This morning when I was out shopping I did actually buy my first Christmas present. OK, so I know it is only a little squeaky toy for Eden's dog but because she's so small it can be quite difficult to find something suitable for her. I also bought back a gift catalogue from Boots so that I could browse through it, perhaps to get some ideas and I wanted to look for a particular item that Sarah had asked for for Christmas.
When I got home I made a cup of coffee and sat down to look through and I was absolutely shocked at how much people are ripped off at Christmas. Now I know that perfumes are expensive, but when they put them in a fancy box with a small tube of body lotion then you will probably need a mortgage to buy it. Then there are the bath products, usually very small sizes of bath foam, body lotion and hand cream in a toilet bag and costing three times as much as they would if you bought each item separately. The same goes for cosmetics such as lipstick, eye shadows and nail varnish. Several different colours in smaller than usual pots but costing much more than they normally would.
Now, I've made a point of asking Sarah and my grand-children what they want for Christmas so that I can buy the right things and I know then that they won't be disappointed on Christmas Day. They also know that now I have retired I don't have as much money to spend on them as I used to and they have accepted that. I just don't understand people who spend so much on Christmas presents that it takes them the whole of next year paying for them and shops and advertising men are very good at getting them to part with their money. Spending the earth on someone does not prove that you think anymore of them because love and respect cannot be bought.
Besides, Christmas has become so commercialised that I am sure most people have forgotten the real meaning and why we have it in the first place, instead they prefer to worship at the house of retail rather than the house of God.
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