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Day 344: True Meaning of Christmas
Nathaniel's first Christmas soon. When he grows up, I'm going to make sure that he doesn't fall into the whole "Christmas is about getting presents from Santa and having a Christmas tree" thing. Because it's not about that. It's about the birth of Jesus Christ. I was upset when one of the Glee characters said that the center of Christmas was the Christmas tree. WHAAT?! And I was even more upset to the fact that little kids are watching this show and think that Christmas is nothing more than getting gifts and surrounding a tree. Sorry, I know this can be argued, I'm just upset because the true meaning of Christmas is lost. It's true meaning is centered around Christ. Not the freaking Christmas tree nor Santa. This is my faith, and I'm sorry if I have offended you (if you aren't Christian).
-sigh- It's sad that people get fooled by big corporations and spend spend spend tons of money on presents. Oh don't get me wrong, I love getting presents too and I know it's also about giving. I'm just upset that the meaning is lost and replaced by advertisement of Santa's face and Christmas trees and having to spend too much money which could be spent helping people who need the help (homelessness, poverty, etc etc). More children believe in Santa Claus than Jesus now too. >.< Okay, enough of that. Goodnight.
5 comments:
Excellent thoughts and my feelings exactly every time I see yet another Santa-clad coke can littering the parking lots. Would you mind if I reposted this on my blog? It's such a heartfelt article that I think it would connect with a lot people. Thanks.
P.S. I now know that I found you from a comment stream on iliketowrite's blog. :)
Nope, I don't mind. Thanks, and haha yep he's such a great photographer! I know, these big corporations are pretty clever when it comes to Christmas time- advertise advertise advertise so people can spend spend spend! >.<
Thanks, the post will be up today.
Great post, and I completely agree with you! It's easy nowadays for people to primarily focus on the gift giving/receiving and not stop long enough to take special notice to the true meaning of it all.
Sorry I haven't been keeping up like I used to haha, my blogging days are going downhill for some reason. I'm hoping to get back into doing it as regularly as I used to. (And keeping up with everyone else's blogs better.)
I think it is awesome that you've made it through the year taking a picture each day! I attempted it but fell quite short lol. I'm going to try it again in 2011 though.
Too true. The commercialization is saddening. That is why I appreciate my family's Advent Bible readings during December. It is an opportunity to study God's Word and REMEMBER what we are making such a big deal about. Thanks for posting this!
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