I have to tell you right up front. The following article makes me sick. I am so tired of the American way of measuring the success of a special day based on how much money is spent on it. I’ve long since been disgusted with the mass hemmorhaging of money during the Christmas season. I think we’ve long since lost sight of the true meaning of Christmas. Well, Father’s day and Mother’s day is apparently the next place to measure success based on how much the gifts cost.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19248549/site/newsweek
In this article, the author suggests that maybe fathers are less important because the average price of the gifts are $98.34 compared to the average price of gifts on Mother’s day of $139.14. Retailers are pushing the “fathers day gift” promotions plenty hard while they try to increase their sales. That’s what is so funny to me. If we all embrace all of these sales, then fathers day (and the other holidays too) become more about increasing corporate profits by buying crap that you don’t need and less about showing someone that you truly care for them.
I hope my wife and daughter don’t spend a cent on me this year. At our house, we focus far less on expensive gifts and much more on doing something with meaning behind it. I love seeing special things that my wife and daughter have made me. One year I received a wonderful hand painting from my 3 year old. It was wonderful and made me feel great. Far better than a new Weed eater or tool. This year I happen to know that they’ve been hard at work making me a very nice photo book with lots of wonderful photos of our family. I’m really looking forward to seeing it. Today at 3:00, I’m heading to my daughter’s school where they are having a special party for dad’s. They’ll have ice cream and have been practicing a song for us. That’s what father’s day is about; spending time with your family and feeling the love that they have for you.