The Christmas Parrot

I'm sure you know that classic Christmas story. The one about a man named Scrooge and that fatefull Christmas Eve that changed his life. I must admit, looking out into the world, if the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet To Come have found themselves, like so many, unemployed. I feel like we need them now more than ever.

Every Christmas it seems the same and it truely saddens me. I hear reports on the infamous "Black Friday" of people being run over as well as fighting to get that last discounted item. People loosing their patience altogether and taking it out on those who are just...