"How the Economy Stole Christmas"

The economy is in pretty bad shape which has slightly (not by much but still has) effected Christmas for me personally. This christmas my parents are more limiting on the gifts they can buy me. They say I can only get one large gift this year under the usual budget, and not as many stocking stuffers. It kind of sucks, but it's not too bad because I didn't really want anything 'super-fantastic' for Christmas anyway.
The economy also effects the gifts I give out as well. For almost every Christmas since the fifth grade, I would use my allowance to buy others gifts. But now that the economy is low (and I also because I have been grounded lately) I haven't been getting much allowance. So for this Christmas, I'm going to make most of the presents that I give out to family. I haven't made my family Christmas presents since I was 10! But I really enjoy crafting so I am looking forward to it. So in a way the suck-ish economy has made things difficult, but also has given me the chance to do something I enjoy(:

Reasons Why I Sometimes Go To Church

Church is a great thing. It's a place for people to practice worship in whatever they believe. I probably don't go to church as often as I should but here's why I go. I go to church every Christmas and Easter to thank god. I am both Christian and Catholic (I was baptised twice) so whenever I'm with my dad I go to catholic church and with my mom I go to Christian church. I enjoy going to Christian church more because we get to sing and jump around and it's more entertaining.
Reasons why I don't go to church are that I usually tend to sleep in on Sundays so I don't really get the chance to go. I also don't like going to Catholic church because its so boring. All we do is sit (or stand!) for 45 minutes. The worst part is that since I only go to Catholic church with my dad, we go to a Polish Catholic church. I speak Polish but it's difficult to understand. It's also difficult to follow along because I didn't go to caticism so I don't know what to sing or chant so I'm basically lost...