http://www.christmasgifts.net/Christmasblog/2009/12/23/let%e2%80%99s-celebrate-christmas/ 2008 Holiday Season Sun, 19 Apr 2026 09:12:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.christmasgifts.net/Christmasblog/2009/12/23/let%e2%80%99s-celebrate-christmas/#comment-119002 Benjamin Kline Mon, 04 Oct 2010 21:37:43 +0000 http://www.christmasgifts.net/Christmasblog/?p=1009#comment-119002 Christmas is a relief from the stress and longevity of business during the year. The family gatherings, parties with friends, gift-giving, and decor pull those of us with type-A personalities out of our self-induced stupor of hyperactivity, and provide a real sense of connection for everyone to enjoy each others company, including those who lead a more passive lifestyle. It's a chance to focus on ourselves again... An essential building block to healthy selves, families, and communities. Christmas is a relief from the stress and longevity of business during the year. The family gatherings, parties with friends, gift-giving, and decor pull those of us with type-A personalities out of our self-induced stupor of hyperactivity, and provide a real sense of connection for everyone to enjoy each others company, including those who lead a more passive lifestyle. It’s a chance to focus on ourselves again… An essential building block to healthy selves, families, and communities.

]]> http://www.christmasgifts.net/Christmasblog/2009/12/23/let%e2%80%99s-celebrate-christmas/#comment-111690 Grinch Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:59:20 +0000 http://www.christmasgifts.net/Christmasblog/?p=1009#comment-111690 I am really not a grinch, nor am i an athiast but to talk to me you may think i am, and here i sit trying to find out why i do not want christmas to come to my house this year. i do not want a tree or presents, nor do i want or need family hanging around. My lovely wife wonders what is my reasoning for this, the way i feel, and my son of 15 expects nothing cause i told him how i feel and now i think i may have passed this curse onto him. What is the meaning of christmas? Many people will respond with their own answers and the religious ones will come back with theirs, but for the most part i know that it is what you make of it. But how can you make something if you dont know what to make? or how? or why? Short of maybe being visited by 3 ghosts tonight who intend to change the way i feel, i don't want this time of the year to happen. I'd much rather hibernate and let it pass. I am really not a grinch, nor am i an athiast but to talk to me you may think i am, and here i sit trying to find out why i do not want christmas to come to my house this year. i do not want a tree or presents, nor do i want or need family hanging around. My lovely wife wonders what is my reasoning for this, the way i feel, and my son of 15 expects nothing cause i told him how i feel and now i think i may have passed this curse onto him.
What is the meaning of christmas? Many people will respond with their own answers and the religious ones will come back with theirs, but for the most part i know that it is what you make of it. But how can you make something if you dont know what to make? or how? or why?
Short of maybe being visited by 3 ghosts tonight who intend to change the way i feel, i don’t want this time of the year to happen. I’d much rather hibernate and let it pass.

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