IN THE SEASON OF FA-LA-LA : discussion between The Cynic & The Optimist (character monologue)

The Cynic: Ho-Ho-Ho it's time to go shopping
time for GIFTS! GIFTS! GIFTS!
Let's all congregate and fill the parking spaces
in the mall and shopping places and the mad chases!
for it's SALE! SALE! SALE!
nothing but SALE!
All day, 75% off Life.
We are all just eggnog doused souls devouring
apple pie, custard pie, pumpkin pie - Rhubarb?
Say hello to our dinner guests,  Mr. & Mrs. Excess and Gorge!
And YOU dare to tell ME?! 
"there is some salvation, my dear"  for those who seek it?!
beyond the madness?
behind the frenzy of the SALE SALE SALE?
behind the slish slush of the ugly muddy snow and traffic?
Trees slay & sacrificed so they can be lit up like Vegas 
making their debut across the lands and in the neighborhoods and living rooms!? 

The Optimist: Quit your bewailing!
Every year you complain and you grovel and you whine 
Why? When we can give and receive and eat

The Cynic:  potatoes, dead animals and tarts?

The Optimist: Oh it's the holidays , mon petite, 
let not the brandy numb your heart.