The Weird Economics of Christmas

Can anyone relate? I suspect this will be my last full video of 2024, so I'll see you jolly jellies in the New Year. Bye! #christmas #holidays #santa Ahhh, Christmas... And yes, here I say "Christmas", and not "the holidays", not because the other December holidays aren't important (because they obviously are), but because I grew up with Christmas culturally, and therefore, unlike the other holidays, I do have a right to criticize the super weird parts of Christmas that make me uncomfortable. Because how did we start with a god-baby in a manger and end up with a jolly saint who lives in the very center of the arctic tundra, allegedly enslaving a bunch of tiny little elves to pump western consumerism straight down our chimneys using presumably immortal and (according to the stories) FULLY SENTIENT reindeer as a presumably PETA-disapproved mean magical conveyance, hm? How'd we do that? But more importantly, when did it become necessary to buy each of your loved ones a bunch of crap they're not going to use and wrap it all up in colorful paper just to avoid feeling like you'll be ousted from the tribe? And...did it actually? Did it actually become necessary? If so, I feel like that's kinda messed up. Because I don't know about you, but my perfect holiday is just getting together with a bunch of people I'm especially fond of, and eating a bunch of food...that I'm especially fond of. Personally, I don't think that our holiday activities really need to pad the bottom lines of corporations just because they said so, unless you're buying actual frankincense and myrrh of course, because that's hilarious. Buy all your relatives a bunch of myrrh for Christmas and see what happens. Hugs over Uggs—that's what I'm saying! Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and happy New Year. #commentary #comedy #funny #merrychristmas #happyholidays #weird #capitalism #economics #santaclaus #consumerism #underconsumption #underconstumptioncore