{"id":3955,"date":"2016-12-12T17:11:56","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T01:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/?p=3955"},"modified":"2023-10-17T23:37:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T06:37:04","slug":"why-do-you-have-to-ruin-christmas-its-not-for-you-its-for-the-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/why-do-you-have-to-ruin-christmas-its-not-for-you-its-for-the-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Why *DO* you have to ruin Christmas? It’s not for you. It’s for the kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t understand this mentality that has people ruining things for no useful purpose. I mean, unless you’re purposefully trying to undercut peoples’ belief system[1], why mess with the television innocence of Christmas, Easter, the Tooth Fairy, the first day of school, eating in a restaurant, or half a million other things adults ruin for children?<\/p>\n

Is it so bad that children have one time of year when they can enjoy themselves and not be horrified by adult foolishness?<\/p>\n

When we were kids, we were allowed to enjoy the holiday season.<\/p>\n

Nowadays there are commercials in-between movies and shows that are solely intended to ruin the mood. And that’s just disappointing.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

[1] If your purpose is to undercut peoples’ belief system, it’s a good to keep in mind that CHILDREN are also seeing your propaganda. And instead of being angry and outraged by your message, they tend to believe it.<\/p>\n

Being constantly barraged by negative advertising, fail-videos, fakenews, and — is it any wonder that things are falling apart? The population is being conditioned to experience an Us versus Them mentality in every situation.<\/p>\n

* Our movies are good versus bad. Even when “good” is a bad guy.
* Our books feature worlds ruled by a myopic version of fascism, toppled by the little guy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I don’t understand this mentality that has people ruining things for no useful purpose. I mean, unless you’re purposefully trying to undercut peoples’ belief system[1], why mess with the television innocence of Christmas, Easter, the Tooth Fairy, the first day of school, eating in a restaurant, or half a million other things adults ruin for…<\/p>\n Read More<\/span> Why *DO* you have to ruin Christmas? It’s not for you. 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