It is Christmas Eve and as I sit here listening to Christmas carols, I am reflecting on how much Christmas has changed since I was a young boy growing up in a very small town in the 50's. Christmas was a real time for family and friends. Our school and town had no issues with having a "Christmas Program" where the kids portrayed shepherds and angels. None of us had to travel for Christmas as most of our family were all within a few minutes drive from home. Our gifts were wonderful, yet our parents did not accumulate a lot of debt in order to purchase them. They bought what they could afford. We had no need for lengthy printed Christmas letters as we were such a close knit community that we already knew what our family and friends had done during the year. No trips to the malls or other big box stores. A lot of our gifts were purchased through Christmas catalogs or from local merchants. We had no shrimp, crab legs, oysters, or other exotic foods as our local grocers did not carry any of it and I am sure our mothers would not have known how to cook them. No internet to find out either.
I guess what I am trying to say is that like everything else in life, Christmas has changed a lot. And I don't think it has been for the better either. So now I am going to pop my TAGS DVD in the TV and watch "The Christmas Story". Merry Christmas everyone and may you have a happy and healthy 2018. -- Ken Anderson The Mayberry Guru 2906 May Street Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54701 www.themayberryguru.com www.mayberryreflections.com _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.wbmutbb.com/
