Yep. Apparently, he's only interested in posts that agree with him.
Here it's traditional to keep the Tree up until the Epiphany (January 6th).
What don't you like about Christmas?
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My tree goes up on the 1st December and comes down on the 1st January because that is the way my mother did it.
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Yeah, the house feels bare for a few days after that.
One year when I was a kid, my mom felt the same way you did, and we left it up until April, about a week or so before my birthday. Suffice it to say, I was tasked with watering the damned thing (which I did ALOT), and it only came down because it started to die.
Apparently you don't read responses.
Don't let yourself get pressured into doing anything by the mob in here.
Where's your reply to Kestra, then?
Yeah. Be a rebel. Shake the system. That will show us.
I bow to wisdom and kind requests.
I suppose this was missed somewhere.
What I used to despise was putting the lights on the tree. Last year I bought a prelit tree. Problem solved.
Horatio, why do you consider "Post Traumatic Stress Disorder" to be excessively politically correct? What would you call it?
Horatio, why do you consider "Post Traumatic Stress Disorder" to be excessively politically correct? What would you call it?
George Carlin said it better than I could:
There's a condition in combat. Most people know about it. It's when a fighting person's nervous system has been stressed to it's absolute peak and maximum. Can't take anymore input. The nervous system has either (click) snapped or is about to snap. In the first world war, that condition was called shell shock. Simple, honest, direct language. Two syllables, shell shock. Almost sounds like the guns themselves. That was seventy years ago. Then a whole generation went by and the second world war came along and very same combat condition was called battle fatigue. Four syllables now. Takes a little longer to say. Doesn't seem to hurt as much. Fatigue is a nicer word than shock. Shell shock! Battle fatigue. Then we had the war in Korea, 1950. Madison avenue was riding high by that time, and the very same combat condition was called operational exhaustion. Hey, were up to eight syllables now! And the humanity has been squeezed completely out of the phrase. It's totally sterile now. Operational exhaustion. Sounds like something that might happen to your car. Then of course, came the war in Viet Nam, which has only been over for about sixteen or seventeen years, and thanks to the lies and deceits surrounding that war, I guess it's no surprise that the very same condition was called post-traumatic stress disorder. Still eight syllables, but we've added a hyphen! And the pain is completely buried under jargon. Post-traumatic stress disorder. I'll bet you if we'd of still been calling it shell shock, some of those Viet Nam veterans might have gotten the attention they needed at the time. I'll betcha. I'll betcha.
Take rape, we might call it "non-consensual sexual interaction" in a juristic text just like we call shell shock "post-traumatic stress disorder" in a medical text but in everyday life the words rape and shell shock express the horror much better.
There's a condition in combat. Most people know about it. It's when a fighting person's nervous system has been stressed to it's absolute peak and maximum. Can't take anymore input. The nervous system has either (click) snapped or is about to snap. In the first world war, that condition was called shell shock. Simple, honest, direct language. Two syllables, shell shock. Almost sounds like the guns themselves. That was seventy years ago. Then a whole generation went by and the second world war came along and very same combat condition was called battle fatigue. Four syllables now. Takes a little longer to say. Doesn't seem to hurt as much. Fatigue is a nicer word than shock. Shell shock! Battle fatigue. Then we had the war in Korea, 1950. Madison avenue was riding high by that time, and the very same combat condition was called operational exhaustion. Hey, were up to eight syllables now! And the humanity has been squeezed completely out of the phrase. It's totally sterile now. Operational exhaustion. Sounds like something that might happen to your car. Then of course, came the war in Viet Nam, which has only been over for about sixteen or seventeen years, and thanks to the lies and deceits surrounding that war, I guess it's no surprise that the very same condition was called post-traumatic stress disorder. Still eight syllables, but we've added a hyphen! And the pain is completely buried under jargon. Post-traumatic stress disorder. I'll bet you if we'd of still been calling it shell shock, some of those Viet Nam veterans might have gotten the attention they needed at the time. I'll betcha. I'll betcha.
Take rape, we might call it "non-consensual sexual interaction" in a juristic text just like we call shell shock "post-traumatic stress disorder" in a medical text but in everyday life the words rape and shell shock express the horror much better.
Having to work because people want to read a newspaper on boxing day.
