What has happened to our holidays?  We all know about the true meaning of Christmas and Thanksgiving, but we have become so material that we forget to celebrate the real meanings.  Sure, it’s to celebrate Christ’s birth and the plenty enjoyed by the Pilgrims and Native Americans, but what about the other meanings?  We eat and go shopping the day after Thanksgiving, in preparation for Christmas.  Should we not stop and give thanks for everything we already have, instead of feeling greedy the day after a holiday about giving thanks, and go shopping to get more stuff?  The Christmas holiday has become all about stuff.  We shop for and purchase stuff so that our stuff will hopefully make other people feel better.  Then we want to get stuff in return for our given stuff.  We need to remember to give thanks and try to spend as much time enjoying our time with our families for the Holidays, instead of giving them stuff to enjoy their time with.  I’m not telling you to do away with gift giving, but just remember and celebrate the deeper, more important reasons for  the season.

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