The United States has an abundance of parties.
First to come to mind are political parties, and political parties have parties.
There is also the Green Party that has parties.
We have Christmas parties, Easter parties, New Year's parties, Saint Patrick's Day parties, Mardi Gras parties, church and religious parties of all ages, Thanksgiving Day parties---normally called feasts---Labor Day parties, July 4th parties, Spring Break parties, Holiday parties, and beach parties throughout the day, or under the light of the moon, or all night long until the sun comes up, and, of course, graduation parties from kindergarten through college.
Hollywood has parties for the Academy Awards, and all other music and movies and television shows have parties.
Then there are the music festivals, which are parties, and they have parties both before and after the music festivals.
Sports has parties, too.
Baseball has parties, both before and after the playoffs, as well as before and after the World Series.
In both college and professional football, they have tailgate parties, and parties before and after each game in the regular season, for the whole season, and parties before and after the playoffs, and more parties before and after the Super Bowl and the National Championship.
Bachelors and bachelorettes have parties, and there are usually parties before the weddings, after weddings, and even parties for the wedding parties after the honeymoons.
Then there are parties that are off the cuff as people use iPhones to send text alerts to all their friends, saying there's a party going on, and within an hour or so two hundred people arrive with party essentials in hand to have a party with a lot of honking going on.
When people get bored and with nothing to do, they say let's have a party, and, quick as a wink, they can invite a few friends or next door neighbors and have a little party.
Then there are those office parties, block parties, homemade ice cream parties, Tupperware parties, Mary Kay parties, and parties to plan parties.
When people are working, how much time do they spend thinking about parties, talking about parties, and also planning surprise parties for people at work, such as promotion parties or retirement parties?
Meanwhile, food and beverage companies, plastic ware and paper ware companies, and catering companies make a fortune in selling and delivering all the goodies for all the parties.
Added together, how many millions of hours do Americans spend in thinking about parties, deciding what clothes to wear or buy before parties, and how much money do they spend in buying food and beverages and lodging and travel expenses for parties?
"This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God: having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away." (2nd Timothy 3: 1-5)
First to come to mind are political parties, and political parties have parties.
There is also the Green Party that has parties.
We have Christmas parties, Easter parties, New Year's parties, Saint Patrick's Day parties, Mardi Gras parties, church and religious parties of all ages, Thanksgiving Day parties---normally called feasts---Labor Day parties, July 4th parties, Spring Break parties, Holiday parties, and beach parties throughout the day, or under the light of the moon, or all night long until the sun comes up, and, of course, graduation parties from kindergarten through college.
Hollywood has parties for the Academy Awards, and all other music and movies and television shows have parties.
Then there are the music festivals, which are parties, and they have parties both before and after the music festivals.
Sports has parties, too.
Baseball has parties, both before and after the playoffs, as well as before and after the World Series.
In both college and professional football, they have tailgate parties, and parties before and after each game in the regular season, for the whole season, and parties before and after the playoffs, and more parties before and after the Super Bowl and the National Championship.
Bachelors and bachelorettes have parties, and there are usually parties before the weddings, after weddings, and even parties for the wedding parties after the honeymoons.
Then there are parties that are off the cuff as people use iPhones to send text alerts to all their friends, saying there's a party going on, and within an hour or so two hundred people arrive with party essentials in hand to have a party with a lot of honking going on.
When people get bored and with nothing to do, they say let's have a party, and, quick as a wink, they can invite a few friends or next door neighbors and have a little party.
Then there are those office parties, block parties, homemade ice cream parties, Tupperware parties, Mary Kay parties, and parties to plan parties.
When people are working, how much time do they spend thinking about parties, talking about parties, and also planning surprise parties for people at work, such as promotion parties or retirement parties?
Meanwhile, food and beverage companies, plastic ware and paper ware companies, and catering companies make a fortune in selling and delivering all the goodies for all the parties.
Added together, how many millions of hours do Americans spend in thinking about parties, deciding what clothes to wear or buy before parties, and how much money do they spend in buying food and beverages and lodging and travel expenses for parties?
"This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God: having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away." (2nd Timothy 3: 1-5)
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