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llmart

(17,624 posts) Sun Dec 21, 2025, 02:16 PM Dec 2025

I celebrate the winter solstice much more than Christmas.

Christmas and what it's supposed to stand for, but doesn't in our country, has been co-opted by advertising and conspicuous consumption. It's about excess everything.