About Keen and Christmas

Post 1990:

I think our society is too eager. It makes sense. There’s no point in convenient delivery, convenient information, convenient everything else, if we have to wait around like a bunch of losers.

Before the miracles of the present, we used to have to wait a little bit. I think this made everything better. We used to talk about albums that were coming out next month and video games coming out next year because that meant we could add to our very limited collections. Things weren’t at our fingertips and thus everything was more important. Even if a movie ended up sucking, you remembered it. The suck stuck with you. Now it’s hard to remember anything.

So is this an indictment of convenience and technology? Nah. I saw this coming when I was a kid. Christmas lights. That’s when I knew the whole thing was headed in the wrong direction.

I come from a normal family of semi-logical people, so we didn’t start decorating for Christmas until a week after Thanksgiving when I was kid. Then year after year, the pressure started to mount. More and more neighbors were doing decorations before Thanksgiving, which let’s be honest—it’s just sick.

It’s all the holidays. People (adults) start thinking about Halloween in the summer. Valentine’s Day the year before. What the h is going on? Eager is one thing, but too eager is just gross. Nobody likes it when someone cuts in line, no girl likes a pushy guy, and nobody really thinks it’s cool to sleep outside a store for the next item.

So I don't blame technology. I blame people. Can’t we all just go back to being a little bit more human, slowing down a tad?

I didn’t think so. Excuse me while I go prepare for Columbus Day 2027. Got to get a jump on these things!

Cheers and see you after.