Merry Christmas
Current mood: bouncy

 I prefer Yule myself but of course the kids like Christmas best. LOL What kid wouldn't? Christmas these days is celebrated by showering people with gifts and that isn't the way that I celebrate Yule. Most people that I know that celebrate Yule don't celebrate it with the overspending most commonly seen with Christmas.

 This brings me to my point. Isn't Christmas a religious holiday? If the reason to celebrate the season is the birth of Christ then where does all this gift giving come in? How does a religious holiday turn into an excuse to spend $1000 on useless crap for one kid that less than a month later can't even remember what they got from whom? Why would a religious holiday turn into a competition of who can buy the most for whom? I honestly wonder if people that profess to celebrate Christmas as a religious holiday see the truth of what most people do. Christmas is as a whole a retail holiday. What do children learn or gain from this?

 My personal opinion is that all kids are really learning these days is the same 365 days a year. They learn to be selfish, greedy, materialistic and down right brats. I'm not on some "not my kid" kick. Mine are that way too to a point. Since we have a serious lack of money the majority of the time and always have they have never been quite so spoiled. $100 is plenty to spend on one child for a birthday or Christmas in my world. They are lucky and for the most part are gratefull for what they get. I have never understood the reasoning for spending $500-$1000 on gifts for any one child. What do they gain from that that couldn't be accomplished with far less?

 Why is it easier for most people to throw money at things than time and energy? I find it far less rewarding to spend money on my children than to spend time with them. I understand how happy children get from opening gifts and how good it feels to give your kids what they have been wanting but it is far more meaningfull to spend time with them. Have a family day filled with activities, crafts, games, movies, talking, laughing and just being together for a change. Isn't that what you remember most from childhood? I know that I do. I couldn't tell you what I got for birthdays or Christmas' from 5 years ago but I can remember clearly going to the river, having a picnic, going to the park, seeing a movie or going for a drive with my family.

 This Christmas I have spent $0 on my kids. Gabby got a book that I got for free from online, Cody got a sword that was a gift to me years ago that he has wanted for years and Matty is going to get to help me make her present. Matt, Cody, Gabby and I are at my mom's and Matty is at Matt's sister's house. Mom is making cookies with the kids and they are having a blast with her. Matt is watching TV and I am typing away on the computer for a while. Later today we will do more together but for right now the kids are busy with Granny. Matty will be home on Thursday and we will continue to celebrate Christmas a bit more. This weekend mom is going to give the kids their things from her and we are going to have a big dinner. Once that is done I am hoping that Christmas will finally be over. LOL

Happy holidays!

~Aidan

Yeah...I already posted a Christmas thing on your MySpace site, but I'm gonna post one here too. Take care.

Hey stranger! Long time no see/hear... I didn't know you were back on bravenet again. I've been out of touch myself and haven't been posting much at all. I wrote to Leenie and asked about you and she told me you were back on Bravenet. Glad to hear things are going well. How old are the kids now? I know Gabby is around Bella's age and Bella turned four in October. I think Cody is a little older than Damian and Damian will be twelve in January. Ciara is going to be 17 in March.

Things have been difficult here but I won't write it here, if you want you can email me. I have to get an updated post on my journal and put some holiday photos up.

Anyway write when you can and let me know how you are doing, I've missed you. And Happy New Year!

Love Laura

Good morning, Aidan/Lawry. I'm coming by to give you a little heads-up about our friend Lady Wolfen Mists. Today is her birthday! Do you think you could drop by and leave some birthday wishes for her? I bet she would just love that...

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