Tis The Season To Be....Greedy?

While we are a mere 12 days before Christmas is official, there are a couple of not so sugary season feelings that I have that pertain to people’s ill attitude about their real “reason for the season”. Back some years ago, fortunate people use to celebrate Christmas as a time to be around others and their anxious children. There was nothing better on this day then watching their kid's excited little faces as they desperately tear apart the neatly colorful wrapping paper, taking no thought of the countless time you spent making sure that every crease was wrapped perfect.

Watching their little eyes grow wider as you eagerly take in their picture perfect expressions when they realize they received exactly what they were hoping for. It was a time when the warming scent of a newly lit fire flowed gracefully through the air, accompanying itself with the strong aroma of fresh brewed coffee. A time when cheerful laughter filled a busy living room, as each bright eye glared out of the foggy front door window to catch the first speckles of soft white snow falling toward the ground.

But in recent years this favorable Christmas tradition has turned itself into what we now call a selfish benefit, as some set their hopes on getting what they need to satisfy their ever hungry greed. Back in the day, an electronic shaver or a loud Christmas themed sweater would have tugged the hardened heart of any Scrooge, having the overall conclusion that the gifts were "all about the thought", and "I can not believe that someone would think about me".

But as we reach the new decade, this solemn attitude is harder to find than a tiny pearl hidden at the bottom of the ocean floor. Now a days, people get pissed if they do not find a 200 inch flat HDTV sitting by the lighted tree, having a great big red bow proudly displayed on top with their name written on it. Or waking up and strolling into the driveway and seeing a brand new, custom fitted, black SUV just for them. It seams as though the only thought that is given on Christmas, now a days, is coming from the suckers who agreeably act as incompetent slaves, who begin to shelter debt and worry in the pit of their stomach for the next 10 years, just to satisfy the receiving ends greed and obvious manipulation, that by buying such things would prove their love for them exists.

It personally makes me more sick than one with the swine flu, and wanting to regurgitate the turkey and stuffing I just had for dinner. Why has greed taken over our lives? Because we live in a generation of spoiled brats, who throw the worst of tantrums when we can not get what we want.

The Uncompromisable Truth of the manner is that Christmas is a time to give to others, not to momentarily satisfy your greed and chronic manipulation. True love is based on what you do for others, not what they can do for you. If you are one of those who only care about what you receive as gifts, than you are an official winner! So can it, stop thinking about yourself all day, and go ladle some soup for the homeless or something.

And that my friends is the uncompromisable truth!