Holiday Ramblings....
Christmas is....how could I put it??? Exhausting. Garish. Expensive. and Definitely OFF COURSE! Why have we allowed commercialism to ruin this holiday?... no, make that Holy Day. I am so sick of all the advertising and pressure to buy Buy BUY and have Have HAVE and party Party PARTY! I wish I could find a place to go for the month of December where you are not inundated with all this crap that has infiltrated our Christian celebration of the Birth of Christ. Now, don't get me wrong or mistake my religious fervor. I am not an Evangelical or fundamental style of Christian. I practice my faith and a quiet way; I participate in my Church and am active in several of the Church's ministries. But I am not preachy or evangelistic.... that turns many people away. If anything I am TOO low-key. But with all the bright flashing lights and outrageous gifts and holiday parties that are certainly NOT about...