give a toy, get a cookie
Hey Guys,
I haven't blogged in a while but I watched something on the news today that really bothered me so I had to write about it. Feel free to post your opinions :-)
At the end of the news on NBC, they usually air a story about someone making a difference in the community. Today they highlighted the Salvation Army who gives toys out to families who cannot afford to give Christmas toys to their children. So I thought I should be thinking "oh that's nice". But I wasn't. I was actually thinking this is sad. I mean to listen to the guy from Salvation Army ask people to donate toys for the age group of 10-12 and say it would really be sad if kids woke up on Christmas and didn't have any toys under the tree. ARE YOU SERIOUS?
Point #1: I think it's sad that in America, Christmas is all about getting things so if you don't get anything, it's Poor You. That is pathetic. I mean, I thought about if I was a kid and I woke up Christmas morning and didn't have any gifts. Of course I would feel some type of way. But that's only because that's the way society has conditioned us. So you didn't get a gift for Christmas, so you couldn't afford to get your kid the latest shoes or game. So what?!
Point #2 My best friend brought up the fact that most of these families that can't afford Christmas toys probably can't afford other things like consistent food or maybe even love or a good environment to raise the child. Whatever the case, I think it's silly to say that with all the problems in the world and all the trials our youth are facing, we have to put all our energy into making sure they have Christmas presents or else we have failed. I just can't get with that. People can't read, people are going through depression, people don't know their real parents, dealing with identity crisis, peer pressure, gangs, bullying, etc. But please please please give toys so that for one day out of a year they can be happy and satisfied. smch
I truly understand how you feel sis. The meaning of the holiday is lost too so many; along with the basic needs of people.
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