D. G. D. Davidson (or was it his pet dragon?) has a good post with the above title, go thou and read it....
As for the title 'Keep Mass in Christmas', that is cool--- Protestants can translate it to 'Keep Christian Worship in Christmas....' Perhaps it will inspire me to write a cool post of my own--- perhaps 'Keep the Saint in Santa'???
Or perhaps not.
I've always had a problem with 'Consumer Confidence Day', also known as The Holidays, The Season, and, if necessary, Christmas. I just don't think financial irresponsibility is a great way to celebrate the birth of Christ. And I'm sure Great-Aunt Mabel doesn't want another twenty sets of perfume and bath salts when she hasn't used the ones from last Consumer Confidence Day yet.
Maybe folks should get together with their friends and families and agree to give to a charity like Heifer Project International with the funds they would otherwise waste buying each other useless junk. (And that includes all the useless junk we overwhelm little kids with. Even very poor American kids tend to get more junk-toys each year than they can cope with.)
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Well said.
The gift of food is useful if you must give a gift. I like to order from the various Monks who make their own jams and honey etc. And everyone eats food. Serrv.org is another great organization. They make sure the people who create the products and food are being paid fairly.
Great post!
"Keep the Saint in Santa" would be a way cool post! :)
Perhaps the reason I have such a negative view of the whole 'gift' thing is that I've never had much in the way of income in my whole life, much less had extra to give away, and yet there is so much pressure to be 'normal' and buy loads of gifts for everyone each December, which is hard to cope with when you are wondering how long you will be able to keep your home....
It's unfortunate that you feel pressure to give gifts at all. That's not what it's all about.
We've used to feel awkward because we can't give as much as other family, but we finally just had to throw up our hands and say, "That's just the way it is."
Nice people who love you just care about seeing you, not gifts. If they just want gifts, too bad for them. They have sad priorities.
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