Thanksgiving. If you don't like it, get off my blog.