What Christmas Means These Days

In the hustle and bustle of the holiday season one may ask, "Why do people continue to take part in this season?" Could it be familiarity? Is it as simple as tradition? In the last few years the stores see less shoppers; the streets absent of colorful, twinkling lights, and the public schools so afraid to offend the wrong person that the Christmas tree is long since a distant memory.

Could this be the end of Christmas? Would it be better to give in to every bored housewife whom pretends to be offended to get her name in the paper than to tell people to suck it up. Yes the religious connotations of Christmas are apparent and other religions are always respected in the phrase, "Peace on earth and good will towards men." Children once taught to be a little better this time of year and to give to others are now learning the lesson that if you complain enough you will get your way, at the expense of someone else's happiness.

As society has progressed it has certainly de-evolved. To take Christmas away from children in order to feed the selfish and arrogant attitudes of those whom would rather see baron ground rather than a Christmas display is not only aggravating it is a dangerous precedent. Everyone has some gripe with everyone else and soon there will be people filing petitions to keep people from displaying Christmas, Hanukkah, Ramadan, etc. festivity on their own property because it can be seen by those who don't like it. This country was founded on freedom, yet this freedom is twisted, stretched and molded into some creature that breathes only to keep the complaints quiet and the monsters at bay.

A Christmas tree in the square of a town doesn't represent anything other than the spirit of giving and age old tradition. Santa and his sleigh brings excitement and anticipation to a child's heart, he doesn't let his reindeer poop on his fellow man. Recently a few very bored and ignorant people wanted a giving tree (not a Christmas tree) removed from a local public school because of what it represented. Confusing as it is, some people apparently feel that teaching their children that giving to others who cant afford hats and gloves is the wrong message to send. The tree was removed in order to appease the idiotic few and all others suffer in their wake. Religion, spirituality and culture hadn't anything to do with why these people wanted this giving tree out. They just wanted the tree removed because it sent the wrong message to their high-income children. A most disgusting example of how laws and rights are used in order to cause problems and work against the greater good.

The holiday season once filled with magic and rebirth has given way to the inevitable realization that some jerk somewhere is going to ruin it for everyone once the happiness begins.