Now the unwritten rule of not mentioning the C word until after Halloween is over -- it's time to prepare for a raft of Christmas ads and predictions over which will win our hearts and which will
grate on us so badly we switch over before November is even out. …
It might be me. It usually is. But there is something deeply depressing in the terminology of 'Winning Christmas'. The incongruence of 'save the planet' mantras along with selling (& consuming) as much as possible and "winning" perhaps sum up the confusion of our age. Who will win Christmas is a much less interesting question than considering what we are we losing.