Upon My Soapbox

 

 

Christmas can be quite hectic and stressful for many.

Funny thing,

it is only one 24 hour day
and yet look at how consuming it has become.

I read a quote yesterday that struck a chord.
 

Simply said,

 

  "Christmas isn't a season, it's a feeling."

Edna Ferber, 1913

 

Perhaps if more people could embrace this philosophy,

there would be more goodwill, more tradition, less commercialism.

Gifts would come from the heart.

Expectations would be less, finances wouldn't be as compromised,

and people would all be a whole lot happier,
(with the exception, of course, of the big commercial retailers!).
 

We would be able to free ourselves from the clutches
of the modern day concept of 'Christmas' ,

and get down to the business of
building upon memories  from our past Christmases,

while at the same time,

 creating new ones.....

...like it should be.

 

I have long held the philosophy
that a handmade Christmas is the best,

and my family and friends have come to expect gifts that have been

thoughtfully constructed with them in mind.

I do not always make the gifts.

But I always give handmade
in an attempt to support other artisans.

I know in my heart that many of you do the same.

I'm really only preaching to the choir.

 

I wish

that the non-crafties in this world

would free themselves from the department stores

and shop handmade, too.

 

I wonder if they stop at Walmart on their way home from

the crafts fair that they didn't purchase anything from

and do their shopping.

 

There, I feel better.

 

Hope you have a wonderful day,

karen

P.S. As an afterthought, might I add, if you have to shop,
try to shop local.