Comments on: Is This What Christmas Has Become?

By: Canadian coupons

Canadian coupons — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:45:23 +0000

IT is so true. Christmas Shopping just isn’t enjoyable anymore. Everyone is tired from fighting crowds, Mothers exhausted with kids in tow fighting, cashiers exhausted from being trapped at the cash register.

I personally do the majority of my shopping online and start in October/ Early November, Just so I don’t have to fight with everyone in the month of December.

I also try to shop at odd times. Like at 8:00 at night. Or shop at walmart in the middle of the night.

What happened to the carolers that used to sing door to door. What happened to friends to gather during the holidays.

By: Felicia

Felicia — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:36:32 +0000

Do you go to Gateway? My very dear friend’s husband just joined the Gateway Worship Staff. They moved from WV to the area in the summer.

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By: momstheword

momstheword — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:14:36 +0000

People do get amazingly rude at Christmas time. I remember being in line at the store and a customer just cut right in front of me with her items. I think that she just “pretended” not to see the huge line and hoped to get away with it. I may be being unfair to her but I don’t see how she could have missed the line since she cut right in front of it.

I had somebody honk at me for daring to switch lanes. I wasn’t cutting them off or anything but I guess they were mad that I dared to want to get in their lane.

Now it’s after Christmas and the return lines will be horrible. I like to challenge myself to smile and be polite to everybody….drives ‘em nuts, lol! Seriously, I just try and remember how the Lord would want me to act, but it’s so easy to forget and let “self” creep in.

By: Rebecca Rivera

Rebecca Rivera — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 17:05:53 +0000

Merry Christmas! You can still make it about Jesus in your house!!! -Becky R in NJ

By: Dani

Dani — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 04:11:29 +0000

I don’t know, I think heading out on the holidays is what you make it. I prefer to avoid crowds, but my hubby is one who has to get out in the crowds and the hustle & bustle to get into the holiday spirit. He and my teenager had a blast at the mall and the traffic on the way out, well according to my son, hubby blasted Christmas music and opened the windows in the freezing temps and sang along. My son thought it was hysterical.

By: Jenni

Jenni — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:52:50 +0000

Excuse me, that was Limited Too, and not Clair’s. And if you subscribe to the Daily Green, you must of already ready that. Here it is other wise:
http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/lead-toy-recall-47103102
There is a site that has all the ones from last year, and will probably have more from this year. Just want to keep the kids safe, with what we give them, since they trust us to protect them from things that could harm them. Didn’t mean to be a downer with this, at a time of joy!
I am not going home to meet with my extended family until this weekend, so the celebration of the day, will be other than the 25th. Larger families have to do this, as do the people now stuck in airports all around the country. God bless us all.

By: Jenni

Jenni — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:56:17 +0000

At the beginning of the US, xmas celebrating almost died out, so the founding fathers thought of how people could make money off it, and it would help keep it alive. So here we are now. Xmas got commercialized from way back then. It is sad, because families that can’t afford it, their kids see the same commercials of what “they should all have”. And with the downturn in the economy a lot more of them won’t have much. And in a way, it will take us back to the real reason Christmas is, Jesus’s birthday…not the world’s birthday. I have been getting the kids in my family things they will need this year, not a lot of trinkets that I might find out are being recalled later, with having lead in them. There are some items from some places at the mall, like Clair’s, that are already on the list for lead content. Other than all the muss and fuss, when my family gets together, now that is great!

By: AP

AP — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:34:48 +0000

[Is This What Christmas Has Become?...]

Yes. It has. And from my vantage point, has been this way for almost 20 years. I’m always amazed at listening to people in stores who just want to get the cheapest gift possible for someone, as if scoring a deal is the most important part of this season.

Christmas seems to have gotten away from people and they truly don’t know how it happened or why it is so commercial. I strongly suspect these same people don’t see anything wrong at all with their behavior and attitude, and rather think it’s the other person who doesn’t get it.

And no, I do not celebrate Christmas. It’s not my holiday. However, I’m watching the same thing happen with other religions who also have holidays or festivals at this time of year. It’s very sad and disheartening as more holidays become appropriated and turned into fodder for commercial gain and greed.

By: Jo

Jo — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:04:17 +0000

Oh Lynnae, I’m bummed that you had an overall poor experience with shopping that day. My husband and I were out shopping with our toddler today (big brother was at grandparents’ house) and we only saw one instance of selfishness by shoppers. One mom with a stroller let her elementary-aged kids sit down on the floor of an elevator, hogging the whole thing and not letting others on. BUT every other store we went into, even though some were quite busy, was fairly pleasant. Clerks were cheerful, shoppers held open doors for one another, etc. When my DH began to get annoyed with traffic (which wasn’t too bad) I reminded him we weren’t on a time schedule and that we were together, spending family time. Hopefully the spirit of good cheer isn’t dead after all!