HAPPY THANKSWEENMAS!

If you haven’t guessed, I’m a man that reads the comics daily. Some comic strip writers are genius in my opinion and they have a perfect forum for saying what needs to be said.

Tim Rickard writes a comic strip called, Brewster Rockit: Space Guy. Brewster is a dim witted part of a space crew, similar to the crew of Star Trek or Star Wars. Mr. Rickard often parodies Star Wars but he does his funniest writing when he comments on society.

The last few days, he has written about how silly people are about celebrating Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. I can’t explain it; you have to see it.

I stared at the word, “Thanksweenmas” only to realize that’s what the secular world would prefer. Why not? The character, Pam, in the first frame was right. I saw the same things. It isn’t even Thanksgiving and there are TV stations running Christmas movies continuously and homes in the neighborhood have Halloween and Christmas decorations. Maybe the Headless Turkeyclaus isn’t far from reality.

Stores have been running Christmas commercials since before Halloween. The sad thing is that they are disgusting commercials. One major chain took a beautiful Christmas carol and put Rap music to it so kids will turn their attention to the screen so they can learn what to “want”. The same chain has banned the Salvation Army from the stores. What lovely Christmas spirit they have.

Tim Rickard points out all that is wrong with the series of holiday celebrations. We’re in such a hurry to celebrate that we can’t wait for one event to be over so we can move on to the next one. People want an assembly line of events with some sort of theme attached so they can sit on their couches watching an assigned movie or sporting event while they eat themselves sick. The event doesn’t matter; just take the day off from work and say, “Happy holiday”.

I’ve always hated the phrase, “Happy Holidays”. There are a lot of holidays; to which one were you referring when you repeated that phrase? Independence Day comes to mind. It’s one of my favorites with picnics and fireworks. When you mean Merry Christmas, say it loud and clear and never apologize. The same goes for the rest of them.

I do feel as though there is a “Holiday black hole” condensing all holidays into one large, “Thanksweenmas”. It starts out by forcing political correctness on the American public at Christmas. ACLU lawyers and the radical liberals insist that we can’t say Merry Christmas because we will insult Muslim neighbors so we simply cower and say, “Happy Holidays”.

Retail chains have fired employees for saying Merry Christmas on the job. TV commercials drum “Happy Holidays” into our psyche and stores sell “Holiday lights” before Halloween (which really is not a holiday). Now researchers are talking about permanent LED light fixtures for homes to accommodate all holidays so nobody ever has to change lights in bad weather; just push a button for the right colors for each event.

Tim Rickard was right but hasn’t taken it far enough yet. Perhaps he’s afraid that holiday’s will be eliminated and replaced with periodical “Party Days”; nondescript days off at different times of the year just to party on. Turn on the assigned, corresponding colored lights from your LED screens and eat the assigned, corresponding foods and nobody will be insulted or confused.

Brewster Rockit may tell it like it is but I prefer to tell it the way it is meant to be. Around here it is now and always will be, “Merry Christmas”. I pray it catches on.

And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.
Nehemiah 8:12