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I don’t really feel like posting but I never do. I feel like I should post something non-trivial. Life at the moment isn’t great. But I had a good day today, got to spend some time with just Tom which was good, and some time with Tom and Ryan which was also good. I brought some Christmass presents today, I like buying dvd players. Maybe I should talk about Christmass.
I never have really got Christmass and the way we celebrate it. I mean yeah Jesus was born into this world and I think it’s important to recognise it and even celebrate that event. But so often we forget the flip side which appears at Easter, that this little child was born to suffer a horrible death on a cross to free humans from their sin. It seems to me like Christmass should be more of a bittersweet time In terms of it’s celebration. I think it’s fair easier to remember a Jesus’s birth then his death. I don’t know how you celebrate birth and death at the same time but then again celebrating the birth of someone who has died (all be it been raised again) is wierd in its self. So what do we do, give presents, sing songs and spend time with family.
I really like giving presents, it’s just kind of nice. I think though that buying presents out of obligation sucks and that people get far too stressed about it. For me it’s a way I can express my apriciation of people and I also kind of like people being all appricative of me to I guess. I am not ending up buying that many Christmass presents this year. Simply because I don’t see that many people on a regular enough basis to be gift exchanging with them. Of course it helps when one of your sisters no longer wishes to see your family so you don’t need to buy them a present.
I am so over carrols that’s all I am going to say about them.
Family, I guess it’s good to meet up with families. It’s kind of nice to some extended family every so often. I think though the problem with Christmass is their is often an expectation that everyone has a family they can spend time with. It’s also a big reminder of any problems in family or anyone who has died.
Apart from that though it’s a good thing.