Having now got really quite sick by watching all the crap on TV about buying expensive Christmas presents, I saw an article today that tried to answer the question, what makes a good Christmas? The conclusion was, and I agree, covered many things but definitely not money.We will be spending Christmas with family here in Bulgaria with lots of food, drink, music, dance talk and love, but no expensive present swapping. Firstly we can't afford it and secondly, which leads on from the first point, it is insulting and quite rude to give expensive presents here it just embarrasses.
I have quoted an exert from the article I read, and mentally equated to it really easily, how about you?
From Money doesn't make a good Christmas
If spending money on expensive gifts is what makes a good Christmas for some people, I sorrow for their Christmases when money is tight.
At this time, when more and more people are struggling to pay their bills and keep ahead of gloomy economic forecasts, it's nice to know a good Christmas is really about love and good will, smiles and songs, friendship and family.At its most basic level, a good Christmas is about a young couple, arriving in a strange place with nowhere to stay but a stable full of animals and no gifts to give each other but the baby that was born there.
That was a good Christmas.
Have a blessed Christmas!
ReplyDeleteYou are so right - Merry Christmas to you and your family!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link to the original article. Unlike the previous years, it'll only be wife and I around during Christmas this year.
ReplyDeleteIn a way, I appreciate having some quiet time with her and with the transport system shut down and most businesses close, I am looking forward to the long walks in the park after a (few) hearty meals.
Cheers and a Merry Christmas to you!
I agree with that, for sure Christmas should be about love, friendship, good will... But here in Spain all this things have almost dissapeard buried under tons of the most expensive and unnecesary presents...
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