Happy Holidays to you all! Get bent, FOX news. Let everyone celebrate the season. Now, I am off to prepare for Festivus at my house.

  • MartinXYZ@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    Some of these, especially Valentine’s day, could also be labeled “commercial” but I guess that’s the nature of capitalism to commercialize any kind of festivities.

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      11 months ago

      Tbf, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, and Father’s Day at least were created specifically by Hallmark to sell cards. So they were created as capitalistic commercial scams…

      • OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works
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        11 months ago

        Valentine’s Day was originally a celebration of Saint Valentine. Like Christmas, it got rolled under the capitalist machine until the modern holiday became completely unrecognizable from its roots.