Remember when Scrooge had his epiphany, right in front of the angel (a.k.a. “spirit”) of death, in “A Christmas Carol”? With blinding force, he had finally realized just how foolish he had been throughout his life…how careless with his words and deeds, thinking only of himself, and not his fellow man.

I’ll make this short and sweet, as I know many of us are planning family gatherings and getting things in order: Don’t shut out the lessons of Christmas. Remember what those three spirits taught to Ebenezer.

Some of us tend to only “open our shut up hearts” once a year, like clock-work, when we know we’re expected to do so. Why do we not continue that tradition throughout the year? As Ebenezer’s friend, Jacob Marley said “BUSINESS?! Mankind was my business! The common welfare was my business! Charity, mercy, forbearance and benevolence were all my business! The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!!!!”

Normally this blog features biting political satire and commentary, but, we’re taking a holiday “break” from that, urging everyone to take off the political “glasses”, and remember that those things old Marley mentioned are true. We’ve stopped looking after each other, in the last 100 years, and that’s not a good thing. Oh sure, it happens in small towns and cities all over the world, but, we’re all so involved with our “toys”: cars, Ipods, “crack”berries, cell phones, etc etc….we get too much into our own heads.

Those of us who are “political junkies” tend to see much of the outside world through those political “glasses”, and sometimes that can translate into believing that things such as kindness and benevolence are too “liberal”, or that wanting to give a man a job, instead of just money is something a “cruel republican” would do.

Please folks…give it a rest. It’s Christmas.
Let’s keep these things in our hearts (and our heads) all the time…not just at Christmas.

And let us not forget what our friend “Linus” said, so long ago.

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah & Happy New Year from The Nos Blog.

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