Perhaps you heard others say that this past Christmas just didn’t feel like Christmas with all the self-gifting, lack of spiritual focus and emphasis on consumer spending.

Christmas cards?  Fewer than ever were sent out this year.  That’s cool but it’s easier than ever to replace snail mail with email and texts.  But there is no evidence this shift has taken place.

Focus on Self.  When was the last time you checked up on a friend or relative you have not had the time for.  A call, a card, a text, an email – a visit?

Selfishness.  One major retailer told me that 70% of all their December 26^th returns comes from purchases made four days before Christmas suggesting that last minute shoppers buy anything, any size and let the recipient worry about taking it back.

Self-gifting.  What’s the need?  We live in a society that self-gifts constantly.  The alternative would be to give to someone else – or serve them (i.e., a soup kitchen, battered spouses, etc.).

In the end it doesn’t matter what the world does.

What we decide to do is what’s important.  It doesn’t even take a village.  It takes one person at a time listening to their conscience.

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