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Hello everyone!
This is my first official blog on thoughts.com so I'm a little nervous. Please take it easy on me! LOL.
As I sit here and write this I am at work. I know I should be working and not blogging, but as you can see... that isn't stopping me! I guess the reason this isn't stopping me is because I am sitting here listening to Christmas music (endless Christmas music) and I just need to escape into my own thoughts for a little while, to drown out the music if only for 5 or 10 minutes. Now don't get me wrong.... I like Christmas just as much as the next guy, the music, the lights, the smells, the overall feeling of peace that comes from the holiday season... but there comes a point in time where enough is just enough! Did anyone else notice that retail stores were getting ready for the holidays even a little before Halloween? It seems as though this preperation is getting earlier and earlier each year. I'm not sure if stores are trying to promote the holidays or if they are just trying to make a buck earlier in the season? I remember being younger and stores didn't put holiday stuff out until November. There are even a couple radio stations that have been playing nothing but Christmas music since November 1st. It seems to early to listen to it at that point, and then when you do decide you want to start listening you get worn out on it almost instantly! It just seems to me that Christmas has become such a commercialized holiday that people are starting to forget the true meaning behind it. I admit that I have not been the best person to talk about remembering the meaning behind Christmas, but the last couple years I have been reminded of it. My mother's husband has played Santa for a local group in the town I work in... seeing how excited the little kids get at the thought of going to see Santa and tell him what they want makes me think back to when I used to believe in the magic of the day... the anticipation of Santa coming, and of course I remember acknowledging that it was Jesus' birthday. I don't know if it's just because I've gotten older or if times have changed that much in the last 20 years... but Christmas doesn't seem as magical. Children are no longer ok with getting a few lower priced gifts, but instead want the lastest and greatest tech toys that run in the hundreds of dollars. There is so much more pressure as an adult now too. You have to think about what everyone wants, go to the store (and fight the masses!!!), try to get the best deal possible on a particular item, find the time to wrap the gift and then be disappointed when that present that took you 10 minutes to wrap all pretty is torn to shreds in 30 seconds by a set of hands that only wants what's inside. I realize I sound very negative about this holiday, and that's not my intent... my intent is to just ask: Where did the magic go? How is it that we, as adults, get so caught up in the getting and giving that we forget to sit back and take the time with our family and just enjoy the time that we are given to spend together? I admit that I am not a regular church-goer. I go on occassion, but that doesn't mean that I don't believe in God and that I don't pray. I have prayed many times for many things, I believe that He has helped me through some very rough times in my life. It's scary to think that people are not taking the time to recognize Jesus anymore. He is the reason that we are having this holiday in the first place! We are celebrating His life and the fact that He died for our sins, shouldn't we at least take 1 day out of the year to honor Him in return???
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Posted by dani01 on 2007-12-13 10:08:58 | Rating: | Views: 48
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Hello, dani01,
Welcome to you!
Hope you enjoy blogging.
And I agree with you that Christmas has gotten too commercial.
Jesus is still the Reason for the Season!
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Posted by kathyjoyful2day
on 2007-12-13 10:21:34
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Yes indeed. I agree it has become a commercialized holiday! I don't live too far from you and they had Christmas decor out in stores here around Halloween also. It's funny. I always thought if I got just one present when I was a child, I was so happy. Now, you're absolutely right, the kids want more.
Hey, you did good on your first entry! Nothing better than a blog about Christmas around Christmas time..lol. And welcome, I'm new here too.
Have a great rest of your day and relax...just a couple more weeks of those Christmas songs left;)
Always,
MendingTheSurface
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Posted by MendingTheSurface
on 2007-12-13 10:24:39
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hi dani!
great first blog!
welcome!
i just know that once christmas is done, i'll be glad to see it go. you know what i hate most? - the bastardised xmas songs. instead of singing 'let it snow, let is snow, let it snow...' they go 'buy an ipod, by an xbox, buy some chairs...' ENOUGH!!!!
cheers!
:o)
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Posted by badlydrawnstickman
on 2007-12-13 11:31:16
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