Dec. 23, 2009 — This Christmas thing

A woman was Christmas shopping with her two children. After many hours of looking at row after row of toys and hearing both her children asking for everything they saw, she finally made it to the elevator with her two kids.

She was feeling what so many of us feel during the holiday season:  overwhelming pressure to go to every party, getting that perfect gift for every single person and scheduling the family visits among the crowded calendars.

Finally the elevator doors opened, and it was jammed with people.  She pushed her way in, dragging her two kids and all their bags of purchases.  When the doors closed, she could contain her frustration no longer and said:  “Whoever started this whole Christmas thing should be found, strung up and shot.”

And someone said, “Well they did crucify him.”

Just a thought. I'm Sid Batts from First Presbyterian Church in downtown Greensboro, fpcgreensboro.org.