On the top of this years pet peeves list are:
Toy drives. Do children in need really need a junky toy made and shipped over from China. Would it be more advantageous to them if they had health insurance, a college fund, food, clothing, and a roof over their head, every day. I know toy drives make those giving the toys feel good, and the kids getting the toys love it. Are we really just distracting kids from what they really need with cheap plastic toys?
Christmas trees, have been a pet peeve for many many years now, and I really don't understand why this practice continues. It's an environmental nightmare.
First the trees are grown on farms, using much water, fertilizers, and pesticides. Then these trees are trucked to be sold to the masses, who drive to pick up the trees, and haul the trees home, to be used for at most, a month. Then, at best, the trees are either picked up by city refuse trucks and hauled to be mulched, or the tree owner hauls the tree to where it can be mulched.
We give ourselves the indulgence of having a Christmas tree by taking away the environment.
Then there is all this craziness with shopping. One cannot even go and get groceries without people franticly running around, no parking, and Christmas music everywhere.
I am very happy to have opted out of Christmas and Hanukah years ago (even though I cannot totally escape it). I do wonder why Thanksgiving and New Years is not enough for everyone?
1 comment:
i love christmas. It's my favorite time of the year. Only in a perfect world. Unfortunately, it is hard to escape the commerciality of christmas if you are one of the many parts of the big establishment. Sadly, we need our jobs :-(
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