Posted on 12/25/2015 4:49:56 AM PST by o_1_2_3__
Is Christmas too "commercial?" The parking lots were full today. Today, and in prior days, busy people took time out from their busy schedules, and, using money they usually work pretty hard for (or will in the future), they thought of people besides themselves.
They studied things and shopped and dealt with crowds and fatigue and spent more than they know they should have, seeking just the right gifts; frivolous with time and money.
And frivolous with Good Will, if there can be such a thing. But I think there can be no such thing as frivolity with Good Will toward Men, which is, after all, the Christmas Spirit.
So, if the retail trade gets carried away, and even if it misses the beauty completely, The Invisible Hand is at work; people motivated by thoughts of Good will toward others are spending dear wages, granting gainful, maybe even rewarding employment, providing for the needs and comforts of life, and the means for a better future, experiencing joy, some even a riot of joy, in the simple act of giving. The giver will not lose his reward.
And so spreading Good Will becomes the Project this industrious people sets itself to in this season, and they carry it off with excellence and gusto, as usual.
"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests." Luke 2:14
And yes, His favor has on us rested. May it always be so. And may we always set ourselves to the spreading of Good Will. Perhaps the real driver of proseperity isn't our wits as much as it is our embracing of the Spirit of Good Will to Men.
Thank you for a positive post.
Parents have to get their kid a Red Ryder carbine action two-hundred shot range model air rifle.
It will be the greatest Christmas gift they will ever receive, or would ever receive. They will be pranging ducks on the wing and getting off spectacular hip shots.
If the parents cannot locate a Red Ryder BB gun they will weave a tapestry of obscenities that will be hanging in space over Lake Michigan. Parents work in profanity the way other artists might work in oils or clay. They will calm down after drinking some Ovaltine.
I got one for my husband at Bass Pro...but that was a couple years ago. They were selling like hotcakes.
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