Tis' the season to....... go hi-tech?

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In recent years, Christmas has changed. It's practically lost its meaning to people. Instead of it being the time to celebrate Christ's birth, it has been replaced by the notion that it is time to buy expensive gifts, go on extravagant vacations, and to stuff our mouths with lots of delicious food. As we get older, the image of its sanctity in the Christian tradition fades away and our celebrations more exaggerated
The holiday season just isn’t the same anymore. Is it because of the non-stop rings and beeps that we get from our phones every two seconds that’s keeping us from spending more time with our families? Everyone has a phone nowadays, even elementary school kids (Which I don’t really understand. Who are they texting? Their parents? Seriously, who? Why are little kids in our time Facebooking and YMing? I didn’t even understand this whole technology stuff until I started high school.)
If they aren’t texting and making hour-long phone calls, chances are they’re listening to their iPods, mp3s or other gadgets. They practically enter their own little antisocial world when they tune out the rest of the room. They ignore the outside world having parties and drinking to their hearts desire as they listen to their own genre of music.
Besides that, they have their laptops, their Xboxes, Wiis, PS3s, and other toys to keep them busy in their rooms. The good thing about having these consoles is at least they can share it with their family. A little bit of new generation family bonding.
It is hard for the older generations to grasp this inconsiderate behavior. Brought up in a generation where the family worked and played together as a unit they are at a loss on how to deal with this actions during the holidays. Grandparents try to hold conversations with their grandchildren but can barely get a couple of words out before the cell phone goes off. They repeatedly ask the kids questions only to find out that the only thing they are listening to is the music on their ear phones. At a time when there is a growing distance between the young and the elderly this only deepens the gap.