Manufactured Sentiment: a.k.a Holidays

Holidays are stupid. If you see a present that reminds you of a person and you want to buy it (and can afford it), then do. Holidays shouldn't be about calling, or flowering, or presenting, or other sundry proof that someone is thought of, loved, and/or admired. Instead, try telling them each day: Not Valentine's, or Mother's or even Christmas, but today. I think holidays are all bullshit. The only thing holidays are good for is days off and if they come on a Sunday, who cares! They make people who don't get presents feel bad and question their lives, and those that do get presents, worry all day if the person(s) will remember. Wouldn't it be nicer to call just because? To present someone, just because? To thank someone for being a wonderful addition to your life, just because? I am boycotting all holidays until further notice...until there is a single person holiday wherein others celebrate your keen intellect for not marrying the wrong person, or your panache at doing it all by yourself. Fuck holidays. They are traps for money, fake sentiment and guilt. Holidays are attempts to manufacture sentiment. Or is it just me?