Many questions......

Christmas spirit. I wonder what that means to you. I'm having a pretty hard time this year with the whole Christmas Spirit thing. You know, I have decorated my house, decorated my office, gone to parties, hosted parties, etc. but I cannot "feel" the anticipation and excitement that I normally feel. I wonder if it's because I don't have any Santa believers living at my house anymore? I wonder if it's because times are tough financially, and it's hard to get into the spirit when you are on a tight budget? I wonder if it's feeling pressured to buy the perfect thing for children that admittedly cannot think of anything they want or need. I wonder if it's feeling guilty that when people are losing their homes and being laid off in my own company, we are commercializing a holiday that is supposed to help us remember the birth of our Savior. Savior. That is a word that we use lightly, isn't it? I wonder if we truly focused on the birth of our Savior during this season, would I have the right feeling about this Christmas?

I'm not sure where this funk is coming from, probably the news. Every time I watch it I become more and more De-Christmas-tized. I wonder what the family of that father and daughter slain while searching for "spiritual awakening" in India are going to be feeling this year without their loved ones? I wonder what all the men and women's families who laid down their life for our country over the last year will be feeling this Christmas? I wonder what victims burned and flooded out of their homes will be feeling this Christmas? I'm thinking I should avoid the news for a while. I think I should instead be remembering why we should be celebrating this season, and snap out of it.

Maybe snow would help........