well, christmas is merely symbolic of how another year has gone by and how little we've grown. no matter how desperate we are that someday a better self will emerge. but we know it's not to be and that for the rest of our sad, wretched pathetic lives, this is who we are to the bitter end. inevitably, irrevocably; merry christmas? no such thing. well, with so many people in the world deprived and unhappy, it doesn't seem like it would be fair to be cheerful.
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