Not everyone loves Christmas. I am not one of those people. I love it. I love having my house completely decorated in a festive way. I love shopping, especially downtown, because I love the feeling of walking around, with everyone so busy, sipping coffee, and then going into one of the many downtown malls. I love wrapping gifts with ribbons and bows. I love writing Christmas cards, and e-mails, and knowing that my words are making someone smile. I love belting out the songs and carols. I get caught up in the materialism of the season, but I also take time to reflect, and to help others by donating to different charities and relief organizations. I am definitely a cheerleader for the season.
I can understand why some people are not a big fan of the holiday. It practically starts on November first, and does not end until well into January. It can be a long and stressful season. And I fully support you if you don’t want to get into the spirit until the 24th, or ever. But please, don’t spoil it for the rest of us.
Today I heard something that made me very sad.
In Canada, Canada Post sets up a thing where you can write to Santa. His address, for those wondering, is Santa Claus, The North Pole, H0H 0H0. I’ve written to Santa every year when I was younger. I even wrote to him last year when my Katimavik group and I volunteered at a local Christmas party for the Food Bank. And I got a response!
The responses are written by 11 000 Canada Post employees. They are lovely, and personalized. They’ve brought me little spurts of joy for at least 16 of my 19 years.
And someone has decided to ruin it all.
One of the employees has sent obscene letters to about 10 children living in the Ottawa area.
Because of this, the entire program has been halted until the “rogue elf,” as they are calling it (more like, “sadist bastard.”) has been caught.
I’m just… well, I’m pretty upset to hear about this. I don’t even know what to say, other than, if you do not like the whole “Christmas thing,” don’t try and ruin it for others. Just… go home to your mansion, and sit there in the dark. Don’t mind the clanking of chains.
Sorry for the lack of updates! I came down with the flu on Monday night, and then the Internet was taken away from me, because of that. I just got my router back today, ha ha.
Wow, that’s pretty low. I love the Christmas feeling, even though I don’t celebrate Christmas.
That person surely must have some issues with their self esteem or something, because it’s quite sad that they feel joy from crushing little kids like that.
That is really mean.
I try and get into the Christmas spirit in December, but before that it is too early. This year I did a bit Christmas shopping in November, so that I could make sure I had peoples main presents and just leave the little things til later.
I just hate the weather at Christmas and that spoils it all for me, the cold =(
I always found it amusing that you could write to Santa Claus. It’s so sad that someone ruined that
This bright green is very hard on my eyes.
I have to agree with Yara, that is a pretty low act. There’s no logic behind ruining the festive feel of such a univeral holiday as Christmas, even if it is dependent on the mind.
However, it’s uberly awesome that you were able to write to Santa.
I feel like I need to move to Canada right now just because you can write to Santa, that’s awesome. The person ruining it … not so much.