I look forward to Christmas every
year starting in about May, for various reasons: cold weather,
scarves, the Christmas candies. But, mostly, I really like getting
presents. A lot. My siblings and I put our presents for each other
under the tree at the beginning of December, and we’re not allowed
to open them until Christmas. The curiosity is sometimes
overwhelming. The gifts are usually wrapped very well with thick
paper. No holding them up to the light to see through the paper in
our family! Sometimes, we even put small items, for instance,
jewelry, in bigger boxes to throw them off. One of us could be
expecting a DVD, but open it to find a gift card inside the case. We
don’t know what’s inside of our gift.
Now, pretend I got my sister a CD
for Christmas, and I proceeded to wrap it in lace. Would it be
wrapped? Yes. Would it be very effectively wrapped? No, because you
could see right through the lace to the CD cover. You could even read
the list of songs on the back. What is the point of wrapping
presents? It’s to hide the gift until later, when it can be opened
at the appropriate time. What if I wrapped the CD in really thick
wrapping paper, but there was a large hole right in the front. Again,
it would be wrapped, but you could still see what was underneath the
wrapping paper, leaving no doubt in your mind what the gift was. If
you can tell what the gift is, then what’s the point in even taking
the time and money to wrap it?
When you wear clothes that are see
through, like a lace shirt, or a thin skirt, everybody can see what’s
underneath. If they can see through to your underwear, then what was
the point of you even putting on those clothes in the first place?
When you wear shirts with cut-outs in the back, or jeans with holes
in your legs, it’s almost as if you didn’t get dressed at all,
because everyone will notice those holes, and they can see your skin.
Why do we even put clothes on every day to begin with? To cover up
our body. Nobody needs to see every part of you, and I wager that you
don’t want just anybody to see every part of you.
An improperly wrapped gift gives
away secrets and spoils the fun; clothes that let everybody see
what’s underneath them not only lessen people’s opinion of the
wearer, but they also expose and reveal parts of your body that are
supposed to be kept hidden away. By letting people see through your
clothes, you aren’t respecting yourself. You’re giving away your
secrets.
