Those with a more exploratory palate are perhaps enjoying the smells of clove, allspice, and cinnamon mixing with the recently hyped aroma of UFO-related malarkey. Instead of three wise men, we get Tom DeLonge, Steven Greer and Elon Musk telling yarns around the campfire about lights in the sky.

Though we may not be hearing the angels sing, we are most certainly feeling the drumbeats that precede a new flow of taxpayer funding. Mars? Honestly, why not? It’s not like our nation’s infrastructure, food quality/supply, and civil liberties are under threat or anything.

One thing seemingly interwoven with so much of this UFO nonsense is the fact that “say to pay/pay to say” celebrities actually think we should believe them when it comes to unexplained phenomena. Follow the money, and you’ll probably wind up in a shack with a computer screen and several technocrats laughing their pants off.

If you are looking to stock your stuffing with some proper coal this holiday season, look closely into some of the accusations and positions the UFO community regularly makes (straight-faced) about what they “know” about the “secret agenda.” Weave in the occult while you are at it, and you’ll end up with a populace unfit to govern itself because it spends most of its time chasing boxes made with a technology over 100 years old.

They say “make hay while the sun shines,” and this solstice let’s not forget the true meaning of this remarkable and blessed time of year … it’s all about the money, baby.

Ahmad Esfahani

Greenfield