Tis’ the Season to be Jolly? More Like Drowning in Debt.
The documentary God Grew Tired of Us placed a lot of emphasis on the Lost Boys’ confusion surrounding the American commodification of Christmas—who is Santa Claus? Why decorate a tree? What is the meaning behind all of it? Wrapped up in the “magic” of the season, it’s so easy to be transfixed by the crazy consumerist haze of winter holiday marketing and not question what we are literally buying into. What Would Jesus Buy is a documentary regarding this very phenomenon. Using the Evangelical model, “Reverend” Billy and the…read more