What has happened to the Christmas Spirit? I thought the "Christmas Spirit" enbodied love, generousity, peace and joy. Apparently the people shopping on Black Friday did not get the memo. Black Friday was so bad last year that some guy brought a gun to Toys R Us in Californiaand started shooting. In New York a worker at a Wal-Mart was trampled by a mob trying to get into the store. Though I have not heard stories that bad this year, my mother did witness a pregnant woman pass out in a lengthy check-out line and some people just stepped over the woman so they could check out.
It seems this "Grinch Spirit" is not reserved for only Black Friday. Just take a trip to the mall and watch for a while and you will see that most adults are not enjoying themselves. They are rushing around with frowns or angry faces. They yell at each other or look mad.
Maybe we have no one to blame but ourselves. We allowed retailers to turn a Christian celebration into a retail extravaganza and it is no wonder we no longer experience the "Christmas Spirit."
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