Re: Merry Christmas/Feliz Navidad
Steve from Colorado
> Re{ Christmas,, also known as Xmas
>
> Attacks on Christmas continue in subtle ways.
>
> (a) MacDonald's'.at least in my area, no linger play Xmas carols, at
> least not so far, but they still have a few days "grace" I guess.
> (b) The Postal Christmas stamps are Islamic looking = again =
> absolutely drab,, Brown the predominant color { what happened to red &
> green for christmas cards? }
> (c) Jenkintown is trying to stir up Xmas business for the remaining
> mom & pop stores away from the Malls. All the Christmas lights are in
> Yellow this year.
> (d) Just like in my apartment building. the decorations in the
> lobby consist of strings of small yellowish light bulbs. Nothing else.
> (e) No more Xmas trees for sale around here. { that I have seen }
> It's the Environment, you know= gotta protect it 365 days a year
> (f) There is nothing in the big food stores that reminds one of
> Christmas that I have seen. or heard. There might be some Christmas
> 'egg-nog' or the like holiday foodstuffs.
> (g0 In the drug stores, you can still buy Christmas cards: {
> boxed}. and 'gift wrap'. No Christmas carols played there either,{ OK by
> me. I don't need music where & when I shop}
>
> :My good luck is that I will be attending a good old fashioned Christmas
> where there is gift exchanging,, and Santa Clause with his bag of gifts
> for the youngest generation.
>
> { Last year a bright little kid walked up to Santa to ask what did he
> Feed his Reindeer?
> Santa told her' "I feed them Magic Corn!.
> C. Bash
It is a good thing to have the merchants and chain stores cut out the
crass commercialization of Christmas and the very transparent
manipulation of the "consumer" beginning as early as Halloween to try
and get them to buy stuff. In Colorado they've stooped to a new low
of having the local news clowns (televsion anchors) urge people to buy
stuff for the "holiday shopping season." They even blend commercial
advertisements for cosmetic surgery now with the local "news,"
pretending it is reporting rather than a paid commercial advertisement
disguised as a news story.
With massive deaths of the forests here in the Rocky Mountains from
the pine beetles, it seems obscene to kill trees so people can stick
them in a metal tree holder and watch the otherwise healthy tree
slowly die in your living room for the "holiday shopping season."
This year, our family elected not to buy a Christmas tree, or to cut
one down in the forests, in recognition that all the pine forests are
dying in Colorado.
Stormin Mormon
for a lot of years. Of course, there are tree farmers, who
grow pine trees to sell for Christmas. I've met a couple of
the tree farmers, in western NYS. I don't do Xmas trees, for
several reasons. Bah, humbug!
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Stormin Mormon
the stuff, for as little as ten cents on the dollar, and
store stuff at home. Christmas season, I give away that
stuff.
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It is a good thing to have the merchants and chain stores
pbj
> That sounds like a good idea. My family did Christmas trees for a lot of
> years. Of course, there are tree farmers, who grow pine trees to sell
> for Christmas. I've met a couple of the tree farmers, in western NYS. I
> don't do Xmas trees, for several reasons. Bah, humbug!
My Christmas tree is 2' tall. After Christmas I stuff the tree with the
lights and decorations still on it into its box. Takes about a minute to
set it up and a minute to put away, and between holidays it doesn't take
up a lot of space.
20 years ago I worked with a bunch of crazy Australians. They found a
large tumbleweed, spray-painted it with glossy white paint and very
lightly sprinkled some multicolored glitter on the still-wet paint. Then
they took a bunch of those unwanted "pre-approved" credit cards that are
always arriving in the mail and hung them from the branches. :-)
Someday I'm going to make me one of those.
rigger
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Since the late '60s our family has planted about a dozen Xmas trees;
try one, you'll like it.
dennis
in nca
Gunner Asch
I live in the American Western desert..and stacking white spraypainted
tumbleweeds into snowmen is a common winter hobby.
Gunner
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Steve from Colorado
<cayoung61**spambloc...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I look for close outs, and clearance during the year. Buy
> the stuff, for as little as ten cents on the dollar, and
> store stuff at home. Christmas season, I give away that
> stuff.
That sounds like a good idea. Planning ahead.
Steve from Colorado
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We have Blue Spruce trees all around our home. No need to kill a tree
to celebrate Christmas. We just look out the windows and there are
great views of white snow and trees. Thanks for the suggestion,
though.
john redthorn
lot of revenue to merchants that hire a lot of people . Less shopping
means more jobs lost or not created. These holidays bring in a lot of
needed money for folks that get part time work.
Just have to put up with the commercialization of xmas to reap the
benefits in other ways. It is not all bad.
The other important factor is that people enjoy shopping and giving to
others. It makes them feel good and happy and you can not put a price
tag on that.
Personally I do not do the xmas thing . But I am always donating a
little here and there and helping people that need it . Also shop a lot
. Which explains why I have no money.
john redthorn
sell in the walmart parking lot. They are grown just for that on tree
farms. Mostly.
I agree with you that regular trees should not ever be cut down for such
a purpose.
Now excuse me I must go. Have a spotted owl to clean . Damn thing died
when I was using it to beat that peregrine falcon that has been
bothering me. Tasty
john redthorn
john redthorn
robert bowman
> Someday I'm going to make me one of those.
Go for the redneck version -- 400 Mountain Dew cans wired to a piece of PVC.