dear diary (i'm offended) 12/08/2006

dear diary,
well i'm offended. it's rare this ever happens, but i'm offended. everybody seems to be offended if you say the wrong holiday/christmas/kwanza/hannuka slogan. so, i'm offended by a christmas carol. one in particular is "we three kings". my family will NOT be singing that around the christmas tree this year while we drink our egg nog with our christmas sweaters. the song is about the star...and not about baby jesus. sure it references baby jesus, but the main focus is the star. take the chorus for example. the chorus of a song is meant as the "hook"...it's what sells the song. "star of wonder, star of light, star of royal beauty bright"...i don't see anything about baby jesus here. sure the star lead them to the manger, but i don't see why we should write a song about it. i'm deeply offended here. you know another christmas song that strikes me as strange? i laugh every time i hear it just to hide my true feelings of sadness..."the christmas shoes". try singing that when you go caroling. "i want mommy to look good if she meets jesus tonight". are you kidding me??? christmas is supposed to be about happiness, cheerful happiness because of the birth of jesus. and someone had to write this song to ruin it. thanks a lot...thanks a flippin' lot. count how many people hang their heads in sadness then just go to bed because they're so heart broken. let me know how that works for you too. kids, we won't be opening gifts tonight...mommy and daddy are just to sad. all he wanted was to buy his mommy some shoes. what about a dress or something? wouldn't that be more appropriate? someone needs to tell that kid that she couldn't take the shoes to heaven with her anyway. he should save his money for college if he wants to better his life. that's what i say anyway.

i love you, and have a merry christmahappykwanzikadays
maynard