Show 1 S- S 0 Xmas 1 r J 1 f i J. J Twits P li J iol 1 Al r rAl J 4 c. c by Patty Murphy Mur 1 J T Well its it's that time again where Christians everywhere celebrate with pagan T ritual the birth of their Gold God G d. d Im I'm told th that t most people believe in n Christ and that is why they participate so fully in the holidays ONCE A YEAR people put a can in a box to help a neighbor bor ONCE NCE A YEAR they clear their conscience by stepping outside themselves themselves themselves them them- s selves and that's not even where the majority of the holiday spirit goes j Christ Chris no longer rules roles Chris Christmas its it's the XMAS TWITS We have haye all seen L mem The people who have taken have taken the Christ out of Christmas are the ones ODes th that t r cut others off from the parking space they have been waiting for or the ones j who grab toys from others We all seem to suffer from the pressure to be a 1 XMAS TWIT We eat more than we need to eat buy more than we can afford and shove more than is courteous to get to the bargain table t The pressure pressure pressure-is is all around from family famil a and d fri friends with tradition getting out 1 of control Everyone you love should ge get a gift and everyone is expected ted to fall fall l into a price range The more you love or like a person the more youre you're suppose 1 1 to spend Do you know what that does It limits LOVE to the size of a pocketbook If your pocketbook is as small as mine does anyone have to look further to figure 4 I Out but where love in the world has gone J Hope and cheer are in short supply being sociable has been reduced to only s. s t when something is wanted Wouldn't it be lovely if all year long people cared t really cared about others Coul Couldn't t Love be given fully without physical representation representation rf J in the form of presents If all the energy now expended for shopping p were redirected into the general love and acceptance of those we are around we could REALLY have a Christmas k t I |