[Porsche-O-Phile]

Sadly, Christmas is like church for too many people - simply a way to delude themselves into thinking they're atoining for being an ********* the rest of the time.

The "goodwill toward man" thing is a good idea, but in this sense, even that is tainted, since it's done out of a guilt rather than any deep-seeded desire to do good on the part of a great number of people. As such, what's really the point? I mean, I'd rather have the goodwill (even if it's faked) for one day than not at all - the ends justify the means, but why can't the message be to simply be less of a prick the rest of the time rather than faking it for one day?

Sadly, I think this is what Christmas is for a lot of people - a "feelgood" drug to allay (temporarily) their guilt. Got news for you people - stickin' a big animated plastic Santa in your front yard doesn't make you any less of a d1ckhead.

So all I want for Christmas this year is for the "goodwill towards man" to be absorbed into our collective behavior the REST OF THE YEAR and maybe even a little bit more genuine at that. The retailers would never go for it, but hey. . . even they would be better off for it in the long run, wouldn't they?