No Gifting!

It's not about the presents but it is about your presence. Therein lies the spirit of the holiday season.

Rahne E.

Christmas is coming and it is easy to get lost in the western version of this season that has been so conditioned into us. I am doing my best not to.  The busy distraction of the move and the other things that are going on around me helps to prevent me from getting sucked into that. To me...gifting for the sake of gifting has got to stop! It is not really a "healthy and wholesome" way to celebrate the birth (the date not so randomly selected  by Pope Julius's attempt to outstage the pagan "winter soltice" celebration) of one of the wisest beings who ever walked the planet. Is it? Sure...good will and charity...wonderful...but buying for the sake of buying...to me that just makes it a capitalist holiday, not a spiritual one. Sigh! 

Anyway, the kids and I agreed last year to collect for charity rather than gift each other. We will continue that new tradition this year.  I mean, we will have a little yankee exchange of a small amount and we will buy for the grandkids ( for now...hopefully that too will change in the future so the kids grow up understanding that "it isn't about the gifts!"). We are having a yankee exchange at my sister's tonight as well.  D. and I might fill each other's stockings with sundries but that will be all. That's it! No gifting!

We will see how that intention turns out.  

All is well!