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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
This is kind of what traditional celebrations are. There's no inherent reason to put a tree indoors at Christmas, but I still love doing it, because it connects me with my childhood and with my parents and with all my ancestors going back generations.