Christmas and suicide

for the next two days, it seems that our country will shut down. i know there will be many people working, but generally every 9-5 business, and many government offices will be closed for the holidays. how will nation function?

on a different note. i was thinking about how other countries celebrate christmas. since our country was one of the few in the entire world founded on christian beliefs, it would seem logical that christmas would only be an american holiday, but it really is celebrated around the world isnt it? weird.

on another note. "the reason for the season" is spending time with family....or atleast thats what the commercial media has been telling me. im just curious as to why we dontjust creat a new, seperate holiday, and call it family day. would that make more sense? i mean people dont even like to call it christmas anymore...except to arnold schwartzidontknowhowtospellhisname of course. whats even more depressing is that we all the infamous statistic about how the holiday season carries with it the highest suicide rate out of the whole year. well of course it does....if we have convereted this into a family season and less than 50% of americans dont even have their original family, its just a slap in the face to all of them. If you are reading this and are considering suicide, dont do it. I don't know if i can say words on hear to save your life, but I can atleast tell you the truth. This world is not worth living for and neither are any of the people you will ever know. The only thing I have found (and I have searched) worth living for is the truth spoken about the The Bible. I think if you research the same with an open heart/mind you will find the same thing.