I don't really not like Christmas. Though this year has been more aggravating than the last few I'll admit. Not really sure if its just that I'm getting older and less patient or what..
A large number of the local stores around here were playing Christmas music on October 1st. I remember this, because it shocked me so much to walk into Walmart to pick up some dog food and find the store full of Christmas trees, Christmas music, and Christmas hype. October 1st.
As others have said, the commercialization of the holiday season has reached epidemic levels.
Rather than rehash what others have said further, I'll just the only other issue with this past holiday that was tedious.. TRAFFIC!
I'm not sure what the heck had so many people on the highways and freeway in this area but good grief Charlie Brown!
I have been going to help my parents since my father recently had back surgery and isn't able to lift more than 2 lbs. He's doing MUCH better since the surgery, can walk without pain and it's been a good thing. But he needs to follow the doctor's advice so everything heals as it should. So, since my siblings live in other states and I'm the only one in driving range I go over and help with a few things here and there, visit, etc. Usually the drive is 40 minutes or so one way to get there. Since November, it's taken anywhere from 90 minutes to 3 1/2 hours.. one way.. to get over there! (Yes I am serious.. 3 1/2 hours on 2 recent trips .. one way)
I really.. REALLY hope that with the holidays done, not as many people out shopping in the evenings .. those trips will go back to the normal 40 minutes with the Jeep cruise control set and not mind-numbing stop and go nightmare anymore!
A large number of the local stores around here were playing Christmas music on October 1st. I remember this, because it shocked me so much to walk into Walmart to pick up some dog food and find the store full of Christmas trees, Christmas music, and Christmas hype. October 1st.
As others have said, the commercialization of the holiday season has reached epidemic levels.
Rather than rehash what others have said further, I'll just the only other issue with this past holiday that was tedious.. TRAFFIC!
I'm not sure what the heck had so many people on the highways and freeway in this area but good grief Charlie Brown!
I have been going to help my parents since my father recently had back surgery and isn't able to lift more than 2 lbs. He's doing MUCH better since the surgery, can walk without pain and it's been a good thing. But he needs to follow the doctor's advice so everything heals as it should. So, since my siblings live in other states and I'm the only one in driving range I go over and help with a few things here and there, visit, etc. Usually the drive is 40 minutes or so one way to get there. Since November, it's taken anywhere from 90 minutes to 3 1/2 hours.. one way.. to get over there! (Yes I am serious.. 3 1/2 hours on 2 recent trips .. one way)
I really.. REALLY hope that with the holidays done, not as many people out shopping in the evenings .. those trips will go back to the normal 40 minutes with the Jeep cruise control set and not mind-numbing stop and go nightmare anymore!
It's really expensive. My family could use the money we spent on relatives' things more than we can use the things their money bought for us. So it's a net loss on the exchange, though I guess it's good for stockholders, assembly line people in China, and retail associates.
And the rabbi whose birth is celebrated said, "Your life does not consist of your possessions." Far be it from me to put words into his mouth about our era's orgy of buying stuff, but I just don't think he would like it. That and the busy-ness serve, I think, to distract people from the spiritual. Though many do like to go to Christmas eve service for all the candles and greenery.
I'm glad it's over, but if you like it, like it. Peace be with you.
And the rabbi whose birth is celebrated said, "Your life does not consist of your possessions." Far be it from me to put words into his mouth about our era's orgy of buying stuff, but I just don't think he would like it. That and the busy-ness serve, I think, to distract people from the spiritual. Though many do like to go to Christmas eve service for all the candles and greenery.
I'm glad it's over, but if you like it, like it. Peace be with you.
What about people who have been raped? Do they have shell shock? I like George Carlin and I'm all on board for crusades against stupidity, but he's off the mark here; post-traumatic stress disorder is very descriptive and anybody with any fluency in English should be able to understand it. It's also the name of a medical condition. If anybody wanted to use fewer syllables, they could just say "traumatized."
Yes, traumatized, or PTSD is a good description for a lot of people who suffer it have not been through a war to have become traumatized. When it comes to vets and war, there is a lot of language used to soft peddle and make the art of war more palatable to the voting public. Changing the name of the war department to the defense department; talking of collateral damage instead of dead civilians and so on.
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