Well
I reckon the world about now basically falls into two camps. On the one hand
there are the people, like my wife, who just cannot stop singing little
Christmas ditties. They bounce through December with an ever increasing sense
of joy and excitement, I love em. On the other hand there are those for whom
the turnaround at the end of Dickens’ famous tale is a travesty… Scrooge was
right all along… Bah Humbug! Now by and
large I’d like to think I don’t fall into that second category, but when they’re
casting for Dickens’ tale I do get twitchy … oh no they’re offering me the lead
role again.
It’s
not that I don’t like Christmas, I do, I love all the lights coming on even the
gaudy ones, I love the singing, I must admit I tire of mince pies after about
10, but what really sets the scrooge amongst my pigeons is the shopping and the
advertisements. I want to shout from the
rooftops… STOP shopping CHRISTMAS IS FREE. For the truth is the things that really
make Christmas are free. The chance to see family, time to go for a walk, a
children’s nativity play, community carol singing and dare I say it all the
church celebrations these are all free: I don’t even mind if you come along and
put no money in the collection! We are
getting to the point as a society where people can’t afford Christmas, it’s
ridiculous. Well think again remember the first Christmas every expense spared
a night in a stable, a bed of straw, and yet I truly believe Joy to the world.
So there’s my thought for Christmas, make it special again and spend a bit less
and enjoy a bit more.
So true Steven. - as I read your blog today I am coming to terms with the death of a young friend from cancer, she believed in the Christmas and Easter story and knows Jesus as her saviour - she is safe now - in the arms of Jesus - and that is totally, totally free -
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