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Q&A: What do you think about this paper im about to turn in?

Question by Lamont: What do you think about this paper im about to turn in?
Is this a logic argument?
(sorry it kinda long)

Banning Christmas

It is a special time of year. Everyone is looking forward to the days ahead. Bright lights decorate the exterior which contrast the thick smoke the chimney brings. Many houses smell like pine or maple trees mixed with left-over turkey and stuffing from the Thanksgiving meal. The parking lots of all stores are full. The streets and roads are filled with white. Wal-Mart is lowering their prices even more then they were originally. People rush to be the first to get the latest Elmo doll. The endless loops of holiday movies are shown. The anticipation of December 25th is what I am referring too, “The Holiday Season”, “Christmas Time”, “Festivus”. This time of giving and sharing is an example of how kind-hearted the human race can be. And what is the reason, we do this every year; well, to gratify the children and see their smile on Christmas morning. On second thought, this is not a time for giving and sharing; instead, this is a time where depression is on the rise. Little kids are lied to in order to get them to be good. Human materialism becomes even more evident. Also no one can universally agree on what we should call this time of year and reason we celebrate this period. These facts are why I have come up with a controversial solution to end Christmas.
Many people believe around the Christmas holiday there is a spike in the suicide rate. This is in fact not true. In a study analyzed about a year ago of 188,000 suicides in the Untied States, it was found that there were on average 102 less suicides on holidays compared to other days of the year, and with the focus on Christmas, there is an apparent drop in these deaths. Even though there are less suicides around this season, the depression rate seem much worse with many people sleeping and eating irregularly while trying to juggle the everyday hassle of work, an increase in social obligations and parties, shopping, decorating, wrapping, entertaining and staying on budget. “Over eating and over drinking combined with a decreased amount of sleep is also a formula for extreme emotional swings – feelings of elation followed twelve hours later by a transient drop in mood,” Dr. Michael Spevack from MUHC psychologist explains. The extreme pressure to impress love with gifts can take a negative effect on your mental heath as well. This can cause many to go spend more money then than can afford, only building to the stress. As the year comes to its end, this period is also a time of reflection. Around this time others look back and see the losses that may have happened throughout the year. This may include the loss of a family member or loved one be it through separation, divorce or death, or the loss of a job or position, or even the loss of familiar social environment as in recently moving away from home. Being around various friends and family members can heighten the tension and increase conflict, adding to the already depressing and stressful time. We as human have learned to deal with a lot of this stresses at an early age.
Almost as soon as we are born, we are indoctrinated to believe in a mythical being that fly around the world with eight or nine reindeers in one night, lives on the North Pole and goes by the name Santa Clause. Santa Clause also known as Saint Nicholas was a noble figure in early American history. The early Vikings dedicated their cathedral to him once they settled in Greenland. Many other places were named after Saint Nicholas in the Central American region, and he was even given a day on December sixth 1492 after Columbus names a port after him. Years later by the sixteenth century, during the Protestant reformation, saints were given a dimmer view. After the American Revolution, many left there colonial roots behind then. In January 1809, Washington Irving joined the Historical Society, a society that promoted Saint Nicholas as a saint that is a special protector of a person, group or place. The day he joined was Saint Nicholas day and that year he published the humorous fiction, Knickerbocker’s History of New York, with several references to Saint Nicholas as a jolly character. The New York Historical Society held its first Saint Nicholas anniversary dinner on December 6, 1810, where he was given a more American style. This new gift-giving, children loving, jolly, old elf, received a big boost in 1823, do to the poem which was intended to become popular, “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” which is now known as “The Night Before Christmas”. Many other writers and artists continued the change to an elf-like St. Nicholas, “Sancte Claus,” or “Santa Claus,” unlike the stately European bishop. This name was a direct phonetic modification from the German “Sankt Niklaus” and Dutch “Sinterklaas” which mean Saint Nicholas. Of course this is not what the children are taught to believe, instead they are lied to. This is a terrible habit that many people would be punished fo

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Answer by Celestian Vega
“Sorta kinda long”?! I’ll still be reading that when Christmas gets here!

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