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Christmas 2008
The last time I wrote a Christmas blog was 2006. While trying to gather my thoughts this Christmas, I re-read that blog entry.
After reading it, I decided it was best to simply point to it. The message is the same. The reasons why I wrote it then have not really changed. If anything, those reasons have become more apparent and obvious to more of us. It’s worth repeating. Once you’re read it, please read my update after the jump.
A Christmas Message…
And now, in 2008…
While my memories of Christmas Eve are with me each year, this year I miss my family more than ever. I wish I had a few moments with my grandparents – just to ask them a few questions about life in the 1930s.
Almost everyone I know has spent less on holiday shopping this year: some out of want, others out of necessity. Things are not quite the same now as they were just a few years ago. And many people with whom I have spoken believe that 2009 holds only more uncertainty in what is already a turbulent and uncertain economy.
We have had money troubles in the past: the recession in the 70s; the real estate crash in the late 80s and early 90s; and more recently, what I coin as the recent B&B (Bubble and Bailout), the drama of which continues to unfold as each week passes. But on Christmas Eve, it is the one night of the year when none of it should matter.
For some, it does. For some it will be difficult to adjust to the fact that Christmas (or any other December holiday) is not the same as it has been in years past. For them, I offer this: I think the universal message of Christmas 2008 may be that we should cherish all the good things that we have, rather than fret about how things are not what they once were. And yes, I do know how hard that can be in these interesting times.
And it is with these additional thoughts in mind that I wish you all a very Merry Christmas.
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