Merry Christmas for reals (well the day after).  It was the birth of Jesus, who came down to earth, to be like one of us, so that He could give us the free gift of grace and everlasting life.  I’ll admit that it’s hard to constantly reflect on or about Christmas day as the birth of Jesus Christ.  With so many things going on the day of, it really takes my mind off the real meaning of Christmas.  Then again, how do you celebrate Christmas for what it really is?  I think it takes some time of reflecting and prayer.  It’s also tough when not everyone that you spend Christmas with believes in the real meaning of it.

Also, my parents were watching a hong kong tv channel where they were asking people on the street why people celebrated Christmas.  People had no idea!  “to get presents”  “because we can”.  Interesting.

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The Lakers were playing on Christmas day and every so often between breaks, there would be clips from NBA Cares.  This is where you see celebrities working with children or doing things around the community.  I wonder how this works.  I wonder if they have an option of this NBA Cares thing and people who want to participate can or if it is more like a requirement to put on a good face.  How many of the NBA players really care?  I’m not saying that they don’t care, I’m just interested in knowing how many really do it because they want to.

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Went shopping today.  It was supposedly to be the second (if not biggest) shopping day of the year compared to black friday.  Retailers are struggling hard to break even this year and they are desperate for sales.  Stores had all kinds of crazy markdowns and people were everywhere!  This is good for the people who have money to spend, bad for the stores because marking down things makes them lose a lot of money.  Anyway, I brought this up for a reason, but now I can’t remember.  Haha.

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For unto us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders.  And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 9:6

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Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4

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Merry Christmas! =D