I'm the newie~watch out!

My name is Lanna, and I am now part of the Christmas Watch.

Thou I am not all for the holiday, I do see an awful amount of Christmas things the are taking our beloved Christ out of our well known Christmas.
Things like Santa and elves, and getting gifts and displaying selfishness.

Some try to avoid these self-pleasing ideas, but it's hard to escape them.

When I was a little girl, maybe fiveish, I remember getting home after sharing our holiday with my grandparents, aunts, and uncles. I had large garbage bags full of stuff, that my father was struggling to carry. But I remember saying "How come I didn't get very much? Everyone got more then me!"
My parents were up-set.

People give gifts, expecting gifts in return. Maybe bigger, maybe better, maybe many gifts.
People have it set deep in there minds at all times, what will I get for Christmas?
People think that you can let Christmas be of just giving to each other, and not giving of Christ.

Most people say that the time of the year is perfect for giving, is not the rest?

I'm not saying that I think that giving on this holiday is bad, I'm saying that if you can give all the presents you buy without getting something back, then you are celebrating the true Christmas.

Give to God's people, not to yourself. That's how I see that.

Lanna