tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post5502511082709568063..comments2024-02-13T01:25:33.947-05:00Comments on The Gods Are Bored: Cancel It.Anne Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15478513906953607043noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-29919895181998168812009-11-09T18:44:40.176-05:002009-11-09T18:44:40.176-05:00I don't mind Christmas, though Thanksgiving is...I don't mind Christmas, though Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I am glad that media nearly ignores Thanksgiving. <br />My partner never liked Christmas before we got married, but does now that our Christmas tradition is to have a big Christmas breakfast, and open our one present: new nightgowns or robes or slippers or jammies. That's it. We travel every other year. Last year we got a little fresh tree on the 24th for not too much money and decorated it in the hotel room. But we had one of the teenagers with us, and it gave him something to do. The trip was his present. We really just don't do presents much.kimchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14020798623317549440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-15903031710660617752009-11-08T14:57:11.491-05:002009-11-08T14:57:11.491-05:00Do you know C. S. Lewis' essay "Christmas...Do you know C. S. Lewis' essay "Christmas and Exmas: A Lost Chapter from Herodotus"? Rodger CunninghamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-15962747908034117362009-11-06T18:47:49.868-05:002009-11-06T18:47:49.868-05:00For you:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?li...For you: <br /><br />http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=33543085<br /><br />(It is vulturific.)Yvonne Rathbonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04614194420076768577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-35296378091877449862009-11-06T18:40:21.641-05:002009-11-06T18:40:21.641-05:00Just a thought .... I'm trying to create a mor...Just a thought .... I'm trying to create a more Pagan-based Yule Season! ((seizing back our Season)) I'm shopping at Pagan sites and from Pagan artisans on Etsy.com. I am determined to support Paganomics. I'm going to be playing more seasonal-and-closer-to-Pagan music too! (still trying to discover the best ones for the Season) And I wish a Merry Yule and a Bright Winter Solstice to All!<br /><br />Jan at Rosemary CottageTeacatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06899566893360863672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-79476983414089301082009-11-06T16:33:56.833-05:002009-11-06T16:33:56.833-05:00It seems to me that it gets more overbearing as Th...It seems to me that it gets more overbearing as Thanksgiving becomes more ignored. Down here in the South we used to make a big deal over Thanksgiving and even had to go to Church on that day. It was all about being grateful and frankly was a big final Harvest festival. Now it has become the Feast of Gluttany and the doorway to the time of Greed. <br /><br />I can't help but wonder if fixing Thanksgiving might help fix Christmas too. <br /><br />BTW I am more plant based in my interpretation- Red +Green = Holly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-7020666834796046162009-11-05T09:55:28.351-05:002009-11-05T09:55:28.351-05:00I love this post. LOve, Love, Love it! I agree, an...I love this post. LOve, Love, Love it! I agree, and actually my children decided along with myself and their step father to nix the materialism and commercialization this holiday season and go for a more "why we celebrate" approach. Less is more. I wrote about that today on my own blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-5170575764014791572009-11-05T09:34:19.777-05:002009-11-05T09:34:19.777-05:00I'm going to ask permission to highjack the gi...I'm going to ask permission to highjack the gift giving orgasm sentence to use as my status as December rolls around. Of course I will note that the sentence was given to the world from Sage Anne Johnson. It made me laugh so hard I almost choked on my oatmeal.Paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07156005289192301027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-1511355809958995662009-11-05T07:03:27.302-05:002009-11-05T07:03:27.302-05:00I like Christmas.... it gets overmarketed, but I c...I like Christmas.... it gets overmarketed, but I can see past all that. When you get right down to it Christmas time really <i>does</i> bring a sense of community and makes people want to give to help that community. It's a beauiful holiday.Torihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17708831821772211605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-75996047274800649582009-11-05T01:28:23.171-05:002009-11-05T01:28:23.171-05:00Don't forget the non-stop carols piped over th...Don't forget the non-stop carols piped over the Muzak, starting right after All-Hallows. I gotta tell ya, by the time that the first week of December rolls around, I start to feel like kicking the Little Drummer Boy right in his rump-a-pum-pum.Makarioshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08392249532355639518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-88287486190557390192009-11-05T00:41:47.334-05:002009-11-05T00:41:47.334-05:00I do like Christmas, but I'm with you about th...I do like Christmas, but I'm with you about the marketing. It's rather disgusting.<br /><br />About the green and red color scheme -- do you REALLY want to know where it comes from? I can tell you.<br /><br />It comes from a Pagan tradition, and the red and green are symbolic of new life (since after solstice is when the sun is starting to come back and will soon enough be bringing new life). Green obviously because of things like green grass and green leaves. Red...sorry if this grosses anyone out, but the red comes from the women's menstrual blood that is part of the cycle that allows us to give life.<br /><br />Hey, you asked!Dancing With Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03493553137383118631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-69159346638727849152009-11-04T22:57:16.786-05:002009-11-04T22:57:16.786-05:00Sounds good to me. I don't have happy childho...Sounds good to me. I don't have happy childhood memories or even selectively edited almost happy memories of the holiday. Not being an ex- or a former christian means that the marketing of "that day" has always been an assault on my brain and psyche. Although I will admit a weakness for Keith Richards "Run Run Rudolph."Lavanahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14295089071497942411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-52847854785555032752009-11-04T22:54:32.035-05:002009-11-04T22:54:32.035-05:00It's no better when it's plonked on top of...It's no better when it's plonked on top of the Summer Solstice, Anne.<br />I've been clicking that 'Opt Out' link for the last 24 years.<br /><br />Love,<br />Terri in JoburgAquila ka Hecatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00725237187718174157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-57996638594695878792009-11-04T20:53:55.036-05:002009-11-04T20:53:55.036-05:00Yeah, the best thing is just stay out of the mall,...Yeah, the best thing is just stay out of the mall, don't watch TV, don't listen to the radio and don't read the newspaper between now and New Year's. That cuts out 90% of it. Plus you get a nice little media vacation too.Debra She Who Seekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-40551458149607982572009-11-04T20:40:44.572-05:002009-11-04T20:40:44.572-05:00I hate it too. I could almost handle it for a wee...I hate it too. I could almost handle it for a week or so, but they start in friggin September and, by the time it finally rolls around, I am SO over it. Spend less and less each year. My circle does a Yule overnight and greats the sunrise the next am. That's what's meaningful for me. I really practice shielding myself this time of year.Hecatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09291488568404382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-80266039109919808372009-11-04T20:28:08.768-05:002009-11-04T20:28:08.768-05:00I'm with youI'm with youyellowdoggrannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906624317290990109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-11551676765448715302009-11-04T19:29:24.021-05:002009-11-04T19:29:24.021-05:00Maybe this dire economy will finally put a few mor...Maybe this dire economy will finally put a few more nails in the coffin of ConsumerMas, so that the Christians can take it back to church with them and get that madness out of our face for once!Alex Pendragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15877845166621794334noreply@blogger.com