Monday, November 26, 2007

Unexpected Holiday Spirit

It's happened.

Instead of having to search for Christmas Spirit this year, it has found me!

Who would have thought that on walking three miles to get your car fixed, you could find Christmas Spirit in that unsightly pawn shop on the side of the road there?

But such is how I encountered it when a red-and-green sign announcing "Christmas Sale!" caught my eye. Peering in at the rows of bicycles, jewelry and gaming systems, it occurred to me: Since when is it fashionable to present loved ones with used, possibly even stolen, gifts?

Evidently, the season's spirit is in ruining one person's Christmas to make another's better.

I guess it explains the decline of spirit grasping the hearts of today's people.

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