The above political cartoon was recently made by Andy Marlette from Pensacola, Florida. The cartoon shows the Three Kings following the North Star way earlier than usually. Andy is trying to show that in the recent years stores have been competing to start holiday shopping earlier and earlier. From most people that I've talked to, I hear that they hate the holiday season starting before Thanksgiving. It is kind of ridiculous to start holiday shopping earlier each year. I also think people are getting carried away with these bargains from stores and forgetting about the true meaning of Christmas. I feel that in the recent years, all I hear about is the bargains that people made and not reflecting on the true meaning, which is Jesus. We should focus on helping each other, having a good time with family and friends, and especially focus on the story of how Jesus was born, which is why we even have Christmas. So take some time this Advent season and thank God for all that he's done for you and especially for Jesus and letting him come into this world.
CJ I love this! This is definitely how I feel towards the situation! I get so annoyed when people start playing Christmas music and things like that BEFORE we even get to Thanksgiving! It's like after Halloween, everyone just goes straight to Christmas. Lord knows everyone forgot the true meaning of Christmas and it's saddening
ReplyDeleteWoah cj, I like this a lot and you are so right! but if you feel so strongly on this you should tell more people about what you think. Honestly I would have never guessed you felt this way :)
ReplyDeleteThis is one of the reasons why Christmas is not my favorite holiday. It has become so much about buying gifts that its forgotten why Christmas is such a joyful time of year.
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