An excerpt:
“In my memory, every Christmas was perfect. And yet, even then, it was practically a truism that Christmas had become a materialist binge. In Catholic school, teachers passed out pencils emblazoned with the words “Jesus is the Reason for the Season.” Mothers and Fathers of all political stripes cautioned their children not to forget the joy of generosity, of homemade cards and popsicle-stick ornaments. Now “Occupiers” have camped outside the national temples of greed—WalMart, Best Buy and their ilk—to remind shoppers that capitalism and Christmas needn’t go together. Everyone has agreed for decades that the shopping, the money-grubbing, the gluttonous excess of the holiday is at best absurd, and at worst, dangerous…”
To read more of Tonya’s article, click the image below:
http://www.canyoncountryzephyr.com/2011/12/01/sowing-clover-by-tonya-stiles-2/
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