Christmas

Christmas break started on Thursday for me, and yesterday I spent the day with my nieces and nephews. I always love spending time with them because it gives me hope in humanity. Today though, I started thinking about something.

My mother and I went to the store this morning to pick up a few things. The salvation army people were there, and there were posters about donating money to make Christmas great for people who need help. That made me think about Christmas.

Everyone loves Christmas as a young child, the joy about thinking about Santa and all the presents you will receive. The thing is though, even at that age, people are teaching children the wrong thing. Whenever I found out the Santa and the Easter Bunny were just mythical creatures, it caused me to question God, which still to this day, none of my questions have been answered. I have a younger cousin who is going through the same thing ever since she found out about Santa last year. Is Santa really the best way to teach children about giving?

Since Christmas is supposed to be about when baby Jesus was born, why was Santa Clause even made up at all? Shouldn't it be that maybe Jesus brings the presents? Why do we get presents on the day that baby Jesus was born? Shouldn't we do something that celebrates his image instead of indulging ourself on things that we probably won't even use after a month?

Christmas is being used as an excuse to get rid of selfishness. You are allowed to make a list of everything you want and not feel guilty about it. Then, we you do happen to feel guilty, you can donate to a cause that only campaigns around CHRISTMAS.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I think that there are people who are starving the entire year, not just at Christmas. I also think that there are homeless people, and people who are suffering the ENTIRE YEAR. Poverty happen 365 days a year, not just at Christmas time.

Also, for all American Christians who think that it's against Jesus to say "Happy Holidays," we live in the United States. This means that we have the freedom to ALL religions. That's what the United States is supposed to be about.

Jesus would not have said, "Merry Christmas," anyway. Jesus was Jewish, for that mean person who told me that Jesus was English, not Jewish, the other day at school. If a person is Christian, then they should be trying to follow Jesus. Let me assure you that Jesus would have indeed, said "Happy Holidays."

If you want to be a good person, don't just be a nice person at Christmas time. Be a nice person all the time.

People can be so mean. I just don't understand it at all. What's the point of making someone feel inferior just so you can feel superior? And if you are going to be mean to someone, at least have a legitemate reason to. A while ago these two people who are quite popular, are Christians, and everyone pretty much likes, did something to one of my friends.

Most of my friends are the ones who are different than everyone else. No matter how "weird" someone is, they still need a friend. The two people wrote him a letter from a "secret admirer." To this day, they still make fun of him and laugh about it.

I saw these other people making fun of the way someone walked. The person couldn't see them, but it's not the point. You have no idea what is going on in someone's life. Maybe they have a physical disability.

The thing is, no matter how many anti-bullying laws that are passed, nothing is going to make a difference. People are still going to do things just to be mean. It makes me lose hope in humanity.

If Michele Bachmann gets elected president, I am disowning the United States. I will find a way to move to Canada I don't think I could deal with this country any longer.

I was watching this video of her where she was answering questions from people. This one high school girl asked her was would she do for the LGBT community. Bachmann said that she would not do anything because all Americans should have the same rights. She said that by passing special laws for the LGBT community, she would be giving them special rights.

I can think of a lot of things in the US that do not distribute equal rights. For one, the fact that it is easier to go to college for an atheletic activity than it is for someone who is quite smart with a high IQ. That's not fair. There also aren't equal rights for religion, even though the first admendment says so.

If a Muslim woman and a Christian woman walked into a store where I live, the Christian woman would be treated like royality in comparison to the Muslim woman. As far as fame goes in the US, it doesn't fare equally either. Someone who can't sing but is very attractive, will become more famous than a rather average person who sings extremely well.

Also, Michele Bachmann said that she would make it so that Christians could pray in school. She said that Muslims were permitted to pray at school, but not Christians. THERE ARE OTHER RELIGIONS BESIDE CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM, thank you very much. And I also know that if a Muslim starting praying at the school I go to, they would be yelled at and cursed out.

As soon as someone makes it okay for religion and school to be interwoven, the US is going to decrease in a drastic matter.

Bachmann also stated that she wanted to do away with the federal education district. She said that school should be able to make their own rules, it should not be someone sitting in a desk far away who gets to do that.

Yes, voting is good, but that would affect me because where I live is primarily Christian and Republican. Most republicans are not for public education. A lot of Christians around here are not for science. There you go. The rest of my public education will be ruined.

Barack Obama for President!

I finished NaNoWriMo! I wrote 50,163 words in the month of November! I think that is the most I have ever written in my entire life. I am so glad that it is finally December. I love December! It is my favorite month besides January. Some things that decrease my faith in humanity that have happened over the month:

1) Someone called me stupid. I said, "I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but I see you have come unarmed." Then they called me weird. "It's Shakespeare," said I. Then they asked me who that was.

2) I was in gym this morning and we were talking about words and there were these words that were homophones. I said, "Hey! Those are homophones!" Then someone else goes, "Why are you afraid of gay people?"

3) People sound so stupid when they try to talk in a fake accent. I mean, English people do not go around saying "Ello govna!" That would be like saying that because I am Southern, I go around saying, "Hey y'all, want some fried chicken?"

4) Your blood is not blue! It is red. You have red blood cells, not blue ones. Your veins only appear blue because of a delusional appearance.

5) Britain and England are not the same thing. Britain is an island that includes Wales, Scotland, and England.

6) There is no such thing as a "sensory organ" in our brains that makes us yawn. We yawn because of it being an involuntary action that dates back to the early evolutional times.

7) Thanksgiving is NOT a Christian holiday. It is an American holiday, and we have freedom of religion here in this country, even though it seems as though that is not true. You are allowed to be Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Shinto, or athiest if you choose.

8) Buddhism is not a religion. It is a way of life.

9) People who have addictions are not necessarily freaks. They might not have that addiction by choice.

10) A nerd is not someone who is just friends with teachers. Nerds are typically friends of teachers, but that is not a requirement. Nerd have to be, you know, like smart and stuff. Well, and they kind of need to be excited about things.

11) Not all athiests hate Christians, in the same way that not all Christians hate people who aren't Christians. Stereotypes aren't cool.

I got my best time in PE today for the mile run! I got 9:42. I also did a push up! I've never been able to do a push up before!