[BILLY D.]

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i was not admonishing you, i was just being acidic about the way 'christmas" is being stomped on and out, and like you say "commercialized". like if you don't spend a gazzilion dollars on the day after thanksgiving you are some kind of social misfit.

to me christmas is about the religious theme more than the buying. although the gift giving is a "good thing", it's not the most important thing. at least to me anyway. but i'm a strange duck.

i spent many christmas days far away from home and family and the thing i missed the most was not the lavishness but the time to be with with loved ones and celebrate by going to church and a special christmas meal. that was christmas. one thing i learned in my 68 christmases was k.i.s.s., it ain't about us it's about the birth of jesus. thats what my parents taught me.