For tha last five years at minimum, I’ve logged into my Facebook page on Christmas only to see an overflow of pictures showing children and family members opening their lavish gifts. Along with tha pictures are comments about why the parents work so much or grind so hard. Many will go as far as letting anyone who did not purchase some material things for their children know just how unfit they are.Imagine that! Christmas shaming parents for not having extra money to spend on their children on Jesus birthday. Parents work hard, Santa brings tha gifts, and (I’m still wondering where Jesus is in all of this I'm just saying). Christmas shaming is tha reason why many of us max out credit cards to buy an excess of Christmas gifts for their children. Because tha children get so many items at one time, they usually only truly take and attach to one or two of tha gifts while us parents attach to tha whole bill.Most children receive more on Christmas Day, "tha birth of Christ than they do on their own birthdays. In my opinion, Christmas is tha most capitalist holidays that exist. It is promoted by consumerism and most will not feel they had a good Christmas unless they receive tha gifts they requested. Most children greet each other with, “what did you get for Christmas?” or telling everyone else what they received.For those who are not financially in a position to run out and indulge in tha material consumption, breathe! Do not go broke or enter into debt attempting to look fit in tha eyes of those who would rather “figure it out” next month and put a smile on their babies faces for Christmas.
If you are going to celebrate Christmas, enjoy it for what it is truly for. Recenter your focus back on tha birth of Lyfe It’s time we release our addiction to consumerism. Too many of us spend more than our monthly living expenses in gifts for Christmas with no conscious reasoning. Too many of us go into debt with tha mindset that our tax refund check is going to save us. We just have to “make it through” January. Yall know I'm not lying Is it truly worth it? Is tha momentary smile on your child’s face seriously worth tha anxiety and pressures in tha heart center when you’re trying to figure your bills, food, and other lyfe expenses out tha next month. Let’s do something different to cause a mental financial breakthrough. Pay your January rent in advance, put aside half of your usual monthly bills, fill up tha refrigerator, and fulfill your transportation needs, then buy a few gifts. Take care of your business first! Put your heart at ease! We often create tha source of our stress and heartache through our financial careless. Let’s get ahead of this thing going into 2018. Don’t do it when you get there, bet there when it arrives.......Happy Holidays Lyfers
