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Murphy Martin Commentary
December 21, 2006
"Christmas 2006"
It is the season to be
Jolly but that seems to become more difficult with each passing
year. Somehow we will manage to get there, we always do but the
troubling world around us tends to diminish the true meaning of this
season!
A war half-a- world away ... crime on the increase in our America
... undocumented people arrested ... nuclear threats increase ...
youth gangs run rampant ... iIlegals find porous U.S. borders
inviting ... polarization at all-time high in America ... excellence
in education decreasing in public schools ... health costs increase
... senior needs grow ... child predator numbers increase -- great
Americans pass from the scene -- and the warm, comfortable feel of
this season is more difficult to achieve.
We all can recall those early days of our lives when just an item or
two in a stocking was more than enough to bring lasting happiness.
Yes, we had great food--home-cooked--by loving family amongst a
gathering of friends and relatives. When you were a bit older, if
you were lucky, you got the only bicycle you ever owned. There was
some commercialization of the season in earlier days but nothing to
compare with today when Christmas ads began the day after
Thanksgiving and spending runs rampant through Christmas Eve.
Despite billions of dollars in bonus money ...sixteen-billion from
one Wall Street firm alone...there are thousands upon thousands of
youngsters who would not have a Christmas gift were it not for toy
drives all over America.
Television stations,
radio stations, firemen, many other worthy groups, collect MILLIONS
of toys for those needy tots. Those who work and those who give are
to be commended. You help keep a semblance of what this season
should be.
Through the Internet, tens of thousands of U.S. Military personnel
around the world will receive Christmas greetings from concerned
Americans. Volunteers will be working to feed the homeless. Numerous
good deeds will be performed anonymously.
As we said earlier, it is the season to be Jolly. And if we dig deep
enough we can be, in fact we can be downright happy despite all the
vastly changing world around us. All it takes is to remember the
true meaning of the season...His birthday! Without Him we shudder to
think what this world would be!
We hope you have a Merry Christmas and may the New Year be filled
with good health and happiness!
Murphy Martin
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