Achieving Serenity

The Man Who Destroyed Christmas

Service motives

Tyler always viewed himself as a philanthropist even well before he became a billionaire. He loved the feeling of giving and seeing the person's eyes as they received. People were not as fortunate as Tyler, and he understood that so he wanted to do all he could to spread his fortune.

It was the Holiday Season, and Tyler had already made half a billion dollars from investments alone this month. It seemed the obvious choice that he should give this money away, and he wanted to do in such a way that ensured that new hope and faith in humanity could be restored. He had given away massive checks to charities and organizations in the past but didn't feel as if it was making the difference he thought it would. He wanted to give money to regular folk because he remembers the days when he was nothing more than that- working from paycheck-to-paycheck trying his best to support himself and his son. The feeling of getting a financial boost was always good for the soul and created genuine happiness in people that Tyler knew he now had the power to provide for people.

Tyler did something he hadn't seen done before, and frankly always wondered why it had never been done. He created his own non-profit organization called Santa, Inc. He would hire workers to build toys and gifts that would be given to everybody in the country. The workers were well paid, and Tyler didn't mind that it was an expensive project that would only cost more and more money every year. Regardless, he set up a website that people could ask for what they wanted from Santa, Inc., and they would receive it on Christmas morning.

The organization only gave out tangible gifts, and Tyler realized that people needed money to enjoy a good holiday season as well. A few years after the founding of Santa, Inc., Tyler creates a new feature that gives every citizen $10,000 every holiday season. This way, in addition to receiving a present from the organization, you will also receive money so you can buy your own gifts for your loved ones.

He made a tweet with a video of himself explaining the new feature that would give money away. People began praising him, almost worshiping him for his good deeds. People were starting to become happier, and all in all, it seemed Tyler had made the world a better place.

New generations became lazier because they understood they didn't need to be productive to have a financially sound life. Parents became spiteful at Tyler because they enjoyed the days where THEY were the ones bringing Christmas to their children, but now their kids were only grateful toward Santa, Inc. They undoubtedly enjoyed their $10,000 check though so there was no effort made to abolish such an organization.

Santa, Inc. thrived for decades, and when Tyler died of old age, his family took over the non-profit organization so it could live on. The happiness and gratitude for the free gifts began slowly decaying and was more an expectation that citizens had instead of a privilege. Violence was growing, and the market began seeing incredible inflation. The muscles of the new generation of citizens were atrophying at an exponential rate, as the importance of goals, and the feeling of having accomplished a goal was a foreign emotion to them.

Tyler died happily knowing that everyone in the world thought he was an amazing gift from God. To Tyler, Christmas wasn't about giving. Christmas was about people remembering how great Tyler is.