Christmas Depression - December 20th, 2006 at 06:02 AM
I guess I am like millions out there that suffer from Christmas depression. There just seems to be an attitude in the air of greed and crass commercialism.
I am sure that the person that we are supposed to be celebrating their birthday is not happy with this mind set. I have always been a firm believer that if you love some one you should give them what they need at any time of the year, not a gift for the sake of a gift on a specified date.
Many stores will not even use the word CHRISTmas in their ads for fear of loosing money in some market that will not celebrate it. A recent issue that has reared it ugly head in Ontario when a judge had a Christmas tree removed from a main entrance of the court house, when the tree is not a religious symbol to start with. We are sacrificing our intelligence for political correctness – this is a real shame.
So how do others deal with this so called festive season and their depression? I am going to do something off the wall this year – maybe buy 20 pizzas for the old hobos that hang around in Inglewood Calgary or take some of them to dinner or and drink some wine with them. I only know that I must shake this depression and disgust I feel for this time of year…
Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year, to all of the great folks at The Garden Helper.
Love Clive
I am sure that the person that we are supposed to be celebrating their birthday is not happy with this mind set. I have always been a firm believer that if you love some one you should give them what they need at any time of the year, not a gift for the sake of a gift on a specified date.
Many stores will not even use the word CHRISTmas in their ads for fear of loosing money in some market that will not celebrate it. A recent issue that has reared it ugly head in Ontario when a judge had a Christmas tree removed from a main entrance of the court house, when the tree is not a religious symbol to start with. We are sacrificing our intelligence for political correctness – this is a real shame.
So how do others deal with this so called festive season and their depression? I am going to do something off the wall this year – maybe buy 20 pizzas for the old hobos that hang around in Inglewood Calgary or take some of them to dinner or and drink some wine with them. I only know that I must shake this depression and disgust I feel for this time of year…
Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year, to all of the great folks at The Garden Helper.
Love Clive