Arrow-right Camera
Subscribe now

Christmas in our hearts

The whole world on fire, in disarray. There are nature-made sorrows: the climatic shocks, the storms, earthquakes and fires that leave only scorched earth and heart-broken families behind them. Others are man-made horrors: beheadings of innocents, cities in ruins, antiquities in piles of rubble, a child washed up on the beach.

But some of us concentrate on the topic that the Starbucks cup has no Christmas logo. Our priorities and objections should lie elsewhere than on an organization that rewards its employees appropriately, offers health insurance or tuition assistance for higher education.

Too many veterans are still homeless and ailing. After being asked to bleed for us in a misguided war, there is “no room at the inn” for those not quite injured enough, or who served not quite long enough in the hell we sent them to. Too many seniors still must choose between paying for food or medications. Too many children still go hungry to bed.

Is Christmas not a time of giving, caring and sharing? Christmas is not on a cup. Christmas is in our hearts and in our deeds, and not just now, but all year round.

Halina Slobodow

Spokane



Letters policy

The Spokesman-Review invites original letters on local topics of public interest. Your letter must adhere to the following rules:

  • No more than 250 words
  • We reserve the right to reject letters that are not factually correct, racist or are written with malice.
  • We cannot accept more than one letter a month from the same writer.
  • With each letter, include your daytime phone number and street address.
  • The Spokesman-Review retains the nonexclusive right to archive and re-publish any material submitted for publication.

Unfortunately, we don’t have space to publish all letters received, nor are we able to acknowledge their receipt. (Learn more.)

Submit letters using any of the following:

Our online form
Submit your letter here
Mail
Letters to the Editor
The Spokesman-Review
999 W. Riverside Ave.
Spokane, WA 99201
Fax
(509) 459-3815

Read more about how we crafted our Letters to the Editor policy