I decided to get one more gift for my grandson, even though I had already completed all of my Christmas shopping save my tradition of doing in store shopping on Christmas Eve.
I was in the process of ordering him a gift card. They have fairly generic one, one with the Carvel logo, ones for celebrations of things like birthdays, and seasonal cards among the ones they offer for sale. They had a nice one for Channukah that said Happy Hannukah and had a picture of a mennorah on it. I thought thag was appropriate especially as it reflects as a religious theme. The Christmas themed gift card however had no indication of a religious theme. It showed Santa and had two words on it, "Happy Ho (or maybe ot said hos). That struck a nerve. I readily admit, I am far from being very religious but I do celebrate Christmas. I think Christmas is ALL about the gifts. On the first Christmas, God gave mankind the gift of his only begotten son who was born in a manger, that lodging was essentialy gift from the landlord, then the wise men gave Jesus gifts of gold, silver and muir. Over and over again, in the New Testament are examples of gift giving, many given to others by Jesus. A few of the most notable were the wine from water, loaves of bread and fish to feed the multitudes, the gift of life to Lazarus and fimally the ultimate gift of Jesus giving his own life to save us from sin. How wonderful would life be if we all, each and everyone of us gave more gifts to one another.
All the best,
Glenn B
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