HHHMMMMM! I am starting to
question this whole Christmas shopping thing myself. For certain, I am not liking the
general attitude to Christmas shopping and certainly not the total wave of
frontal assaults from the stores planning to battle to make the most money out of the
whole thing, with no other consideration even vaguely visible. They do not wish
you a Happy Christmas; that is a great big porky pie! What they wish, is for you to spend as
much of you hard earned cash as possible with them, to make them even richer,
and leave your pockets as empty as you are foolish enough to allow.
What is it all about now? Ok,
let us get one point out of the way shall we? Several people have said to me
that Christmas is just for the children! Oh is it? Well that is big news to me
because I thought it was a religious festival; Goodwill to all men etc! If big
business is working around to making it something else, I for one will not be
joining in. In fact I may start right now. There, I have refused to continue
taking part in this obscenity; stopped.
My Christmas shopping will
be for the people I love and care for. Our family, and our close friends. It
should not be viewed simply as party season on any level. I take a very dim
view indeed of anybody using this special time (on my calendar) just to drink
yourself silly and eat appalling amounts of food. In fact that all sounds a bit
pagan to me and it is probably not a maybe, that sex will be thrown in to
complete the orgy eventually if it has not already with the behaviour horror
stories we hear about at office parties.
How come people do not see
what a small part they play in the grand scheme of the ruthless use of this
traditional time of year that was once about peace, love, and charity etc. The
vast majority of the people I know, who blitz their way through this festival
without any thought what so ever concerning the origins for this time for
reflection on a way of life. Most only go to church these days for weddings,
which again has mostly nothing to do with the church and much to do with having
a bigger, sprauncier wedding that of their friends and sometimes they attend
Christenings and on both occasions many folk are making promises and
declarations that they have no intention of fulfilling.
I see a rather selfish world
ahead, full of men and women who only care about themselves and their own pleasure.
Attention to right and wrong, should in that case be the next fence that will
fall. I just hope and pray that there are more people like me and mine, who
want to fight this battle of bad manners and self centred living. Come on
people; please make an effort to behave with kindness and consideration to each
other. Give your love for Christmas.
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