Christmas has become so commercialised that even the children – especially the children are being targeted, and the true spirit of Christmas has largely been lost.

There are some entrepreneurs who salve their consciences my making some highly-publicised donations during the festive season, while all year long they rob their employees, deduct PAYE and NIS payments without forwarding these dues to the respective agencies.
Many persons have worked all their lives, or for the majority of their working lives with one employer, confident that in their twilight years they would be able to live on their pension, only to learn that their former employers had never paid any monies over to the NIS, despite the monthly deductions that had been made.
Then there are the employers of store clerks and other minimum wage workers, whom are forced to sign for one salary while in actuality receiving a payment far less than the minimum wage stipulated by law.
Man’s inhumanity to man knows no boundaries and lost, largely, is the true spirit of Christmas that once defined the Guyanese psyche.
Many Guyanese spend thousands on illuminating their homes with the costliest of decorative lights, but their hearts are dark with spite and vindictiveness.  Their homes are cleaned from top to bottom, but the crevasses within their souls are mean and corroded with evil and selfishness.
Thousands are spent on liquor, fancy dresses and beauty salons without caring that there may not be enough milk or other necessities for their children after the ‘sport’.
Ancestors did not have a lot of money, and they lived simple lives; but their Christmas celebrations were more meaningful and reflected the true spirit of Christmas.
There are business executives whose hearts are not cash registers but who have the Christmas spirit residing within, an integral part of their humane approach to life and dealing with their fellow humans; and for these persons, Christmas is for them every day of the year, because they share their bounty whenever and wherever the need arises to lift their fellow humans out of various situations of need. So for persons such as this, the celebration of Christmas is an everyday affair, because the true spirit of Christmas is a generosity of the soul and that of being caring and compassionate.
But one does not have to have wealth in order to share and alleviate the sorrow of others in need – a kind word, a helping hand, a patient ear; all of these are integral to the celebration of Christmas.
Celebrating Christmas is celebrating the Christ-child, our Heavenly Father’s greatest gift to mankind, so it is a forever affair.