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Christmas Pack #1
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economics of Christmas
- This year Americans will surrender over $12 billion in retail sales to commercial interests during the annual Christmas spree
- "When Junior steps up on Santa's knee, it's big business for retailers." Ian Gittlitz, Editor, Toys, Hobbies and Crafts
- "It would be nice if we could mandate a national tonsillectomy day (for gift giving). Another Christmas would be nice too. . ."
Douglas Thomson, President, Toy Manufacturers Association
economics of poverty
- 21 million people in this country do not have incomes sufficient to provide nutritionally adequate diets for themselves. U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Less than one third of the world's peoples consume three quarters of the worlds non renewable resources. -ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
- More than $350 billion an amount equal to the total income of one half of humanity is spent annually in military budgets. THE OTHER SIDE
- Some 37,000 farmers in the United States went out of business in 1979. U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Last year Americans spent 275 times as much on food packaging and the disposal of that packaging as the federal government voted to send in aid to Cambodia. THE OTHER SIDE
the Spirit of Christmas
Jesus: ...for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I Was sick and you visited me, I Was in prison and you came to me."
Followers: "When did we see you...?"
Jesus: "Inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these, you did it to me."
how are you going to celebrate Christmas this year?
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