Too Old for Christmas?

As I come up on my 24th Christmas, I wonder if there is a point where you really don't care anymore. Like I said, I'm 24, my brother is 21, and my sister is 16 and there isn't really any excitement around the house. There's not even a tree at my mother's house, and Christmas is only seven days away. I still have gifts to buy. I can't really remember the last time I was really excited for Christmas to come. Imagine that when I have children the excitement will come in the form of seeing them enjoy it, but for right now, it's just time off from work - I guess as an adult, that's something to be excited about.

I've know that Santa is a myth for a long time now (4 years...4 sad, cold, years), but I was still excited to see what my parents had gotten me for being nice instead of naughty. It was a time of sheer joy becuase it was the only other time of the year you got new toys. Now, it's cash and gift cards....wait why am I not excited again?

I've also known for a while that Jesus was not born in December, but much earlier in the year. Some have proposed April 18th as the day of Jesus' birth. That explains why I'm so dope...I was born on the same day as Our Lord and Savior. Maybe instead of being dope, I'm on it. Anyway, they chose December 25th in an effort to jack that days' previous celebration, a pagan celebration of the sun, and turn it into a Christian celebration of...the Son. Man, I'm so clever. But not as clever as those marketing geniuses that have intertwined fatal shopping sprees and the birth of Jesus. That takes some skill.

I guess I'm just tired of this day being more representative of commercialism than religion and faith. I mean if we really were celebrating His birth, why not give him gifts, like a grain, or burnt offering? Yeah, just throw an entire cow on a bonfire in the back yard. Bam. Thanks Jesus. Come visit us soon.

So, while the modern Church attempts to de-commercialize "Jesus' birthday," I'll go out and finish my Christmas shopping. After all, you can't celebrate the birth of our Savior without iTunes gift cards.

Do you.