You mean you don't wake up the day after Thanksgiving every year and
wonder, what's the new Christmas slash flick? I know I do. Well, actually
not. I really don't get the whole Sweeney Todd thing either. I don't care
if it is Johnny Depp and he's reusing his accent from Pirates of the
Caribbean, I'm not watching it. It just looks gross. I am wondering why
serial killer movies are so in these days. In my mind there is nothing
fascinating about serial killers as characters. But such movies seem to be
a big thing.
If you think there is "no Christ in Christmas" because of Hollywood's
"cashing in" with horror flicks, check out the TV evangelists and
magachurches. Xmas has been about Capitalism and collecting as much
M-O-N-E-Y as fast as you can for some time. Christ NEVER passed a
"Collection Plate", nor sat on a $23,000 toilet. But Pat Robertson, the
late Jerry Falwell, the Pope, Charles Manson, Jim Jones, Creflo Dollar,
Benny Hinn, Joyce Meyer, Jim Baker, Jimmy Swaggart and all the other "Money
Changers" would have been "thrown out of the Temple" if Christ were alive
today. And all you can see is the movies? Ever hear of Macy's! Ever hear of
Santa Claus! Ever hear of politicians, who exploit their religion for
political advantage! I speak particularly, but not exclusively, about
Romney and Huckabee, but formerly Pat Robertson & Jesse Jackson among many,
many others!