So Far A Rather Unusual Christmas This Year

It seems that for the last several years, we have fought the "politically correct" battle at Christmas time. You know, where you say happy holidays instead of Merry Christmas. In recent years some of the major retailers have actually forbidden their employees from saying Merry Christmas and this really stirred up a lot of people. This year, most of these stores are allowing their associates to say what they please, but for some reason I haven't heard very many people say Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays. It is as though the holiday season has slipped up on us this year and we don't know what to do. Or, maybe, because the economy seems to be in such bad shape that for most people the holidays are not happy and Christmas isn't very Merry. People just seem to be passing the time, waiting for the season to be over with. So, what is the problem? I am sure that if you asked a dozen people you would probably get a dozen opinions, so here is mine. I think we have put our focus on the wrong thing again this year and because of our economic situation, it makes things look that much more bleak. It appears that the we are looking at the things that we can't have rather than what we do have. We are upset about what we can't give and not happy about what has been given to us. So, let's start making things better by voicing our desire for others to be blessed during this wonderful time of year. And I want to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.