Touché. ;p

Spain got the whole christmas gifting thing right. Fat Coca Cola-Boy isn't bringing any gifts here on 24th of December. That's the job of the Three Kings on the 6th of January. It's still a highly commercial thing, but at least it does make some sense (the Three Kings were bearing gifts when they paid little Jesus a visit).

@christmas vs. winter
Winter sale is just as "wrong" as Christmas sale. Not everyone celebrates Christmas and not every country has winter now. But at least "WINTER SALE!!!" is politically correct, since a christmasy "DIE, HERETIC SCUM!!!!"-sale would "exclude" other religions -.-

What are the three kings bringing in Spain? The holy inquisition? Kids won't be expecting that...

Not a person dressed up as a goat? That seems far more appropriate to me!

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e6/08/20/e60820b88073ecf2883431fd683dd8f6.jpg




Local tradition may or may not be weird.... (these days it's jolly old Santa that brings the gifts)

But it is (almost) winter in the northern hemisphere. That makes it factually correct, and it can't be "wrong", since unlike religion it's not a matter of opinion. Doesn't matter if it happens to be winter or not in your particular country. You can still acknowledge that the northern hemisphere exists. And given that 9 out of 10 people live there, that would be a good idea. ;)

I guess, you're right. So much people hate Christ and his teachings today, that they certainly would be triggered if greeted on the occasion of his birthday.

Does it? I dunno....never had reason to check under there. ;)

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Iirc they made it/set it to coincide with the pagan "holy days" to get more of them to join the church.

You do know right that it's only Winter now in a certain part of the world?

Do ho ho.....ho
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Kindly old man: Merry Christmas
Busybody young man(to officer): "He said Merry Christmas to me!" *points at old man* "I am so upset right now!"
Old man(as cops haul him away): I love the young people, so nice and kind this time of year

Yes I’m aware of that. I never said I thought the marketing strategy was smart. I was just giving what I presume their reasoning is, as lazy as that reasoning may be.

Goats? Where we're going we don't need goats!
https://imgur.com/a/1B6S9U4

Kinda offtopic, but I think it's a fitting response to the goat-post :P What you see there is another tradition of the region where I live. It's called "Correfoc" (fire run) or "Ball dels Dimonis" (dance of the devils).

Every year in January there's a huge Correfoc where over a dozen of "devil clubs" do their dance and where thousands of people come to dance with them. Last January I decided to take my camera and to jump into the fire. This time (next month already!) I think I'll do a video, or even a stream. Taking pictures is fun, but it can't transport the... terror :O The pyrotechnics they use there do very, VERY weird noises, giving you the impression that the gates to hell just opened. And the pictures don't show how people boldly jump into the fire just to flee a few seconds later after feeling some first sparks hitting their faces...

As I said... We don't need any goats ;)

GOG is located in poland, right? They're making a "local season" international sale. And I'm in summer too. Also I prefer Winter over Christimas, because then they can make four consistently named sales through out the year... though I do remember an Easter Sale, hmm...

Christmas is about giving not selling.
At least that's how it was meant to be:)

Is Christ's birthday celebrated in March?