Opinions

Editorial: Enjoy the Holidays - Any Holidays

Every time a major holiday rolls around, the happy sounds are drowned out by the grumbling of cynics. Why, the resentful reasoning goes, should we have certain days set aside to celebrate things that should be on our minds constantly? We should be thankful every day, not just Thanksgiving. We should buy flowers for our significant others whenever the mood strikes us, not only the day that tradition tells us we're supposed to.

It's true that holidays tend to be overblown, and there is sense in the contention that the original meanings are lost in the flurry of Hallmark cards and mall sales. Everyone has had to sit through the saccharine falsity of pre-turkey gratitude. But there are reasons for holidays, and they can be enjoyed despite shallow pretenses and the glossy sheen of commercialism.

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