I celebrate Christmas, which might surprise some of you. I consider it a secular holiday more than a religious one -- regardless of its history. And while I sometimes get annoyed at Christians who insist of 'putting the Christ back in Christmas' usually while they are complaining about the lines while they are buying their Christmas presents, I like to tell them of the Pagan origins of the holiday so that way we are all annoyed :-) Plus it's fun!
But that aside, I am curious. If you received a gift card to Ark Encounter, would you consider that a Big Christmas gift? Apparently little, small-minded kennie ham seems to think so: "Give Something BIG This Christmas".
First of all, I was always taught to try and tailor my gifts to the person you are giving them to . . . with one possible exception, and I'll explain that one later. The reasoning for the tailoring is that you really do not want to give a gift that would be unwelcome or unappreciated, regardless of the words exchanged upon opening. My joy in giving gifts is the reaction upon opening, which is why I never bought my children underwear as a Christmas gift. I always try and aim for something they need and also something they like. If the two can come in one package, so much the better!
So giving a gift such as little kennie is suggesting would only be appreciated if they share kennie's belief set, which few really do. I know kennie doesn't recognize any belief set other than his own, but the rest of the world certainly does. Kennie's narrow-mindedness shouldn't ruin a perfectly good holiday for everyone else!
So before giving a gift for one of kennie's ministries, shouldn't you understand if such a gift would be appreciated? I know kennie doesn't really care, because he will have his money regardless of whether or not the recipient actually goes to one of his ego-monuments. But shouldn't you care if such a gift would be well received? After all, you are buying a gift for a friend/relative/co-worker.
I also realize that, like little kennie's ruinous foray into Halloween trick-or-treating, what he is really doing is not only making money, but getting you to pay for the privilege of doing his preaching for him. He's trying to inject himself into one of the more fun parts of the holiday, and at the same time, ruin people's gift giving.
OK, I did mention that I had one possible exception when sizing up potential gifts, and that is when looking for something as a joke gift. Like the time my daughter got me gold-lame boxer shorts! Appropriate? Hardly, but funny as hell and something commented on occasionally since that year's gift exchange. Now I don't recommend a gift card to one of kennie's ministries as a joke since ticket prices are running in the $40 range, an expensive price for a joke. But that would be the only reason I would even consider giving one to anyone.
Hey, if anyone has an empty kennie gift card, that might work . . . sorta like those phony lottery tickets that were the rage a few years back . . . only at least with those the recipient had a small period of excitement upon opening, instead of the 'WTF' look kennie's card would most likely receive.
I wonder if one of the local strip clubs in Kentucky sells gift cards?? Now that would be funny to send kennie, almost as good as that thank-you letter he got from Planned Parenthood!
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