Christmas Eternal…

Posted by T-Steel in American Society on 12 11th, 2005 | 3 responses


The Christmas season is just a lovely time of year. Just driving through the neighborhood seeing the Christmas trees in the windows of homes. I love that more than the lights. Something about the Christmas tree that just hits me. Then I get nostalgic. Thinking about my mother and father carrying my siblings and I out to the various stores just to soak in the Christmas atmosphere. We would go by Montgomery Ward, Sears, Best Products, Service Merchandise, JCPenny, and Hudson’s for starters. Everyone of those stores had beautiful Christmas displays. My siblings and I would be just enraptured while my mother and father just had big smiles on their faces. Just magical! And I come from a non-religious family.

Now look what we have now…

Christmas being challenged by Perpetually Offended Society. Stores like Montgomery Ward and Hudson’s have been absorbed by Wal-Mart and Target thus ushering in the Age Of Holiday Corporate Blandness. People go to stores to shop only. To heck with just absorbing the atomosphere since there isn’t any. But am I bitter? Not in the slightest. Because in my household, Christmas is celebrated the old-fashioned way: love plenty, joy plenty, atmosphere plenty, and food plenty.

My children will always have that to look forward to. My wife and I will make sure of that. Christmas Eternal… Eternally Christmas…

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!




3 Responses to “Christmas Eternal…”

  1. sandy says:
    December 11, 2005 at 12:35 am

    I like your memories of Christmas and I agree with you about todays stores. Even most stores wont allow their employees to wish you a Merry Christmas. Just what is our country coming to?

    Here’s wishing you and your family an old fashioned Christmas with lots of Joy and good food!

  2. nikki says:
    December 11, 2005 at 10:59 am

    those are wonderful christmas memories. it saddens me that most of the children of today will not have those kinds of memories to look back on when they reach adulthood.

  3. Tony says:
    December 12, 2005 at 2:34 pm

    This year I listened to Christmas Carols while I was shopping that mentioned Jesus. I even received a cup of hot tea and a “Merry Christmas”.

    Oh, yeah… I was shopping at Amazon.com with a click of my mouse. If I want a bland shopping experience, I might as well just stay home :)