I think working in retail has made me realize what Christmas really is and what we as a culture have turned it in too. I think without working in retail for so many Christmas seasons it would be fine and dandy to go to the mall and do Christmas shopping, and sit and have a chai latte and a muffin, enjoy the Christmas music over the speaker and laugh as the children pull Santa's beard. But if you work at the mall you get a whole different perspective.
Today I saw the shipment of Easter books that has come in. Yes, I said Easter. Jesus hasn't even been born and we are already mourning his death and celebrating his Resurrection. Seeing Christmas stuff since August kind of makes you immune to the season. You forget it's Christmas until your mom calls you to make plans for Christmas dinner.
After a few years of this I think I have disassociated Christmas with red and green and Santa Claus. I have become cynical and find all of that to be ways to suck my hard earned dollar out of my wallet. Instead I find Christ in Christmas. Imagine that. Really, I have made myself stop and slow down and think about what the birth of the Savior means to me and the rest of the world. I think of the Joy, Peace, Hope and Love Jesus brings to me. And I say thank you.
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