I know way too many of these....
To each their own.
I know way too many of these....
Also, for all intents and purposes Christmas in the US is a secular spending binge.
It has nothing to do with Jesus, except that it's one of the two times that Christmas'n'Easter Christians go to church.
If Jesus were here in body again and not just in spirit,then he probably would be putting new sandles or carpentry tools on his Xmas list hisself besides making sure other people had a good Christmas. The spirit of giving is Christmas to me. If you give yourself something,isnt it still in the spirit of giving? I always have to make a list to give the wife and kids,a list for drawing names at the inlaws,and then I also have a 'super secret' list of stuff I treat myself to. Merry Christmas to me... and I do always donate much money at Christmas to charity so others can have something for Christmas,and I encourage others to do so as well. Also it is tradition at our shop to take one night during the week of Christmas and all of our artists will donate something to it from their nights reciepts and then my ex will designate where we are donating it that year,always somewhere different. Weve been doing it for years and it really makes you feel good. And shes Wiccan as well as a few others in the shop just so people know that people who are Pagan or Wiccan are not Satanists and they do have hearts and souls and care about our planet and its people.Also, for all intents and purposes Christmas in the US is a secular spending binge. It has nothing to do with Jesus, except that it's one of the two times that Christmas'n'Easter Christians go to church.
I'm not super familiar with the Gospels but something tells me that Jesus would prefer that we donate our disposable income to charity instead of using his birthday to justify buying ourselves a new M&P*. Except Christmas isn't really his birthday so much as it's the result of early Christians co-opting a couple of different pagan equinox celebrations.
*I think I'm using his birthday to justify buying a new M&P
And shes Wiccan as well as a few others in the shop just so people know that people who are Pagan or Wiccan are not Satanists and they do have hearts and souls and care about our planet and its people.
Satanists don't have hearts and souls?
I did have a guy explode on me for saying "Happy Holidays" once while the "War on Christmas" thing was going full steam ahead a few years ago
I want to give you an e-high five for not typing "intensive purposes".
Seriously? What did he say? What was your response? I can't imagine people are that prickish IRL.
I would have said "I didn't mean it anyways, you *profanity*"
I've been telling people to "Have a good one." all day. I think it might be because of this thread. I don't get angry often, but every time someone cuts me off in traffic or I stub my toe, I bottle it up. If someone replies "Have a good WHAT?!?", I'm going to unleash it all on them.
If Jesus were here in body again and not just in spirit,then he probably would be putting new sandles or carpentry tools on his Xmas list hisself besides making sure other people had a good Christmas. The spirit of giving is Christmas to me. If you give yourself something,isnt it still in the spirit of giving?