In his Christmas message to the faithful, Pope Francis called on the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics to reject materialism, as reported by the United Kingdom’s Telegraph.

The pontiff, at his annual Christmas Eve Mass at Saint Peter’s Basilica, called on Christians everywhere to push back against the excesses of modern society, which he said was “so often intoxicated by consumerism and hedonism, wealth and extravagance, appearances and narcissism”.

That is a very good idea. Especially here in America, even the poorest of the poor have way too many things. We have all seen the person balancing the latest iphone while sliding the ebt card through the payment terminal. We Americans are the Kings and Queens of consumerism, hedonism and all that jazz.

But, it’s the day after Christmas, and you may not have gotten a pink bunny suit, but you did get a few things that don’t make you happy. You need to return them and get different things.