Grinch or Who?

With most things, I tend to be the cynic, so usually I have a pretty bad outlook on society and things like that.  But who can possibly be a Grinch when it comes to Christmas?  No one.  The time with families great, gifts, just everything that encompasses the Christmas season is something that no one can have animosity towards.  However, even though we have all this stuff, the food the presents, it bums me out to think of those who don't have any of that stuff.  We take for granted so many things that we have, and yet we live in one of the best places in the world, free from oppression and -what I'm very thankful for- religious discrimination.  I love Christmas, but it seems like all the commercialize around this holiday is making it into a day to see who can buy the perfect gift, or have the most presents, what Christmas isn't about.  Of course I love getting gifts but it feel really great to give things too.  So I'm posting a link to a charity that really makes sense to me, its Operation Christmas Child (http://www.samaritanspurse.ca/occ/).  It involves packing a shoe box full of toys, or items like shoes and clothes, to be sent to people in third world countries, who have never been given a gift for Christmas.  It works with churches world wide, and while it is a religious based operation, it's undeniable that this is something worth while. If you feel like donating, or maybe even packing a shoe box, I encourage it, I my self and packing one for my church.  And let's not forget the real reason for the season, family and really really good turkey.