Christmas is a really intense time of year, ya know?
They say that retailers do 40% of their annual during the 4 weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Think about it: retailers stay open the other ELEVEN months of the year just to do a little more than half of their business for the year.
Through our media, we are absolutely inundated with reminders of Christmas. There are countless TV specials, movies, Christmas carols, commercials, decoration and the sales, sales and more sales. I know this sounds cliche, but it seems like it is getting pushed earlier each year. People as far back as Charlie Brown were lamenting the commercialization of Christmas. It really is one massive money-grab. The last few years, I’ve been kinda broke around the holidays. Even when I was teaching full-time, Christmas was and continues to be a very stressful time of year. If it’s not a lack of money, it’s anxiety about whether or not people are going to like the gifts I’ve gotten them.
I really sympathize for non-Christians living in the Western world at this time of year. Reminders of Christmas are everywhere. I would suspect that there is a lot of peer pressure and alienation aim at non-Christians these days.
As a father, I want to make the holiday truly magical for The Kid the way that my parents did for me. It’s hard because I’m coming to the realization that I cannot give The Kid as good of a life as my parents gave me – for several reasons.
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