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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://social.sdf.org/users/mjgardner/statuses/113716615210522178">Mark Gardner (mjgardner@social.sdf.org)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 13:06:09 JST</a><a href="https://social.sdf.org/@mjgardner" title="mjgardner@social.sdf.org"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/83251-48-20250110220911.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Mark Gardner" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Mark Gardner</a></section><article><p>The best aspect of <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/Christmas" rel="tag">#Christmas</a> is the aspect usually decried by the mystics: the fact that Christmas has been commercialized…</p><p>The Christmas trees, the winking lights, the glittering colors—provide the city with a spectacular display, which only “commercial greed” could afford to give us.</p><p>One would have to be terribly depressed to resist the wonderful gaiety of that spectacle.</p><p>—<a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/AynRand" rel="tag">#AynRand</a>, December 1976</p><p><a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/MerryChristmas" rel="tag">#MerryChristmas</a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/GoodWillTowardMen" rel="tag">#GoodWillTowardMen</a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/capitalism" rel="tag">#capitalism</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4256781#notice-8319154">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-12-26T13:06:09+09:00" title="Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 13:06:09 JST">about 5 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://social.sdf.org/@mjgardner/113716615210522178" rel="external" title="Sent from social.sdf.org via ActivityPub">social.sdf.org</a></span></span><a href="https://social.sdf.org/@mjgardner/113716615210522178">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/3777510">The best aspect of Christmas is the aspect usually decried by the mystics: the fact that Christmas has been commercialized… The Christmas trees, the winking lights, the glittering colors—provide the city with a spectacular display, which only “commercial greed” could afford to give us. One would have to be terribly depressed to resist the wonderful gaiety of that spectacle.
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Mark Gardner (mjgardner@social.sdf.org)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 13:06:09 JST Mark Gardner
The best aspect of #Christmas is the aspect usually decried by the mystics: the fact that Christmas has been commercialized…
The Christmas trees, the winking lights, the glittering colors—provide the city with a spectacular display, which only “commercial greed” could afford to give us.
One would have to be terribly depressed to resist the wonderful gaiety of that spectacle.
—#AynRand, December 1976
#MerryChristmas #GoodWillTowardMen #capitalism
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1. The best aspect of Christmas is the aspect usually decried by the mystics: the fact that Christmas has been commercialized… The Christmas trees, the winking lights, the glittering colors—provide the city with a spectacular display, which only “commercial greed” could afford to give us. One would have to be terribly depressed to resist the wonderful gaiety of that spectacle. —Ayn Rand, December 1976
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