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In Defense of Humbug
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0:03 - 0:03HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
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0:03 - 0:04Happy Holiday!
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0:04 - 0:05Happily Holiday!
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0:05 - 0:07We're a good 6 weeks deep now
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0:07 - 0:10into the telling everybody to have a happy holiday season,
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0:10 - 0:12and the closer we get to the end of that season,
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0:12 - 0:13the more urgent the need becomes
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0:13 - 0:15to tell everyone everywhere
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0:15 - 0:17to have a happy holiday.
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0:17 - 0:18Even though at this point in the year
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0:18 - 0:21that's probably the least useful thing you could say
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0:21 - 0:22to anybody.
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0:22 - 0:24Pretty much anyone you run into this week,
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0:24 - 0:27you can be confident they already know there's a holiday taking place,
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0:27 - 0:30and that they're expected to be happy when this occurs.
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0:30 - 0:33So instead of me telling you to have a happy holiday
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0:33 - 0:36for the fortyleventhmilliontheighthundredmillionth time,
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0:36 - 0:37I'd rather take a minute to acknowledge
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0:37 - 0:40everyone out there who's not having a happy holiday.
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0:40 - 0:43Everyone who can't be with the family that they love,
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0:43 - 0:46everyone who has to be with the family that they hate,
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0:46 - 0:48everyone who can't afford to express their love
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0:48 - 0:51through the season's mandatory rituals of crass consumerism.
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0:51 - 0:52I see you,
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0:52 - 0:53I know that you're out there.
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0:53 - 0:55I know that this is the most stressful,
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0:55 - 0:58most depressing, most unhappiest time of year
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0:58 - 0:59for millions of people.
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0:59 - 1:03And I know that if you're one of those people who's already unhappy,
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1:03 - 1:05and then you gotta spend 6 weeks having everyone else come up to you like
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1:05 - 1:07"Hey! Have a happy holiday!"
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1:07 - 1:08"I hope you're having a happy one!"
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1:08 - 1:10"Don't you go wearing a frown!"
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1:10 - 1:12"What are you? Some kind of Scrooge? Is something wrong with you?!
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1:12 - 1:15Society demands that you be happy!!!"
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1:15 - 1:17If I'm one of those people who's already unhappy,
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1:17 - 1:19that is not helpful.
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1:19 - 1:20That makes it worse.
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1:20 - 1:21If I'm not having a happy holiday,
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1:21 - 1:24it isn't because I forgot to do it.
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1:24 - 1:25I don't need you to remind me.
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1:25 - 1:29I'm already accutely aware of my failure to be happy.
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1:29 - 1:31And well, let me just pause for a minute and say
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1:31 - 1:34I'm not mad at people who say "happy holidays".
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1:34 - 1:36I say it, we all have good intentions when we say it.
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1:36 - 1:38But I also know that for a whole lot of people
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1:38 - 1:40this holiday season is like a little box
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1:40 - 1:42that you know everyone's supposed to fit into,
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1:42 - 1:44and you wish that you could fit into the box too,
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1:44 - 1:46but you just can't fit in the box.
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1:46 - 1:48And when you can't fit in that box,
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1:48 - 1:51it makes you feel like the whole purpose of this holiday season
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1:51 - 1:54is to remind you that there's something wrong with you.
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1:54 - 1:55So I just wanna say to everyone out there:
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1:55 - 1:57No matter how you spend this holiday,
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1:57 - 1:59there's nothing wrong with you doing that.
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1:59 - 2:01And give a little love to both sides of that holiday divide.
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2:01 - 2:04For everyone out there who is able to have a happy holiday,
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2:04 - 2:05good for you!
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2:05 - 2:07I'm sure you're already on top of it.
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2:07 - 2:08Keep up the good work.
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2:08 - 2:09And to everyone else out there
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2:09 - 2:11who's not fitting into that happy holiday box,
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2:11 - 2:13I especially want to send this out to you,
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2:13 - 2:15and let you know I see you,
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2:15 - 2:16there's lots of people right there with you,
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2:16 - 2:17I've been there,
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2:17 - 2:18and you're not alone.
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2:18 - 2:20Basically I just want to say that wherever you are,
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2:20 - 2:21whoever you're with,
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2:21 - 2:23whatever your circumstances,
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2:23 - 2:24happy holidays!
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2:24 - 2:26are optional.
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2:26 - 2:27If you're into that kind of thing.