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Greed has no place....it's all about giving.greedmas, no. to early for this.
right, sure, is that why the stores during Irma here had Christmas displays? 3 months away. soon it will be in july that they peddle this. sorry, I'm not against gifts but Christmas is very commercial. I'm sure the local bazaars like places in Pauls days didn't sell Christmas trees and the church was about giving.Greed has no place....it's all about giving.
I got some new candy molds, a 5kg bar of chocolate, a new 5ft stainless steel workbench and some granite slabs. It's going to be awesome this year.
Why should I care about somebody else making a nickel?right, sure, is that why the stores during Irma here had Christmas displays? 3 months away. soon it will be in july that they peddle this. sorry, I'm not against gifts but Christmas is very commercial. I'm sure the local bazaars like places in Pauls days didn't sell Christmas trees and the church was about giving.
irony here is that I make more money from tips this time of the year.
neither do we need any holiday to do that only once a year.Why should I care about somebody else making a nickel?
Sure it's heavily marketed and commercialized...that's because people have no thoughts about others till it begins. We think about this all year long.
Poor behavior on someone's else's part has no bearing on my behavior and attitudes. Just because some rich schmuck in a boardroom somewhere that I don't know is greedy I should not get excited and enjoy giving cookies and happy memories?
Makes no sense to me either but it's the position you seem to be promoting.
And not a bit of that has anything to do with me or my attitude.neither do we need any holiday to do that only once a year.
so you don't mind the fighting and excessive prices for paying for the same thing the next month at one third of the price? I don't need Christmas. my dlsr was a gift given before thanksgiving.
the point is its that the retail business will become so enamored with shoppers that the very workers who want to spend time with their family simply cant as they wont have the time. a few hours off. try visiting family when you are working like that. not all can. Walmart here was open on Christmas day, it closed at noon. it opened the next day at 6.
Here's something that may help you to arrive at a peace of mind during the season of peace.right, sure, is that why the stores during Irma here had Christmas displays? 3 months away. soon it will be in july that they peddle this. sorry, I'm not against gifts but Christmas is very commercial. I'm sure the local bazaars like places in Pauls days didn't sell Christmas trees and the church was about giving.
irony here is that I make more money from tips this time of the year.
I don't ignore my shopping on days that affect others .And not a bit of that has anything to do with me or my attitude.
My attitude is the ONLY thing I own.
But it is good to know that total strangers have complete control over your attitude.
Christmas is the time of year that I have license to give away stuff I've purchased all year long and cookies and candies I've made with talents I got at chef school. I can give the stuff away with license and say "Merry Christmas". Any other time of year people look at ya funny and refuse the gifts. But Christmas is awesome in this fashion. My giving and loving nature can fully express itself without hesitation or reservation.
Nobody and I do mean nobody really remembers what gifts were under the tree last year or ten years ago...but the memories of getting ready for Christmas all come back to a person in a rush with happy smiles. The time spent baking cookies and decorating trees and houses is the really golden part. Those memories last lifetimes. By Christmas Day it's all over but the indegestion from the big meal.
I don't care about Walmart... never will. It's store hours have no relevance in my world.
Why is it christians are so ingrained that you are odd if you don't need christmas.Here's something that may help you to arrive at a peace of mind during the season of peace.
Why worry about what anyone who is still in the world does on Christmas? There are over 7 billion individuals inhabiting this planet and only one you.
Celebrate Christmas for what it means to you. While other Christians shall do the same. We're only responsible for what we do as one sealed with the holy spirit of God. Live the example, not the warning.
Others are simply not your business.
Nor are they mine.
I remember watching a news broadcast during black Friday last year. People lined up at the doors of a department store to get in earlier than the store normally opened.The store was having super discounts that first day of the official holiday shopping season.Why is it christians are so ingrained that you are odd if you don't need christmas.
I grew up without it.I see holidays for what we make them as we make money off them.forgive me if I actually get disgusted about commercialism.it's a sin,bad attitude to actually see the greed and sick irony of chrustmas songs played menationing the gospel while men fight to get things?
I should ignore that.? That's really all I meant about the use of greedmas.
I know the both sides of christmas as far as arguments.
I dint need christmas to use or loan my talents fir free.I spent two hours blessing a nam vet by cutting his fallen tree and helping in its removal. One of four.I remember watching a news broadcast during black Friday last year. People lined up at the doors of a department store to get in earlier than the store normally opened.The store was having super discounts that first day of the official holiday shopping season.
The point of the news report was to inform of the number of people that had been injured in the stampede of people through the doors.
I remember thinking, how does someone who just stomped people under their feet, one report even had a fatality occuring at a different location, derive joy watching someone open the gifts they acquired in that manner.
Commercializing Christmas was a direct intent of retail manufacturers to draw attention away from the religious reason for the season , and toward their bottom line. Especially being the new tax year for retailers starts in January.
I remember one state I lived in had a law that inventory tax would re-apply to any merchandise not sold from the season before. It then behooved retailers to get rid of as much as they could to avoid double taxation.
Meanwhile, Jesus is the reason for the season as we know. People don't have to do anything to celebrate Christmas. It's an individual choice however, in this world that fuels itself on drama, I think something that brings people joy isn't a bad thing. It is all in how one looks at it.
Some people give, some people enjoy receiving. Others ignore the holiday, or holy day, all together.
It really isn't an issue unless we make it one.
Kinda late now.I dint need christmas to use or loan my talents fir free.I spent two hours blessing a nam vet by cutting his fallen tree and helping in its removal. One of four.
LoOKs like another few bad days of cynicism. I have to avoid that.but I won't digress this thread on my emotional shielding further.some of this is from that.