Opinion

It's pretty easy over the holidays to get wrapped up (pun intended) in the materialistic "I want, I want, I wants.

If last week was cold enough to freeze the cannon balls off the brass monkey, the cannon balls will really be rolling on the deck this week. Minus 30 temperatures and a wind chill over -40C were felt. Every year we get some of this weather.

"Tis the season" has begun in earnest as Black Friday makes a hasty retreat in the face of White Christmas. For me, the dilemma of trying to figure out what to give who has begun. Don't misunderstand, I love to give - at Christmas and all year long.

"What do the kids want for Christmas?" my mom asked last week, twice. I expect the next time the phone rings, the question will be the same. I have been putting her off, because I really don't know. Katrina is nine, Spencer is six.

Ed, my neighbour next door, is determined that I should get a Ford pickup truck. He claims that since I'm preaching at the far ends of the province this winter, I need a truck or a dog sled.

Dear Editor With the Christmas season quickly approaching and, the streets and stores filling our hearts with Christmas cheer, I would like to believe in the positive messages being sent to us.

Dear Editor Imagine you felt it necessary to tie down the roof of your house. This is what my friend's family did in the Philippines to prepare for the typhoon.

Dear Editor Old Man Winter has certainly arrived, and we as residents of the Battlefords should be thankful that we have dedicated city and town employees and their managers.

Every now and then I see something that restores my faith in humanity. And then later that day, another thing will happen where those warm-fuzzies are squashed by the stupidity and laziness of human beings. Ah yes, reality.

I don't know about you, but I am still basking in the afterglow of a brilliant performance by the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the Grey Cup game.