| The Holiday Season; A time for reflection
Posted: 12/25/2006 10:17:26 PM | This holiday season I found myself thinking of holidays of old, times when I was young and the excitement of the packages were the only worries i had. it was a gentiler time because there was less for more. We were a poor family but we were happy. Not having money for gifts meant we had to use our imagination to make things. I'm sure many of you have the same memories, not very many of the people back then were rich.
As I strolled through the malls anD shopping centers this holiday season I witnessed greed, merchants using every tactic to sell merchandise. The sales at some stores had people camping out to get the bargins. Then state they were selling the items on E bay for a profit.
It reminded me of the first panic buying I can remeber, the Cabage Patch Kids. Stores inflated the proces to take advantage of those whose children just had to have them. What ever happen to common decency?
My holiday season was spent visiting family. I had not ventured to my home town in 10 years. When I saw my family I was bearly recoginzed by them, I look older and heavier. I am the youngest and everyone else has bad health so this may be my last opportunity to see them alive.  I wondered if my health might turn like theirs has. I resolved to lose weight after the holidays.
I also noted those who were missing. Two brother, a father and mother, many school mates, and military friends. I also miss all of them as well as those on my wifes side of the family, a sister and brother in law an Uncle.
I had almost given up on the joy of Christmas until Christmas Eve when children from one of the local churches stop by my work at just after midnight with a tray of goodies and to thank me for having to work on Christmas Eve so others could be with their families. It was a reminder of what Christmas should be:
a TIME FOR CARING ABOUT OTHERS, GIVING WITHOUT RETURN, AND GIVING THANKS THAT WE HAVE OUT HEALTH, AND OUR FRIENDS, AND OUR FAMILY AND MOST OF ALL KNOWING THAT GOD IS LOOKING OUT FOR US ALL. MERRY CHRISTMAS | |
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| The Holiday Season; A time for reflection
Posted: 12/26/2006 11:28:10 AM | I couldn't agree with you more. Each year the blessed holiday turns more and more into a commercial gain. I hate it, but unfortunately I can't stop it.
I had the great fortune of being able to help a family in need this Christmas without her knowing who it was. It was great to be able to help, but the great feeling was quickly replaced with anger when I found out she didn't wait for us to be there to see them open the gifts that were from us and not Santa. It shouldn't be a big deal, but I buy the gifts to see the smiles on their faces not to get the best gift or spend the most money. That alone ruined my Christmas.
My dad also ruined it by not being grateful for the wonderful gift he received. He is going to Hawaii, and instead of being excited he is mad at my mom for not talking to him about it and for not paying it off in full up front. I have always known my dad was an ungrateful jerk, but that just totally takes the cake. | |
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