Oh What Fun It Is…
As you already know, Thanksgiving is the beginning of the Christmas season. After the stuffed turkey feast, our family settles down with the Black Friday sales papers. We make lists, check them twice, strategize and train. The training, both physical and mental, usually starts in August with cart blocking exercises, running of the bulls, and memorizing store maps.
We joke, of course, but at 10:30 PM on Thanksgiving evening, Greg and his wife were standing outside, in the cold, waiting for a toy store to open. The people were already wrapped a third of the way around the outside of the building. By midnight, when the store was supposed to open, the line wrapped completely around the building and the police arrived to handle the large mob which had formed in front of the store. People were pushing and yelling and Greg commented to his wife, “It’s only toys." After considering this, they decided to go home to sleep.
On Friday afternoon, a close friend who came to Thanksgiving dinner called to ask if the shopping trip had been successful. Greg’s wife recounted the story to her and our friend wondered whether we thought any of these people know the real meaning of Christmas.
The Real Meaning of Christmas…
“And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of
To us, Christmas is a celebration of hope entering the world through a baby boy. Though it is easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, and sometimes we do, our advice to you is to remember the things that count.
Merry Christmas,
Greg
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Greg is an Investment Advisor Representative for Trustmont Advisory Group, Inc.
