A perpetual holiday," george bernard shaw said, "is a good working definition of hell." This year the perennial ruckus over little girls' slutty Halloween costumes was still going strong even as the perennial ruckus over the War on Christmas began. It's as though we've supersized our holidays, so that they start sooner, last longer and cost more, until the calendar pages pull and tear, and we don't know which one we are meant to be celebrating.
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机译:乔治·伯纳德·肖(George Bernard Shaw)说,一个永久的假期是对地狱的一个很好的定义。今年,尽管小女孩放荡的万圣节服装引起的长期骚动仍然很旺盛,尽管圣诞节战争的长期骚动开始了。尽管我们已经过大了假期,所以假期开始得更早,持续时间更长并且花费更多,直到日历页面撕裂,而且我们不知道我们该庆祝哪个。
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