Marathon: 11th of 15 parts

Christmas: An atheist's view

Christmas is the time of year when Christians celebrate the birth of Christ, their lord and savior, into this world. Atheists don't believe in any god, including God.

Pros:
1. Many days don't have classes. No school!
2. Gifts! We get to be given gifts.
3. The season allows being dreamy, taking off our clothes and being much closer to showing our real selves. We have an excuse for daydreaming, for fantasizing, for wishing that loved ones requited our affections.
4. Christmas bonus (13th month pay).
5. Time to pick on what we have left (leisurely activities).
6. People are significantly more generous.
7. We are so young. Whether or not we have enough energy left for the day/night, we have to remain awake.
8. Christmas shows. The fireworks.
9. Solemn. Silent.
10. Everybody instantly metamorphosed into angels.

Cons:
1. It is a holiday that we don't celebrate. Majority of Filipinos are Roman Catholics so we don't have any choice but to accept that such commemoration is taking place.
2. Gifts! We got to spend money to get other people gifts.
3. Rational thinking disallows us to enjoy a season of too much dreams.
4. The bonus is very small. Another way of thinking of it is the management only held onto our well deserved pays which should have been distributed all throughout the past year. This means receiving a monthly amount which is 1.0833x what we normally receive.
5. A chance to temporarily let go of serious stuff. Conditioning ourselves with the truth (again) unfortunately takes a long, long time.
6. So much food that it hurts. Time to get fat. Forget your plan to become fit.
7. Stress. Yes, stress!
8. Christmas problems. Deaths unique to this season. Lives lost which should have been spared only if there's no Christmas.
9. Noisy, self-righteous, hypocritical priests and their lousy sermons (for those who attend the (grand) 'night' masses).
10. Temporary goodness reverts to usual evilness when everything's over. What's with the bandwagon thing? It's too sweet just like Valentines. Deep inside, you recognize the artificiality. The feeling after a good meal only to find out you need to abandon your principles as payment for it. You want vomit but it's useless.