Each year as I get older I think about how Christmas affects us and no this isn't some crazy old lady crap that you don't care about. Well the crazy old lady part may very well be :) I knew and realized this as a kid too.
While it's early enough make a list for those who count in your life. Make another list for those in need who you can do something for, weather it be a new winter coat or gently used, a pair of warm boots for a homeless person or gloves for a bunch of kids.
Think about how you and the people around you celebrate Christmas. Is it drinking ? Does that really mess it up ? Many times it does as alcohol causes carelessness. Do fights begin and someone storms out half drunk only to be killed or kill, or maim someone else while drunk driving ? Sometimes as bad is that so friendly drunk who only wants a few, yet impaired, gets in the car, turns the ignition on a two thousand pound or more vehicle only to have hit an oncoming car with kids in it.
It's just a little while later someone will get a call. Come to the hospital. No, they never tell you over the phone. They take you in a small room, hand you the clothing the driver wore last and tell you that your child is dead, and he hit a car and killed three other people. MERRY CHRISTMAS.
I've seen drunks at Christmas, supposedly a day we celebrate the birth of Jesus. But for those of us who drink, it isn't Christmas because you gave it away when you started drinking..
While it's early enough make a list for those who count in your life. Make another list for those in need who you can do something for, weather it be a new winter coat or gently used, a pair of warm boots for a homeless person or gloves for a bunch of kids.
Think about how you and the people around you celebrate Christmas. Is it drinking ? Does that really mess it up ? Many times it does as alcohol causes carelessness. Do fights begin and someone storms out half drunk only to be killed or kill, or maim someone else while drunk driving ? Sometimes as bad is that so friendly drunk who only wants a few, yet impaired, gets in the car, turns the ignition on a two thousand pound or more vehicle only to have hit an oncoming car with kids in it.
It's just a little while later someone will get a call. Come to the hospital. No, they never tell you over the phone. They take you in a small room, hand you the clothing the driver wore last and tell you that your child is dead, and he hit a car and killed three other people. MERRY CHRISTMAS.
I've seen drunks at Christmas, supposedly a day we celebrate the birth of Jesus. But for those of us who drink, it isn't Christmas because you gave it away when you started drinking..
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