What to Do With Holiday Issues

Holiday issues. Everybody has them. Even you. There's something that you don't like about the holidays and you need to find a way to either get over it or deal with it. So what is it for you? Consumerism. Crowds. Misplaced priorities. What? In early August, our local grocery store had Halloween candy on the shelves. That's a little too early for me. By September, there were a few shelves of Thanksgiving decorations. By the end of September, the shelves were competing with early Christmas decorations. C'mon people. This is not what it's about. At least, not for me. This is what depresses me about the holiday seasons. It shouldn't but it does. Too much stuff, too soon, too commercial. I know I'm not alone in this thought process. It bleeds far beyond the Christmas season. Consider it a year-round problem. Yes, I understand that some businesses rely heavily on the October through January holiday season just to stay open. I'm just happy I'm not one of them, although I am more than willing to shop at those stores than at Walmart or Target. They can use the income and I need to cut down on buying too much stuff. On the podcast today clearly we have some issues, but please don' write us off as scrooges. We're not those guys! We love the holidays. There are just some things the world around us are doing that bug us to death when it comes to what holidays, any holidays, actually mean and represent. [bctt tweet="The point is not to honor a holiday based on Christ. The point is to honor Christ" username="@Coffee4YourSoul"] Here are our holiday talking points: Starting too soon and dragging too long Budget killers Consumerism Pageantry versus Purpose Depression Higher Expectations Our one-word conclusion won't surprise you. At least, I hope it won't. Here's a great story to combat "Scrooge-ism" during the holidays. Seriously. Without being a Scrooge, what holiday issues do you deal with?

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What to Do With Holiday Issues is an episode from Coffee For Your Soul.

This episode is 27:06 long.

This episode was published on Nov 14, 2017.

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