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