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Turning the Page On Hatred and Commercial Christmas "CaCa"

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Message Dr. Cheryl Pappas

Have you ever wondered why peace-loving people are not hyped up with intense agitation to scream their views on cable news?

And yes, on the commercial Christmas front, Mercedes and Lexus commercials gobble up television air space, as if luxury cars make a viable, reasonable gift choice for the masses to bestow upon their loved ones.

However, there is also a successful ad campaign for a trio of department stores, including Marshall's, featuring a reminder that the greatest things in life, i.e. love, are free. This is quickly followed, of course, by the suggestion that cheap holiday gifts can be found at their stores, but still, the approach is uncommonly humane for corporate Christmas.

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The Trump hysteria is sputtering to a halt like a dying battery as Trump Trumps himself in his demonstration of just how emotionally out of control he is. This latest example that includes his wiggling his formidable body like a spastic idiot, where he mimics a physically impaired naysayer, is surely evidence of a leaky mental state.

It turns out, ladies and gents, that this is a collapsing bridge too far, even for Republicans.

Could the gift of this season be that people are not just wiped-out but also fundamentally and consciously turned off by greed and hate?

Are we turning the page on hatred?

Are more of us turning away from empty commercial holiday happiness distractions?

Look and listen for this.

It's a happening thing.

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