i really wanna comment on christmas, this time around in 2024.

the supposed joy that the birth of christ is supposed to carry doesn't really sit well with me.

i am no christmas scrooge. i like being a happy and affable person. i am also no misanthrope, i truly enjoy the company of others. but i have always found it hard to feel hope around this celebration, it feels forced and manufactured now.

easter always feels more intimate, a time i can be vulnerable with myself. the death of christ, his 'sacrifice', and then his resurrection feel very relatable: i have heard it said, you must first fail in order to succeed.

the redemption and atonement of easter feel way, way, deeper and more realistic than the air of celebration around christmas.