Pedro Vera posts about Memorial Day.

Every year I am subjected to a creepy custom. There are certain people that forget the meaning of specific holidays in this country, to them a holiday means a long weekend, food, maybe a party, and bullshit e-mail greeting cards. Read the full post.

His full post is about Memorial Day, but it is applicable to the way Americans celebrate a number of other (all?) holidays as well.

How do beers and barbecues memorialize those who have given their lives in service of this country?

What really does the resurrection of Christ have to do with bunnies delivering candy to kids?

Does it make Jesus happy that we spend absurd amounts of money for his ‘birthday’?

Without an effort to remember why one celebrates, it is easy to forget why one celebrates.
Entropy increases. Be careful.