In the morning I be busy with the family, cats and dogs. then cooking for company. I may very well not be near the computer all day...so I wish you all a very Merry Christmas. The following is a little holiday video I put together about ten years ago: https://videopress.com/v/ee26IBR3?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Merry Christmas
Roll out the Holly!
I've just made my first run at tossing away a batch of holiday catalogs. The recycle bin will soon overflow with catalogs advertising expensive, sometimes weird goods.The Hammacher-Schlemmer catalog wants me to buy a giant inflatable Frosty the Snowman. Frosty shows clips from the cartoon on a screen in his belly. Then, there are catalogs …
Holiday For Pets
Daily writing promptHow do you celebrate holidays?View all responses Don't ask people how the holidays are celebrated in their homes; ask the pets. The cat and dog will fill you in on the real scoop. How many turkey scraps do they get after a Thanksgiving meal, whether they get chased away from the tree at …
Prepare
The wood is stacked, leaves raked, yard cleaned up ( well, almost). So I must start on the following tasks needed for the coming holidays
Hold The Muzak
How can I say this...the long retail slog towards Christmas has started. Yesterday I visited my doctor for an immunization, and on the way home stopped at the big box bookstore for a treat. It was low but insidious. Christmas music, on the second of November.Â
Market Forces
Seasonal Creep. I don't know if that's the technical term, but it'll do. I bet you already know what I am talking about.
Holiday Spirit
I moved away as fast as possible. The couple in the parking lot were having a loud argument over Christmas presents. They disagreed over the fluff while ignoring the fundamentals. Â
Oy
Hanukkah gelt, for the uninitiated, is the chocolate, foil-covered coins given to children at Hannukkah. If you've ever played the Dreidle game, you might have used gelt to make bets on the fall of the dreidl. Growing up as an excellent goyishe boy ( a gentile rather than a Jew) in New York City, I spun many a dreidle with my Jewish friends and cousins. At my parent's home, it was the angel over the nativity, and at my friend's homes, it was the Menorah.
Holiday Travel
Holiday travel, by thumb, can be a joyful or stressful thing. Often by turns in the same day. At no other time of the year are you likely to find as much generosity or so much danger waiting for you as you stand on the roadside.
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