Two shopping days until Christmas.
With that said, I ask that everyone keep this in mind:
Though presents are nice to give and to receive, they are NOT the end all
and be all of Christmas.
Christmas isn't just about stuff. Arguably, it's not
necessarily about the birth of Christ either, (but that's something to ponder
at a later date). For now, let's concentrate on today, the second to last shopping day before Christmas.
This is the question I pose to anyone out there feeling the need to find that "perfect" Christmas gift: why?
It's not a tangible object that makes Christmas Christmas. There's nothing that can be sold in a store that will automatically make Christmas "perfect", nothing.
Though it's fun to receive, and give, gifts, the ones we can see and hold aren't always the best ones to give or get. Sometimes it's a warm hug, or a phone call, even something as simple as a smile, that's worth more than anything money can buy from a store.
Also, when did we as people decide it was okay to make this particular day more about what we get and give one another, rather than about just being together with family and friends to celebrate however we've chosen to do so?
It's not that any of us needs to walk around being all "bah humbug" about Christmas, quite the contrary. We should not only indulge, but overindulge, in the joy and wonderment of the day. All I'm saying is, what we shouldn't do is fabricate that joy and wonder using gifts as the base to build our happiness on.
As usual, I'm rambling, and not sure I've quite gotten my point across. I guess, over all I feel like maybe the Whos in Whoville had it right all along.
This is the question I pose to anyone out there feeling the need to find that "perfect" Christmas gift: why?
It's not a tangible object that makes Christmas Christmas. There's nothing that can be sold in a store that will automatically make Christmas "perfect", nothing.
Though it's fun to receive, and give, gifts, the ones we can see and hold aren't always the best ones to give or get. Sometimes it's a warm hug, or a phone call, even something as simple as a smile, that's worth more than anything money can buy from a store.
Also, when did we as people decide it was okay to make this particular day more about what we get and give one another, rather than about just being together with family and friends to celebrate however we've chosen to do so?
It's not that any of us needs to walk around being all "bah humbug" about Christmas, quite the contrary. We should not only indulge, but overindulge, in the joy and wonderment of the day. All I'm saying is, what we shouldn't do is fabricate that joy and wonder using gifts as the base to build our happiness on.
As usual, I'm rambling, and not sure I've quite gotten my point across. I guess, over all I feel like maybe the Whos in Whoville had it right all along.
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