WHY NOT? X-OUT X-MAS - David Jon Hill - December 1977

David Jon Hill

Sour grapes? A bah-humbug Scrooge? Antiestablishment? Irreligious? No! Practical. Logical. Truthful. And, believe it or not, biblical! Here are my reasons for deleting Christmas from my budget. Try it - you might like it! The average yuletide spender squanders nearly ten percent of his annual income on this overdone holiday, and keeps paying for it - no doubt at 18 + percent interest - for about two hundred shopping days after. And then it's time to start shopping and charging for the next "nativity." In short, I can't afford it! Materialism and commercialism so dominate this "season to be jolly" that many businesses depend on it for their survival. One good thing to notice - for those who didn't waste money they didn't have before December 25 - is that on the 26th of December, the same things you paid (?) terrible prices for are on sale for 30 to 50 percent off! That's the time to buy - what you need. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library