Night of the dreaded Christmas concert

OK like many parents I have grown fond of my kids... most days.

One of the things a good parent must do is attend the little events that their children deem important. One of these such events is the Christmas concert. I like Christmas and I like all the things that Christmas is about, being a Christian I should...

However the Christmas concert... well no the Christmas concert is great I mean how can you not love little kids singing Christmas carols and doing cute little actions with them. What is not so great is the parents that have no clue and no tact. The beginning of the concert is started with the principal asking everyone to please stay until the end of the concert as it is disruptive to the performers etc. What he failed to say was that it is out and out rude! Sure enough at about the half way point people are leaving and the door to the gymnasium was swinging like a saloon door at happy hour. I mean come on these are little kids at least indulge them for thirty minutes...

Another thing I dislike about the Christmas concert parking... why is it that every moron that can't drive comes out to these things? I mean the driving around the school is treacherous on a regular day and turns to a complete suicide mission on a rainy day but on a concert night, my word it was armageddon for about half a kilometre it was a dead stop. People you have to be friendly here otherwise no will go no where. Ladies and men if you are going to drive the SUVs or minivans please know how big your vehicle is before you turn the ignition key, this is imperative (I am allowed to make fun of people's driving abilities, I am licensed for and do drive trucks).

Anyway that is my rant for the day,

peace

The business of the holidays...

Oh the commercialism of Christmas...

I oft' wonder if other cultures are as swept up in the consumerism that is Christmas. Living in Canada and that Christian religions being somewhat predominant and being Christian myself I wonder if other religions suffer from the same commercialism of their holidays and celebrations. for instance today I spent $50.00 on a gift card for a family member... why?... because he has everything he needs and or wants but we still feel obligated to give gifts guilted even... Think about how different the world could be if instead of buying the Xbox or PS3 or that big Plasma TV you just spent time with you family and played with your kids.

I got a huge eye opener yesterday from my interview with my sons teacher. They were doing a exercise about feelings and what makes them mad. My son said he gets mad when I don't listen to him. It was just about all I could do to not cry in front of the teacher, I know my eyes got watery I'm not sure if she caught it or not. The thing is I do listen to him but I do take him into the office with me and I do have to ignore him from time to time, because of customers etc. but I always make sure he understands why.

I was driving in the car with him today and we were talking about it and the topic of time came up and making time for him. He thought I didn't make time for him so we are going to start switching off the TV more often at night rather than letting that entertain us. We will start doing things more as a family rather than mindless zombies watching the TV or playing on the computer. So more book reading for me and the boy and maybe some discussions about the stories too, his teacher said his comprehension could be much better.

Anyway it's late and this chair is uncomfortable