Christmas is near

Bah Humbug! lol. Seriouslly though, I really hate Christmas. I find it stressful and irritating. All of our families hate each other so we can't really have a family meal with EVERYONE so we have to end up spending all day eating, then racing to the next house to eat and then rush off...you get the idea. It stinks.
Plus, Christmas is expensive and I'm always broke. My sis in law and I were talking about where in the world 2009 went to. It just amazes me how after you hit 21 years old the years start clicking by. I always thought my parents and grandparents were insane for saying that! lol.

Well yes, christmas is four months near. But why wait for that month when we can always practice giving every day. There are a lot we can give. We can give our money, we can give our clothes, we can give our cellphones, we can give our shoes, we can give our time, we can give our strength, and we can give the gospel to the lost. So, let's not wait for that time, let's do some good things for others.

Hi there, well its true christmas is just around the corner in fact here in the Philippines christmas was started during this early month. Whenever september is coming we already heard christmas songs in radios, and i think this is the time to buy or maybe think what your christmas would like be. Christmas is celebrated once a year but i hope the spirit of christmas will not last only for christmas day but from time to time, lets love each other, peace keep on mylotting

It is nice to hear that people started thiking about Christmas. I started thinking about Christmas because my husband is coming down from America to India to celebrate Christmas with me. So, I started making plans. I need to book tickets for going for trips and plan about booking hotels. I am so excited. Good discussion.

Sometimes Christmas is the only reason why the family sees each other because of there busy lives. its sad to say that some of us only visits our family during christmas.

It doesn't seem to matter how much money I save or how soon I start my Christmas shopping. I will still be shopping until the week before Christmas. I guess i think I didn't have enough bought for someone, oe something catches my eye that I just have to buy for someone. It never seems to end.

Christmas is also where you recollect everything that happened this year. Also, time for reunions and reconnecting to your family,friends and self. Sometimes throughout the year because of so many things at hand, we tend to forget to reconnect to ourselves and importantly to GOD

I agree. I always volunteer around christmastime. I will also give gifts to my family members, esp. the yound ones, because it is nice to see them happy!

1. It is more than three months away and there are plenty of other things to be thinking about in the mean time.

2. Why just be generous at Christmas? Or why think only about your family at Christmas? If they are that important, you should be an important part of your life every day. And there is no reason not to be giving and charitable at every opportunity whenever.

3. I am an atheist. A very tolerant atheist. If people want to celebrate the religious aspect of it then, fine I have no problem. From my own perspective though, I have never understood while those people who have no need to celebrate the occasion are forced to have a holiday then. Usually here the weather is cold. I would rather have extra time off in the summer months.

Our family loves Christmas. We all get to spend time together and we get to see our non-immediate family that we rarely get to see, which is quite a gift for us. Yes, we do the gift giving that everyone does and I've been shopping for this coming Christmas since the day after last Christmas. Another tradition that has become very important for our Christmas is the act of giving to those that are far less fortunate than we are. Every year before Christmas I have my daughter choose some toys that she's outgrown to donate to Salvation Army. Additionally, our playgroup does a Christmas service project where we all buy some small gifts for the women and children that are in a local shelter for battered women. We take the gifts along with snacks for these people and help them to have a glimmer of hope for Christmas.