tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577752.post6690030185972974986..comments2023-11-03T05:27:22.164-06:00Comments on Fine Dry Wit: Forget Your Black Friday For A FewDoughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16007272910234771974noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577752.post-36328127665162212842014-12-18T18:17:53.339-07:002014-12-18T18:17:53.339-07:00Yule be sorry if you don't wish everyone a Mer...Yule be sorry if you don't wish everyone a Merry Christmas!<br />Yule log too many hours online shopping for the holiday if you don't start at Amazon dot commmm.<br />In Norway it's "Jule" so Jule be dreaming of a White Christmas.<br />I'd better stop now.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16007272910234771974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577752.post-37408224972990095852014-12-17T12:31:31.828-07:002014-12-17T12:31:31.828-07:00Knowing what history I do, I don't look to the...Knowing what history I do, I don't look to the Puritans for moral guidance.<br /><br />I think we're back to the philosophy of language again: you and I and the average person on the street mean different things by the same word, Christmas. Actually I prefer Yule, but most people don't know there's a difference, so it's easier to say Christmas.Luciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02344151648498823945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577752.post-15773593990196307072014-12-12T15:54:41.864-07:002014-12-12T15:54:41.864-07:00Hi Lucia-in the spirit of Christmas I won't ar...Hi Lucia-in the spirit of Christmas I won't argue history with you.<br />But since you like history, look up what the Puritans thought of Christmas. I'm with them.<br />I don't begrudge anyone making money-I like the green stuff myself, and enjoy living in a house and all of that.<br />My point was that it seems an unusual choice for people who want nothing to do with Jesus Christ to celebrate His birth. But, each to his or her own turnips, I guess.<br />Last year I even decorated my house...sorta. I have an actual sleigh bell which we kids dug up 50 some years ago when we moved to a farm. My sister has three to my one, but there you go.<br /> <br />Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16007272910234771974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577752.post-41889047477944740492014-12-09T06:13:30.601-07:002014-12-09T06:13:30.601-07:00Nearly every culture has some sort of celebration ...Nearly every culture has some sort of celebration around the winter solstice, to gather with family and friends, to feast and make merry, to give thanks that, if nothing else, the days will now stop getting shorter. Trees have nothing to do with Jesus, they have to do with staying green and surviving the winter.<br /><br />Christmas falls on December 25 because ancient Roman Christians aligned it with Saturnalia, hoping that the authorities wouldn't notice that they were celebrating something else. <br /><br />As for wretched commercial excess, I agree with you, but don't you conservative types believe every business has a sacred right, nay, duty, to make as much money as possible by whatever legal means necessary?<br /><br />So let everyone celebrate according to their own tastes and customs, and don't be such a grouch. <br />Luciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02344151648498823945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14577752.post-70836387230685249162014-11-28T19:56:00.602-07:002014-11-28T19:56:00.602-07:00Who should celebrate Christ?
Christians-we do so e...Who should celebrate Christ?<br />Christians-we do so every day of our lives. <br />Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16007272910234771974noreply@blogger.com