Posted on 12/22/2011 7:17:17 PM PST by WesternCulture
wow.
This person is a materialist to the nth degree, even while trying to eschew it or at least try to explain how they aren’t.
You’re right. Everyone knows they prefer iPods.
That's a keeper.
It’s not an issue of money, it’s an issue of lack of common sense.
Are Swedes even more shy of speaking publicly of the nativity than Americans are? At least in America, the Christmas carols are ubiquitous this time of year and at least half of them are fundamentally Christian, not just Santa Claus and snowman stuff.
Maybe they should get a cute white metal tree, one that can be reused every year, and fill it full of explicitly Christian ornaments. And keep one or two of the ornaments out on the mantel all year. Don’t worry about the gifts or the Ikea, just have lots of rummage sales when they become too humdrum as consumerist stuff always does. That would be truer to the spirit.
Yeah, what could these people be thinking?
It's like buying paper and pencils for kids when there's perfectly good stone to make tablets with....
Sheesh!
- There is common sense behind it all, but perhaps a less common sort of common sense.
The average mind of an IT careerist pretty much works like this:
“Perhaps, my 3 year old child will not become the next Steve Jobs, but, at least, I've done my best.
I bought him/her an iPad.”
But Christmas anywhere IS about a present
The greatest present of all...
For God so loved...that He gave..John 3:16
- No.
In this regard, the Christmas carols we sing are pretty much the same as those sung in America, Britain or Germany.
However, Sweden is unique in the way it truly is a Christian nation although Christianity seldom interfere with everyday life.
Most Swedes belong to the Church of Sweden (like I do), the largest Lutheran church on Earth. But church attendance over here is a joke.
Most of us are immensely proud over the magnificent churches in our part of the country, but churches don't grow like beautiful flowers and proud trees in the wild.
I'm not Freud, but perhaps we secularized Swedes feel bad about not finding time enough for religion in our stressed up everyday lives and open up our wallets instead of opening our hearts to things that matter more than iPads?
Guess we're not the only ones around behaving like this..
The greatest present of all...
For God so loved...that He gave..John 3:16”
- You're right in pointing this out.
Being generous might not be a bad way of celebrating God's greatest gift to Man.
Best of regards and Merry Christmas from Gothenburg, Sweden to the state of Tennessee!
When I was three, I was making mudpies under a tree in my yard.
When I was three I didn’t even have a yard.
City apartment.
Ah. How old were you when you first started to roll drunks ?
“...We’re not particularly religious, so we don’t spend time at church...”
There is the problem. No Church, no Bible, and no sacrifice equals their Christmas materialism.
“...We’re not particularly religious, so we don’t spend time at church...”
There is the problem. No Church, no Bible, and no sacrifice equals their Christmas materialism.
Merry Christmas to you Sweden
Is God Jul! correct ???
:)
When I was 3 I was cute
:)
Oh and liked dollies...
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