Thursday, December 24, 2009

Christmas Shopping Fiasco

I'm pretty sure Christmas comes the same time every year. Yet, the shopping establishments are always jammed packed the last two days before the holiday. Are Christians really that dumb?

It affects the rest of us quite negatively. I was stuck in horrendous traffic on my way to work the last two days. Part of it was the snow (which is on the grass by the way), but undoubtedly a lot of the traffic was thanks to people preparing last minute Christmas arrangements.

So, I've developed a plan to alleviate the shopping traffic before Christmas. Every Christian has to wear a colored armband between Thanksgiving and Christmas. The color of the armband coincides with the week you are allowed to go shopping. It will rotate every year, so sometimes you'll have to go the first week after Thanksgiving; other times, you can wait until the week before Christmas. If you miss your color's week, too bad, you will not be allowed to go shopping at another time before Christmas.

This proposal will help Christians to budget their time more efficiently. And, more importantly, it will ease things for the rest of us the two days before Christmas.

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