> (Besides which,even if I had told the whole world, how many people do >you know that find a real live horse under their tree >Christmas morning? Some of us really do set ourselves >up for the fall, don't we?)
Almost as funny as a real live baby. When I was about five or six I sat on Santa's lap and when he asked me what I wanted for Christmas, I told him a baby. "What kind of baby doll do you want,little girl?" "No,not a doll,I want a real baby." I can't remember his response after this, but I was off his lap in a hurry. I can understand everyone's sentiments concerning the commercialism;I hate it as well. I like giving gifts and I don't like receiving? And I warned family and friends this year NOT to give me anything. But I went all out this year because I had a few extra dollars. Next year I will probably be broke and they won't get a thing..... except my love. My point is it's not so much the gift,but a gesture of remembering a certain perfume someone likes or a certain sweater with just the right color. It's a remembrance. My family and friends will continue to love me regardless if I give them a gift or not. I do agree that gift-giving at Christmas has as much to do with Christ as a piece of salami does. BTW,gifts and giving does not stem from the three wise men. IT comes from the Romans......the Romans giving gifts of gratitude to their underlings. I enjoyed your post. Bree > >So, I want a quiet and simple Christmas and it seems, >as years go by, that that is more likely to happen. >My family (that is, my sisters, brother and I) have >drifted more apart since our parents died, and we all >have families of our own. I would like to drift very >far apart from the ex, except that he keeps on hanging >around, trying to do things "as a family" (speaking of >un-clued-in), so that I have to be extremely blunt and >nasty with him telling him he's free to do things with >the kids but I don't want to be there (and he still >doesn't get it - anyone got a sledge hammer?) > >I suppose it's part of midlife crisis. One of these >days, it'll all pass and maybe Christmas will be >simple again. > >As far as Christmas music goes, I love some of it, >hate some of it - most of what I hate is the stuff >that you hear in every shopping mall and elevator from >Nov 1 on, way too cloying and overdone. Still, >there's some lovely stuff out there and fortunately, >as of December 26, it usually disappears for another >ten months! > >______________________________________________________ >Send your holiday cheer with http://greetings.yahoo.ca _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com
