In countries where the predominant faith is Christianity, it can sometimes be tough to be an agnostic\atheist - especially around the holidays and Christmas. Starting around November, I frequently get asked by online acquaintances why, if I'm an agnostic-atheist, I still celebrate Christmas?
I point to this song as the reason why I still celebrate those holidays.
Minchin is a comedian, and so he can't avoid some flippant humor in here. For example:
"And yes I have all of the usual objections to consumerism
The commercialisation of an ancient religion
To the westernisation of a dead Palestinian
Press-ganged into selling Playstations and beer
But I still really like it."
Minchin is highlighting the fact that Christmas has become incredibly commercialized, which is ironic since consumerism tends to contrast starkly with the message of humility and anti-materialism present in the Bible. But he can't avoid joking about it, by referring to how Christ has, to an extent, become 'Ameircanized' and is used to sell products.
In countries where the predominant faith is Christianity, it can sometimes be tough to be an agnostic\atheist - especially around the holidays and Christmas. Starting around November, I frequently get asked by online acquaintances why, if I'm an agnostic-atheist, I still celebrate Christmas?
I point to this song as the reason why I still celebrate those holidays.
Minchin is a comedian, and so he can't avoid some flippant humor in here. For example:
"And yes I have all of the usual objections to consumerism The commercialisation of an ancient religion To the westernisation of a dead Palestinian Press-ganged into selling Playstations and beer But I still really like it."
Minchin is highlighting the fact that Christmas has become incredibly commercialized, which is ironic since consumerism tends to contrast starkly with the message of humility and anti-materialism present in the Bible. But he can't avoid joking about it, by referring to how Christ has, to an extent, become 'Ameircanized' and is used to sell products.