If a Martian landed on our shores at this time of year<\/p>\n
and decided to watch television to get a feel for us,<\/p>\n
what would he witness?<\/p>\n
For one thing, he’d never fathom that Christmas<\/p>\n
meant the birth of Christ, or that holidays meant Holy Days.<\/p>\n
He would see St. Nicholas portrayed as a jolly fat man<\/p>\n
wearing a funny red hat and clothing, trimmed with white,<\/p>\n
uttering moronic Ho, Ho’s. He would see hordes of people<\/p>\n
run amok, damn near trampling each other in stores<\/p>\n
in a frenzy of spending.<\/p>\n
So much for TV. If he walked the cold streets, he would see<\/p>\n
people begging for alms, and sleeping on cardboard<\/p>\n
while others passed with no care, no concern.<\/p>\n
All this in the richest country on Earth, which calls itself<\/p>\n
“one nation under God”.<\/p>\n
I wonder what God thinks about that?<\/p>\n
Islander.<\/p>\n
PS. My usual merry salutation, ha,ha! I see no reason<\/p>\n
to alter it, do you?<\/p>\n
You may call me the “Grinch”, I consider myself a fucking realist.<\/p>\n
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