The Ideal and the Lie
Jeansaw wrote today of the children who won't get anything from Santa this year. This is on my mind, too. Walking around in stores, listening to the holly jolly songs that promise every girl and boy toys and goodies magically delivered on the approaching night, I think of the kids who will feel despised by Santa on the great morning. Despised, hated, or judged Bad. Or just forgotten. A community that can't take care of its children is too large. A community that forgets those kids is just wrong.... Sign in to see full entry.