It was my fourth attempt at finding a store with Christmas decorations for my classroom. As I wandered the aisles I thought, surely they must have their Christmas decorations all in one place somewhere. But my eye spotted a lone nativity scene and I knew that wasn't the problem.
Every store I have gone to (including two specialty teaching stores) has had an extremely slim stock of Christmas supplies. --And I do mean Christmas, not Santa or happy holidays or "winter break". At this particular store I was expecting that there would be a fewer amount of Christmas supplies, but I was hard put to find more than two Christmas things in the whole store!
I mentioned the nativity scene already (which, strangely enough, had a header that read: "A Savior is Born For" and no room under it to put any other words.) The second "Christmas item I found actually made me laugh. The cardboard top of the packaging said "Christmas Bulletin Board", but when I looked at the board itself, it said "Happy Holidays".
Now really, since when is "Happy Holidays" a specifically Christmas phrase?
Merry Christmas, everyone!!
It is a very sad reality. We must foster the true meaning of Christ's birth in our hearts and the hearts of our families forever. May Jesus Christ be praised.
ReplyDeleteAmen! Thanks, Emily!!
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas, Gweenie!
ReplyDelete~Shiloh