Christmas Wishes

Christmas Wishes

Now, I don’t really celebrate Christmas, or consider myself a Christian. I do like to celebrate the solstice in my own way, but solstice isn’t very funny. On the other hand, making a Christmas wish list is an age old tradition that’s about as silly as they come. Christmas is so funny that I wish I could be Christian just for the ironic, “camp” value of it, but the whole incest/sexual abuse thing that’s connected to it really poisoned that scene for me. But I won’t let that stop me from showing you my Christmas wish list. Won’t you please help my wishes come true?

 

I wish Bod Dylan had never made that Christmas album.

 

I wish Santa Claus was a hot young Latina woman instead of a fat white guy with a red nose.

On second thought, this woman would have frightened me as a small child, and no retailer would ever hire me to pretend to be her. I certainly can't afford to wish away any of my few remaining employment options

I wish we could forget the real meaning of Christmas.

 

I wish they had Holiday Inn’s in biblical times. If they had, today, nativity scenes would have three wise men sitting around a table sipping soda from disposable cups, next to Joseph, Mary and Jesus on a Magic Fingers massage bed.

 

I wish mistletoe was a kind of footwear that fired rockets.

 

I wish Jesus were a hot young Latina woman instead of Jewish baby boy.

 

I wish they would stop making candy-canes, and start making candy-crutches and candy-walkers.

 

…and I wish they would make them out of chocolate instead of peppermint hard candy.

 

I wish breweries would stop making “Holiday Brews”. I don’t want any spices, fruit or herbs in my beer reminding me that it’s Christmas. I want my regular beer to remind me that Christmas is just another day full of crap to get through.

 

I wish Metalica would make a Christmas album.

 

I wish “Black Friday” was more like the Steely Dan song of the same name.

Steely Dan, Black Friday

I wish Salvation Army Bell-Ringers would switch to a different ring-tone.

 

I wish, as a culture, we had a better way of celebrating a holiday than by shopping.