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Do The Holidays on your terms at your time.
The mandate is in place. Thou SHALT shop. Thou SHALT decorate. Thou SHALT go spend time with people you may or may not like. Thou SHALT eat too much and drink too much and thou shalt do it all to the same soundtrack that goes into heavy rotation every year at this time.
Thou SHALT fall into step with the Little Drummer Boy, pretending it’s a Silent Night, and do the Jingle Bell Rock.
Aren’t you tired of it?
Look what we’ve been through — are going through — since The Virus came to town. Hasn’t any of it sunk in? If you aren’t questioning our systems…why aren’t you? It’s not as if it’s working for you regardless of what you may have told yourself.
We live in a society that makes impossible demands on us year-round. You WILL find work. You WILL find someone to have kids with (because you WILL procreate). You WILL buy a house and a car. You WILL manage a career, relationships, child-care, and running a home and you WILL DO IT WITHOUT HELP. You think you’re going to get paid time off to care for kids or elderly parents? Please. You think…
