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Christmas Magic, Big Houses, and the Catholic Church Bit
from This Is No Way To Live · #72
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3 minTim contrasts his opulent childhood Christmases in Muttontown with normal families, riffs on the Catholic Church's grandeur being designed to indoctrinate kids, and does an extended bit as a priest justifying abuse to kids.
- 14:43Christmas as a kid was magical because of Muntitown on Long Island with huge trees, rolling hills, and massive houses.
- 15:12Tim's parents were working-class—his mother a swim teacher, his father selling office equipment in a Pontiac Sundance.
- 15:30His family would visit a beautiful church, St. Paul's, for holidays in a completely different world from their normal life.
- 15:50Christmas in a big house with a 12-foot tree tied to the staircase shaped what he thought Christmas was supposed to be.
- 16:12Tim defends the Catholic Church for providing order to society and says he likes it, despite its flaws.
- 16:30Father Murphy was working himself out—helping with his demons—trying to save people's souls every Sunday.
- 16:50A therapist session about priest abuse, interrupted by a hard Irish priest telling the victim the Lord doesn't like whiners.
- 17:05Priests supposedly told kids back then that the Lord doesn't like people who open their mouths about abuse.
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