WhiteEagle’s Aerie and Blog

I am laughing at myself (and other stuff in my life)

This morning I am laughing at myself. Why? I thought I was fifteen minutes late for work, when I was actually nine and three-quarter hours early! Talk about a wake-up call! At least I learned I did not have enough cash to purchase food until payday, so I will be packing lunches and suppers (besides trying to eat before going to work!).

I am also embarrassed to work at the main store, because of all the tacky Christmas decorations that I helped put up yesterday. Everything from super-sized stockings to bows of all sizes, it makes the store look childish. The store manager told me Christmas is for children these days, because of all the materialism, it should be for them. I don’t agree.

Christmas is a time to remember that God gave us the greatest gift of all time, his only son, Jesus Christ. We should honor this by being good givers, and not expect anything in return. You should also remember that you can’t celebrate Christmas or Easter without the either. If you want to read more, you’re going to have to purchase my ebook from my company. Here is a couple of poems that I wrote a few years ago that express my deepest feelings on Christmas:

A Christmas Poem
As I look out my window at the snow,
I think of Christmas past in time.
When the church bells rang and chimed,
Despite the wind that did blow,
People came to remember Christ’s birth.
They did not know of a Santa Claus,
Or worry about cruel laws,
For Christ, God become man, has come to earth,
To give man the most important gift of life.
Now when people receive more than they give,
Is that any way to live?
The earth is now full of strife,
When Christ came to give us peace.
I hope as you go through this holiday season,
You will understand its true reason.

Christmas Spirit
As I think of Christmas past,
I have to wonder:
Is the Christmas spirit gone under,
Or is it going to last?
You have to see,
That this is not the way,
On this holy day,
There is a better way to be.
Back when church bells started to ring.
People came despite the snow,
And the winds that did blow.
They came to sing,
And remember the birth of Christ, the King.
I hope as you read this poem,
The point will be taken home.

As you can tell, I really care about the true meaning of this holiday. I really do not like all the commersialism that has come to be with it. I could even point out the origin of Santa Claus, but that can be saved for another post.

What Halloween used to mean.

With Halloween on Friday this year, I thought I would remind everyone of what Halloween used to mean before everyone goes trick-or-treating. I hope no one minds if I mix a bit of religion into this post, but the fact is that this holiday used to have a very religious aspect.

This holiday started back in the Middle Ages (Ad 1300’s). People back then were scared of spirits and ghosts, even with the Church being a deep part of their lives. When I said “Church”, I didn’t mean any church, but the Roman Catholic Church. You see November 1st was declared All Saints Day (it still is), and people were scared the previous night. Why? They believed that those who had died came back the previous night (October 31st) to haunt those whom they recognized. So they put disguises on that day to confuse the ghosts and spirits, hoping that the ghosts and spirits whould think they were someone else. This day came to be known as All Hallow’s Eve, which got shorten to the modern day Halloween. This is where the practice of wearing a costume on October 31st, Halloween, came to be. So, in a way, it’s is not wrong or immoral to wear a costume on Halloween. In fact, it’s honoring a very old tradition.

Also some religions believe that October 31st is a very powerful day for magic and dark practices. These religions are not any ordinary person would recognize though, because they are Druids and other ancient religions from before the time of Christ and the rise of Christianity and Islam. They usually practice what they consider to be sacred rites on this night. It is also why animal shelters usually refuse to allow the adoption of black cats and other certain animals during this month, because these religions would want to use the animals in their rites.

Have a happy and safe Halloween!