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Monday, December 25, 2006

As I stated in an earlier post I am a shipping supervisor for Bear Creek Co. For those of you that do not recognize the name it is was one of the larges food related mail order gift retailers in the world and it's primary profit making period is the month of December. Well, I have just completed that month with a little over 300 hours. I have barely had time to eat and sleep away from work, let alone anything else so in a way this is my way of apologizing for disappearing for a month, but also is the beginning of my Christmas gripe session.

When I was growing up I was taught that Christmas was about family and a time to share the love and caring as we went into a new year. As we know Christmas day was placed on December 25 in relation to winter solstice the day that has this least amount of daylight for the year and has been the time of celebrations throughout many cultures. It has always been seen as a time of hope and renewal. Why we have moved from this model to the commercial mad house we now know as Christmas is a mystery to me. Yes I know my living is based upon the commercial aspects, but I see daily the results in the retail industry of the choice and it causes me concern.
Earlier this month a friend at work asked me what I wanted for Christmas. I stated in a joking way 3 days of rest. Well for me that was my wish and as I look at the world at this time I see that the wish could be extended to so many that it should be a blanket. We used to see the holiday season as a time of joy. now we see it as a time of exhaustion and worry. I find myself wishing for those simpler times and will start to look for ways to get some aspects of them in my life.

Now even though I titled this post the way I did. I want to wish each and every one of you the happiest of holiday seasons. and a wonderful year ahead. I hate to rant on a day devoted to joy but I needed to get it off of my chest and I promise a more optimistic post before the New Year.

posted by Ed's Thread @ 9:17 AM

1 Comments:

At 8:44 AM, Anonymous said…

Happy Christmas