As I look around every year during the holidays, I see less holiday spirit. I don't know how people started loosing the holiday spirit. Everyone is so concerned what to say "Merry Christmas" or "Happy holidays". Does it really matter? It all means the same thing. If there is a nativity scene put somewhere, some have a fit thinking religion is being pushed. Why are we so worried about little things like this when there are more serious things going on in the world?
Christmas isn't just about celebrating the birth of Jesus, it's about giving to others, spending time with family and friends and enjoying life (all of this should be practiced every day in life). There are more than one religion out there that celebrate in different ways. It all has the same meaning no matter how it's said or celebrated. There is no wrong or right way to spend the holidays, we should embrace all differences.
This is just part of the problem. The second part of people loosing the holiday spirit is getting so stressed out over crazy things. Not having money to get this & that, having to get a certain amount of gifts, feeling like you have to spend a certain amount of money, rushing & pushing through a store trying to get that special deal or things. In the mean time people become rude, stressed, some get trampled. TRAMPLED!? Over a sale or item? Is this what we have become? Not giving a crap about others while trying to get something for someone? We have used the holidays to give into our greediness forgetting about the spirit of it all in the process. Why? What does it accomplish?
It's really sad to see this happen every year. It doesn't matter what you get, how much you spend or how many gifts. What is it going to take for everyone to realize this? I hope I can live long enough to see it get better.
Please during the holidays remember these simple things:
1) It doesn't matter how it's said or how it's celebrated, it means the same thing.
2) Don't worry about little things like a nativity scene in front of a building, it's the spirit in the holiday that really counts.
3) There is no need to rush out and spend so much money that you stress and end up broke.
4) The holidays (and every day for that matter) is about the spirit in people, family, friends and giving. As long as you have each other, nothing else matters.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!
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