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HOLIDAY CHALLENGE # 1

If the chill in the air, and sunset by 4:40 wasnt enough of a slap of reality that our beloved summer is gone, recieving our christmas MP3 from Muzak yesturday was the final straw, WOW have the holidays have changed, now the compilations have more non-religous, non spiritual music, I have to wonder WHY,

Dont get me wrong, in 17yrs we have never played holiday music, I always felt that the holidays are so stressfull for the common folk, the resposibility of holiday shopping, parties, family events it leaves one overloaded so I always felt that if you came to out, that I wanted to offer a break from jingle bells and roasting chestnuts swirling in the air.  I have had many partons over the years tell me how relaxing it was to dine without being reminded that there are loads of cards to adress and gifts to wrap.

SO here is the Challenge, this year instead of loads of needless gifts to everyone, make them a plate of cookies and attach a card that reads a donation has been made in your name to the Boston Food Bank, or to the Marines Toys for Tots.  limit family gifts to a preactical gift and a savings bond, What better way to teach those you love how to be more finacially responsible by giving them a U S Savings Bond,

Ask yourself how much did you spend last year on gift cards and gifts? Why not just celebrate the Holiday with a feast of friends and Family, and spend the day getting to know your fellow citizen better.

There are so many people, rich and poor that wake up to nothing on christmas day, orphans with no family to celebrate with, and I can atest that its painful to attend another families festivities, watching them open loads of gifts, it just pounds in the fact that deep down inside you dont have a family,

Lets make this season the season of truely giving,

Only give a gift that you made, no purchased gifts, it will give you a true sense of a gift from the heart.

posted by: Geoffreys at 15:48 | link | comments (1) |

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#1  27 November 2007 - 20:13

 

Please keep writing!!!

debok

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