I got nothing for Christmas.

Do you want a gift? I am willing to give you one, a stranger and fellow GLPer to another.

Well, it's sad when the people you love the most don't seem to be remembering you at this time and Season. But you know, someday they will look back and wish they had. Keep in mind that when you are young, you think that you'll have forever to tell others how much they mean to you. It is only as you grow older that you come to appreciate the short and growing shorter window of Time that we actually have.

I, too, am (physically) alone this Christmas. I have gifts which I have bought and wrapped for friends and their children sitting here waiting for them and they aren't even coming over to get them until "Christmas" is over. A few years ago I would have said "F - Them", but as I get older I realize that giving and getting gifts is NOT what Christmas is all about. Rather it is about the Gifts of LOVE and compassion which were shown to us by our Creator, that he sent his Son who could have come with legions of angels but came instead to be born in a humble stable, and to grow up and go through all of the stuff we experience growing up, and to spend His adult years reminding us about His Father and the simple things we can do to show our appreciation for that magnificent Gift. And yes, He died to allow Mercy to be shown to us along with Justice, and that is very important too, but the message He left us is just as important.

I am in no way a "Bibletard". I look at my little tree, which is trimmed with ornaments gathered over the years, and each one reminds me of stories,
situations and people no longer here. I light the candles which illuminate the pictures of family and friends who have Gone Home, and realize that I will soon be joining them. Regardless of the rudeness or thoughtlessness of the people I still know, I feel like I am surrounded by love. And that is the greatest gift of all.

Merry Christmas to you, friend.

It's a pagan holiday anyway. Totally ridiculous.