So, in response to all the vaguely angsty, generally well spoken and well reasoned, and overall derogatory comments made about Valentine's in the last day or so
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Christmas? A celebration of winter? No thank you. I hope to go somewhere one day where they've never heard of "below freezing" and they start driving 5kph at the rumor that Al down the road saw a flake. I'll take any chance I can get to celebrate my friends, but this isn't exactly top end of the chances to do that. And lacking the religious affiliation the supposed birth of some messiah don't spark it for me
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That may be your preference, but the rest of the country won't agree with you. If you want to talk about purity and strength of spirit, you can't go higher than Memorial Day, Labor Day, MLK day, and yes the Fourth of July. I can criticize VD just as much for being vapid but if you're going to hold that the spirit of it actually makes it a noble holiday you can't ignore the spirit of the Fourth of July. It's not about cookouts or little plastic flags, it's about the innate freedoms and rights of every human being. Celebrating love? It celebrates our freedom to love.
I would argue that behind each of the efforts that spawned these holidays is the underlying sociological principles of group solidarity, social trust, and yes, love. It is these forces that created the groups that created these holidays. Where would Memorial Day be without the love of family (and yes country I realize) that drove our fallen to die. Oh, or was it just because they were drafted. Oh well, plenty of noble souls joined to fight the good fight for those they loved
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I choose D) All of the above.
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