Crummy Commercials and BB Guns

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In Fritz Allhoff & Scott C. Lowe (eds.), Christmas ‐ Philosophy for Everyone. Oxford, UK: Wiley‐Blackwell. pp. 80–90 (2010)
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This chapter contains sections titled: “Christmas is here. Lovely, glorious, beautiful Christmas …” “Some men are Baptists, others Catholics; my father was an Oldsmobile man” “There it is, the ‘Holy Grail’ of Christmas presents …” “We plunged into the cornucopia quivering with desire and the ecstasy of unbridled avarice”

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Crummy Commercials and BB Guns ‐ Son‐of‐a‐Bitch Consumerism in a Christmas Classic   movies, philosophically interesting ‐ indicative of trends in specific cultures   A Christmas Story, example of movies revealing an aspect of culture   consumerism, becoming a new American religion   A Christmas Story, how consumerism mimics ‐ the role religion plays in the lives of Americans   Jean Shepherd and Bob Clark's A Christmas Story ‐ trying to capture its glory in a brief summary   absence of religion itself, one of the universally appealing elements ‐ in A Christmas Story   religious belief, seen as an inextricable part of individual personality   personal identifier, religion as a force ‐ with potential to change one's life   virtues and vices ‐ distinctly associated with Yuletide holidays

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