oh, christmas time

Hello Bloggers,


So I write to you today coming from a different place - physically and mentally.  Physically because I am at home on "christmas" break or winter break, whichever you choose.  Mentally because I went to bed happy last night for the first time in a while. I have been so stressed in the past few months that I forgot what it was like to sleep happy - and damn if it did not feel amazing.  But I am not writing to you all to tell you about my sleep patterns (that is for a whole new blog in general) but to speak of a time that many of you hold dear to your heart - christmas.


I won't beat around the bush, I am agnostic and find christmas rather stupid, but I feel that thanksgiving is too, oh and easter. I don't find them stupid because of the religiousness of the holidays (even though that is a part of it) but also because of how consumerish these specific days makes us. christmas was supposed to be a day to celebrate jc's birth - but hell, you can't even sell something in a public place with jesus on it (exaggerationnnn). christmas is now about the gifts, getting the "right" presents, who has the best christmas lights, who has the prettiest tree - not celebrating the birth of christ (who wasn't even born on christmas). I tried to sway my mom into not having christmas this year (to no avail). It is a known fact in my house that I am agnostic and christmas *and other religious holidays* do nothing for me. I would have been happy not having presents, but just getting together as a family, because that is all it is about right.


So I write this blog to encourage you, as readers, to think. I want you to think about whether you celebrate these holidays for their actual meaning and getting together with family or if you do it as a social thing. If the only reason you celebrate christmas is to get presents, rethink your life. And if you are only thankful for what your life is, and what you have been given at thanksgiving or christmas, then you also need to rethink your life.  It is important to remember life can be taken from you at any second, and you will not be able to take your wii or your lexus with you. Instead, leave this earth giving your own gift - letting your family know you love them - and not just on christmas or thanksgiving. Ahhh, okay, I will leave you with that. I hope you all have a great day, and don't forget to ponder!


Much love, Kaylaaaaa :)