http://thewingedman.wordpress.com/2006/12/04/advent-1-random-musings/ A husband, father, poet, and teacher going on and on and on . . . . Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:58:25 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://thewingedman.wordpress.com/2006/12/04/advent-1-random-musings/#comment-249 Chris Mon, 04 Dec 2006 19:33:02 +0000 http://thewingedman.wordpress.com/2006/12/04/advent-1-random-musings/#comment-249 I too get tired of the commercialization of the whole Christmas season. It is an old complaint, I know, but it really rubs me the wrong way. But what I think is important is that Advent is the season of waiting, of anticipation. So one can look on the bright side and see all of the trees and decorations and parties as something in anticipation of what is going to happen. Being the first year I'm celebrating Christmas in a Christian mindset for a long time, I am looking at the tree in my house as a reminder of what I am waiting for. I too get tired of the commercialization of the whole Christmas season. It is an old complaint, I know, but it really rubs me the wrong way. But what I think is important is that Advent is the season of waiting, of anticipation. So one can look on the bright side and see all of the trees and decorations and parties as something in anticipation of what is going to happen. Being the first year I’m celebrating Christmas in a Christian mindset for a long time, I am looking at the tree in my house as a reminder of what I am waiting for.

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