I am writing this September 29 almost three full months until Christmas Day and have deliberately posted on this Special Day. I think that for the past several years, I have written something about Christmas although never three months before the actual event.
Usually, my writing has been about the commercialization of this time of the year when the significance of Christmas is lost in the chase for the almighty dollar which sadly still reigns supreme for most of the country.
This is the end of September and the first signs of this dollar madness is already showing with ads for Christmas shopping already beginning to appear. The big box stores are already selling Christmas decorations and they are only waiting for Thanksgiving to be over before decorating those stores. A lot of families who have been paying off their last years Christmas debt are hoping to have enough space on the same credit cards to repeat the process for this year. As for the kids, this is America so get them what they want. They deserve it as they are only young once. Never mind that the family is in debt to pay for the expensive goodies but if their buddy or closest friend has one, then they must have one, whatever it is.
Well, you know what, I refuse to rant and rave about it this year as I have in previous years. This is a time of reflection, of taking a good long look within yourself to see just how you as an individual, measure up. It’s not about the expensive gifts and toys that are forgotten immediately the celebrations are over or about the one upmanship that sadly intrudes upon our lives. This is all about loving thy neighbor, the guy across the street or the homeless man on the street corner who can always use a helping hand. This is a season of giving if no more than a word of thanks.
Lets celebrate Christmas the way it should be by sharing a part of us with those not so fortunate and I can guarantee that not only will each and everyone of us feel just a little bit better but that the world is a little better place.
Happy Holidays to one and all.
Written 9/27/2017
Thank you for this wonderful post. I’ve been trying to point this out to friends and neighbors for several years now. It’s good to see that I am not the only one that feels that the dollar is all there is to life…
Alas, this is America and the dollar rules everything, sad to say. Happy Holidays to you.
Merry Christmas 💞🌹🌷🌲
Shiva
And the same to you and thanks.
sad, but this is true for everywhere in the world, almost every family. people want to be happy in this day, forget the rest
merry christmas and best wishes.
And the same to you and thanks for commenting.
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Great card. Happy Holidays to you and yours…
Thank you.
Merry Christmas, this is so true, and they tend to forget that we celebrate because of our saviour Jesus Christ was born to save us from sins and gave us overflowing grace.
Not everyone is a believer and we have to respect that. Those that do believe just have a different viewpoint on Christmas than those that do not.
Agreed fallcorn
I totally agree with you, if not Dollar it’s another currency that rules…Happy Holidays Francis 🙂
This is a sad and sorry world we live in. One half lives so well it could feed the other half on all of the food and other goods that are thrown away on a daily basis. Happy Holidays to you.
Hope you had a wonderful christmas 🙂
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I am not big on celebrations which includes Christmas, New Years and Birthdays. Mine was quiet, just how I like it…
Glad to hear that it went the way you liked it to be 🙂
I hope your Christmas was one to remember. I wish you all the best throughout 2018 with lots of good things in it. Take care of yourself and keep blogging!