Happy Holidays!

As we head into the Holiday season this week, we must prepare ourselves for Family, Food and Fun. The three F's for shorts.

But what really is the holiday season come to now? I mean way back when before my life time it was all about the three F's. Right? But now is it the same way? ... i think not. Yes, we still spend this time of year with our families normal around some sort of meal and yes, this may result in fun.

BUT my point is that it's much more than that now or, much less.

Our holidays have turned from religous dates, celebrating or memorials of something great into Shopping, Flying, Cooking, Comercials, Stores, Sales, and bad movies about families not getting along on the holidays.

Think about most or all holidays. Chirstmas has turned into a holiday all about media and not the birth of Jesus. I mean think about it.. all the commercails are about shopping, sales, and the newest, coolest, technology for your youngsters. But how many people theses days celebrate christmas for the real reason anymore? Now, if you don't celebrate christmas due to your religion don't take me wrong. i'm just trying to prove a point that the winter holidays aren't as much about the reall meaning anymore and it's all about buying, selling, and promotions.

Look at the fourth of July, which is celebrated for the independence of our country. Most people do this by having cookouts and setting off fireworks. which hey, don't get me wrong those are some of my favorite things. But how many of us these days actually spend time on 4th of July to think about the really reason for the holiday ? and it's not just an excuse to get together and blow stuff up.

I'm not trying to make anyone feel bad about the way you spend their holidays now. I'm guilty of some of this too. I'm just trying to put a thought out there in everyones mind that we need to make holidays more about their true meaning and less about their commercail status.