How do you think ********* has changed over the decades?

How do you think ********* has changed over the decades?
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Oh definitely, shallow, boring another *********. The real meaning of ********* is lost. Whatever one makes it to be. Whether religious, or a time to be with family and loved ones that is the real meaning. Also maybe helping others, you know less fortunate. I try every year to make lunch for my lonely neighbor but he is always to drunk and passed out to eat it loll.
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