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meta holiday
(lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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Tumblr post by transgenderer: The Macy’s windows this year are “Macy’s windows themed” like they depict people looking at the original Macy’s windows from 100 years ago, in a little diorama inside the windows. I thought this was stupid at first but I decided it’s apt. Christmas has been about “Christmas” since at least before the Charlie brown Christmas special like 50 years ago. It’s an entirely meta holiday. You’re not celebrating anything but the idea of celebrating something. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Christmas is what you make of it. All my family looks forward to every year is having a dedicated day we can spend together and share in one another's company. Are there gifts? Sure. But calling it an "entirely meta holiday" as if no one is actually appreciating the spirit of the season is lazy and reductive.
Macy's' ad campaign doesn't dictate what Christmas is about. That was kind of the entire point of the Charlie Brown Christmas Special that they mentioned.