Christmas is a lot like Batman
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captain_slinkyI love Christmas! Even though I am about as far away from being a Christian as one could possibly be without being entirely Agnostic, but when it comes to Christmas I'm all about the entire thing! From Santa to Presents, to Christmas Carols to The Lil' Baby Jesus in the manger... and thing is, I'm not alone. There are A LOT of folks out there who don't believe in Christ but love Christmas. It's gotta be hard for the Christians to see us like this.
It's like Batman.
I've been a hard-core comic book lover for my entire life. I live, eat and breathe comic books. If a fast food joint has a super hero in their kids meal, I eat at that restaurant EXCLUSIVELY for as long as that promotion lasts. Love, love, LOVE the comic books!!! And as a result, a large chunk of society shuns me and brands me as a "Nerd". But I don't care; they just don't understand the greatness of Comic Books! They have no idea what they're missing! I try to convert friends and family in to comic book readers all the time, but it rarely works.
So then a movie like "Batman Begins and/or The Dark Knight hits theaters, and suddenly EVERYBODY is a huge Batman/Comic Book fan for like a *month*. And during that time I'm all "YES! THIS! This is what I love! Don't you see it? Isn't it AWESOME?!?! Don't you want to feel this way ALL THE TIME?"
Then the movie leaves theaters and everybody goes back to not even caring about comic books, and I am left bewildered.
Yup... for The Christians, Christmas has got to be a lot like Batman.
It's like Batman.
I've been a hard-core comic book lover for my entire life. I live, eat and breathe comic books. If a fast food joint has a super hero in their kids meal, I eat at that restaurant EXCLUSIVELY for as long as that promotion lasts. Love, love, LOVE the comic books!!! And as a result, a large chunk of society shuns me and brands me as a "Nerd". But I don't care; they just don't understand the greatness of Comic Books! They have no idea what they're missing! I try to convert friends and family in to comic book readers all the time, but it rarely works.
So then a movie like "Batman Begins and/or The Dark Knight hits theaters, and suddenly EVERYBODY is a huge Batman/Comic Book fan for like a *month*. And during that time I'm all "YES! THIS! This is what I love! Don't you see it? Isn't it AWESOME?!?! Don't you want to feel this way ALL THE TIME?"
Then the movie leaves theaters and everybody goes back to not even caring about comic books, and I am left bewildered.
Yup... for The Christians, Christmas has got to be a lot like Batman.
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Date: 2009-09-08 12:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-08 07:21 pm (UTC)Oh! Saw the new Batman game, Arkham Asylum. Pretty slick looking.
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Date: 2009-09-08 07:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-09 05:06 am (UTC)They were all pixelated fun times....