What Christmas is all about...Giving

Tomorrow (today?) marks the last day of finals week for Fall 2008 at GT land. Of course I'm stuck with two of them, in the last two periods no less. But no big deal, I've crammed enough for them, and am actually pretty thankful that my finals were heavy at the end of this week rather than at the beginning (my first one wasn't til Wednesday, which went really well).

Before I go to bed, I wanted to post this video that I first saw in church a few weeks ago, and it's actually caught on well I think. Unfortunately Christmas in the US has become over-commercialized (obviously it doesn't take me saying that to make anyone realize that). It has become too much about material gifts and receiving things that have little or no meaning. But what if we as a nation and culture gave something bigger than gifts? What if we instead focused our giving to those who have very little than to those that we normally give to who have very much? I'm certainly not suggesting that we stop getting presents for our friends and loved ones altogther. But I just want yall to think about how much we could change the world for the better. Hope yall enjoy...


Merry early Christmas!