Have y'all been "fortunate" enough to hear the holiday song "Christmas Shoes?"
It's based on some email glurge that went around a few years back -- some guy is in a wal-mart type store on xmas eve lookin to do some last minute shopping and feelin all bah humbug and some kid is in the line with him and he's askin the guy if he thinks he has enough cash on him to pay for these gaudy shoes he's got. Seems his mother is home dyin of some horrible disease and this kid manages to sneak out of the house and make it down to the local wal-mart to grab a pair of shoes to buy his mother so that she could "look beautiful for jesus" when he comes to get her tonight.
Now, how is it that a kid who is resourceful enough to get out of his house under the watchful eye of relatives who have all gathered round to watch their relative bite it on xmas eve, make it to the local wal-mart which is probably NOT within walking distance, and manage to find a pair of shoes that are "just her size" and yet NOT know how much they are nor if the money he's got in his hand is enough to cover em? If this were actually based on a true story, at least, from the point of view of the guy in the store in line with this kid? I'd think "SCAM!" But the whole thing is some glurgy e-mail that made the rounds a few years ago to try and remember the true meaning of xmas (which is apparently buying tacky ass shoes from walmart for your dying mother. Dammit. I didn't get my mom tacky ass shoes last xmas. I hope she's forgiven me for that one. Sorry mom, wherever you are right now.) And then some asshole had to go and make it into a song. I sometimes hate people.
It's based on some email glurge that went around a few years back -- some guy is in a wal-mart type store on xmas eve lookin to do some last minute shopping and feelin all bah humbug and some kid is in the line with him and he's askin the guy if he thinks he has enough cash on him to pay for these gaudy shoes he's got. Seems his mother is home dyin of some horrible disease and this kid manages to sneak out of the house and make it down to the local wal-mart to grab a pair of shoes to buy his mother so that she could "look beautiful for jesus" when he comes to get her tonight.
Now, how is it that a kid who is resourceful enough to get out of his house under the watchful eye of relatives who have all gathered round to watch their relative bite it on xmas eve, make it to the local wal-mart which is probably NOT within walking distance, and manage to find a pair of shoes that are "just her size" and yet NOT know how much they are nor if the money he's got in his hand is enough to cover em? If this were actually based on a true story, at least, from the point of view of the guy in the store in line with this kid? I'd think "SCAM!" But the whole thing is some glurgy e-mail that made the rounds a few years ago to try and remember the true meaning of xmas (which is apparently buying tacky ass shoes from walmart for your dying mother. Dammit. I didn't get my mom tacky ass shoes last xmas. I hope she's forgiven me for that one. Sorry mom, wherever you are right now.) And then some asshole had to go and make it into a song. I sometimes hate people.
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And yeah...people suck.