Holidays

So... I am going to go back to me being a cynic for the time being as I write this because I think it is time that someone say what we are all thinking. HOLIDAYS HAVE LOST THEIR MEANING AND ARE NOTHING BUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR SALES TO GO THROUGH THE ROOF!!! IT'S MARKETING NOW, NOTHING ELSE!!!!
Thanksgiving, its a time to celebrate all the good things we have and for people to come together peacefully and break bread. Now we have Black Friday and Thanksgiving Day SALES! It's ridiculous.
Christmas and Valentines Day!!!
My god people what are we coming to!!!! Christmas, it was never supposed to be about the tree or the presents. If you are christian we celebrate it to remember the birth of CHRIST! It the first half of the word CHRISTmas!!! Yes, i realize as well as remember how magical it was to wake up Christmas morning and see that Santa had eaten the cookies we left out and to find new, shiny, beautiful, presents. That's not all that it was about though. Santa is Saint Nicholas! The man who made toys for children who had nothing! Now a days its all about me, me, and ME. I love to give presents to my family and friends. You know what we should be doing though? Spending that money and putting it towards things for homeless or less fortunate! The best Christmas I ever had was when my parents and I left the house after opening our presents and going around to the homeless park handing out blankets, socks, hand warmers, scarfs, what ever we could. Even when I was younger I would donate toys and clothes to organizations that would donate them to kids who had nothing.
It's not just at Christmas time though, there are homeless and people that go without every single day.
Valentines Day is another one! It makes me sick to go into stores and see all the hearts and everything. Candy, stuffed animals, cards, heart covered... everything! It's ridiculous. Valentines Day is supposed to be in celebration of Saint Valentine (different spellings, mine is the modified version of where we came to have Valentines Day). He was a man who would marry people that were truly in love but weren't allowed to be married. He saw love and married them anyway. Now we don't even know that day was even to remember a man. If you have someone you HAVE to buy them something to show you care or if you do not have somebody it becomes Singles' Awareness Day. I'm sorry but if you are in love every day should be Valentine's Day. You should tell them you love them everyday. And all you singles out there, the people who do have someone aren't trying to rub it in your face. If they are tell them to screw it and realize that you are more likely to find the right person for you then just having a fling with some on a day where there are paper hearts all over a stupid room. People!!!! Celebrate love everyday! Not just for your significant other but love for your family, your friends, and fellow man as well! THAT'S WHAT TRUE LOVE IS ABOUT! PUT THEM FIRST!
Fourth of July is another one. Why do we celebrate this day again? Oh, that's right, because it America's INDEPENDENCE DAY!!! Where we proclaimed freedom for ourselves and this great nation! Why we still have soldiers fighting! Without the freedoms and rights that we have we would have NOTHING! We don't realize how good we have it. Every year when we start off those fireworks, we should realize that we are looking at those bursting colors that were once bombs going off that gave enough light to show our beautiful flag. That Star Spangled Banner, that represents the United States of America. Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave, I still believe we have a great country with greatness bursting at the seems. We just need to come together, especially on that day and prove that we are America that still holds liberty and justice for all.

People don't give in to the marketing scams! Celebrate the true meaning of EVERY holiday! I challenge you, that on every single holiday that you celebrate you remember it's TRUE meaning and treat everyday like a holiday. Everyday is special, because every day is a gift.