Merry Christmas, GameSpotters, and othe Cnet folk.
Yup, that's my wish to you guys. I got early Christmas presents already. A 16" (instead of 11") tube TV, and a GameCube steering wheel with petals. I drive like I'm drunk when I use that thing for Mario Kart and F-Zero GX. I'm not used to it yet. ![]()
Whenever I observe holidays like Christmas, I always remember why I celebrate it to begin with. Jesus probably wasn't born on Dec 24th or 25th, but the point it that his birth is the reason we celebrate Christmas. It makes me feel a bit down when people forget it.
Like, in cartoons such as Spongebob or Emperor's New School (not a good show, I know) they don'teven tell you what Christmas is about. In Spongebob, Sandy just tell Spongebob some whimsical tale of Christmas-y things, neglecting the birth of Jesus Christ entirely. In Johnny Bravo's 2nd Christmas episode (best epsiode of the series), they said Christmas was a time to celebrate the birth of Jesus. They did well to do that, because without somuch as a mention of his birth, Christmas is so shallow, and, in essence, meaningless. Christmas time is suppsed to have a reason to be joyful. Not JUST giving and getting things you make or buy from a store. As the Grinch says, "Maybe Christmas means a little bit more." And it's true. There's a reason for this holiday, try not to forget it! ![]()
One thing that I didn't like was how I visited a few thrift stores and saw sevral nativity sets. Each of those complete sets were missing ONE PIECE! Wanna guess which piece that was? Take a guess, seriously.
The missing piece was the baby Jesus on EVERY one! It's the most important piece. Sheesh, why do people want to strip Christmas of it's whole meaning? It looks so stupid when the wisemen, shepherds, and parents are reverently observing... well... nothing!
Well, regardless of those things, I'm still gonna have a good Christmas this year. I hope you guysdo, too! ![]()




Comments
I agree it seems todays society is cut off from the true meaning of christmas, iv'e not seen one religious thing at all exept in church (of course), it's terrible! Apparently it's politically incorrect to promote the religious side of it because of all the non-religious people, but it's a religious holiday, so they should either stop celebratibg something the don't beleive in or exept the true meaning!!! It's like Jesus has been replaced by a fatty pedo dressed in red
I always remeber the true meaning of christmas, I just forget it when I open my presents, they thank Jesus, then play on/with them just enjoy myself, I make it as religious as I can, but I don't think I could pray christmas morning instead of opening the little suprises in my stoking, maybe both at the same time, what's it usually like for you?
About Christmas specials, the writers may want to avoid including too much religon. Just a thought. The Earthworm Jim tv show, actually said that Jim could only save the commercialism by involving Santa.
We can all try to think of why we celebrate Christmas and enjoy the holiday.
Oh yes, and merry Christmas.