How do you feel about Christmas? Love it? Hate it?

Posted by: Rainbow

17th Nov 2011 04:22pm

Do you wish Christmas would come and go quickly or do you look forward to it with great enthusiasm? Do you believe Christmas has lost its meaning given all the materialistic connotations associated with it or does it still have a special place in your heart?

Anonymous

22nd Nov 2011 05:12am

Christmas is meant to be a time of joy. Families getting together. The joyful sounds of children opening presents. The delicious smells from the Christmas dinner cooking. Sadly, this is not always the case. So many people are in financial stress & cannot afford Christmas presents, let alone Christmas dinner. Some, like the people in Christchurch, don't even have a home to celebrate Christmas in. They are remembering the loss of a loved one who is not with them for Christmas. So let the more fortunate take a few minutes to think of these less fortunate on Christmas Day. I am going to.

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