Santa doesn't exist

Dear Santa,

Hi! I�m nine years old. I have two brothers. And my mom. My dad is far away. He�s in heaven, he has been there since March last year … I have been taking care of my mom and I have been a good boy.

We are going to leave you some goodies! How are your reindeer? How are you? Thanks, Santa.

P.S. If I leave out a present for my daddy, will you take it to him in your sleigh? If you can�t, that�s O.K. I love you, Santa, and your reindeer!

Source: Candaka.net

With Christmas one week away, it’s almost hard not to get into the Christmas mood. Unless you’re an adult who had grown up and found out that Santa is nothing more than a myth, perpetrated by your parents in order to give you gifts with the sense that being good has a tangible reward at the end of the year. But even if you’re not good, you still get presents. Because that’s what Christmas is all about.

Consumerism.

Yes, there are some rare examples like the one above where the kid just wants a family again, or wants something nice to befall his or her loved ones, but let’s face it. Once you reach the teenage years, you want nothing more than a toy. Or a new video game. Or a new computer. It’s inevitable that this 9-year-old will grow up into a 15-year-old who wants the same things other 15-year-olds want.

I’m tired of hearing things like “Back in my day, all we wanted was (insert stupid heart warming thing here). We didn’t want your gadgets and gizmos and bla bla bla.” Bullshit. Back in your day, you wanted what was the big thing for back in your day, just like the teenagers of my day wanted what the big thing was for our day. Every generation is the same.

You will be out there in the cold at 2 in the morning waiting for the line to go into the local Toys ‘R Us, trying to get your hands on what you think your kid wants. You will probably get elbowed in the face, stomped in the groin, and have any other horrible thing happen to you. Unless you’re smart and you shop online, these are just the things that you have to come to expect from Christmas.

Of course, your kid wouldn’t be like this if he or she wasn’t copying the gross materialism of their parents. That’s just the way we are. We want and we want, and that’s the only thing that matters.

So I suggest that this year, replace one of your kid’s gifts with a donation in their name to a charity worth giving to. Start this early. Because the earlier you teach them that giving is better than receiving, the sooner you can halt the growth from innocent child into materialistic money grubbing whore.

Just a thought.