tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22113198.post5210251238607900660..comments2023-05-22T06:20:27.121-04:00Comments on It's not me, it's you: The Christmas Treaclereneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11045339757296785832noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22113198.post-76454156168861807382010-12-25T04:25:32.834-05:002010-12-25T04:25:32.834-05:00u sure is a good writer-u sure is a good writer-nOvamAehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252259484035934636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22113198.post-30277157922736416782010-11-17T13:34:00.494-05:002010-11-17T13:34:00.494-05:00Thank you for your kind words about my work, Davi...Thank you for your kind words about my work, David - you made my day. <br /><br />Will hop over to your blog this evening; look forward to reading it! <br /><br />Thank you again - enjoy the holidays!reneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11045339757296785832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22113198.post-55454989133463685912010-11-17T13:21:51.391-05:002010-11-17T13:21:51.391-05:00Loved the blog, it is beautifully written. I'm...Loved the blog, it is beautifully written. I'm a regular reader. i hope you and your family have a wonderful christmas. plus you reminded me of barnes and noble... i loved the store when i lived in america. now im back in america and im trying to get that store over here<br /><br />You may be interested in some of my blogs and articles on my blog:<br /><br />http://davidhatton1987.blogspot.com/david_hattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10194819373117024556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22113198.post-87764331750511364712010-11-11T22:23:01.775-05:002010-11-11T22:23:01.775-05:00Anon 4:05 - careful what you wish for! I may have...Anon 4:05 - careful what you wish for! I may have your requested post all but wrapped up as I type this. <br /><br />Suffice it to say: never have so many purchased so many mini-putting greens/travel kits/mug warmers for so many as we seem to do every December.<br /><br />More to come....reneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11045339757296785832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22113198.post-21859087127919666132010-11-10T16:05:43.985-05:002010-11-10T16:05:43.985-05:00I read the post about the Christmas books. How ab...I read the post about the Christmas books. How about an article about all the things that are put out for sale ONLY at Christmas time, because people will buy ANYTHING when they are desperate - crazy small appliances like donut makers and icee makers, and plastic doodads, like pink Christmas trees and knockoff perfume and overpriced manicure sets. There is a site for families who want to celebrate a "commercial-free holiday" - www.commercialfreechildhood.org. <br />It's like the Christmas books - if we don't buy the crap, they won't sell it. But I don't hold out much hope....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22113198.post-89756422960316924402010-11-10T09:36:22.602-05:002010-11-10T09:36:22.602-05:00Pam!! We need a theater outing this year. Or at th...Pam!! We need a theater outing this year. Or at the very least, an evening of wine and (Christmas) song.reneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11045339757296785832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22113198.post-89970460383758070202010-11-08T21:06:10.912-05:002010-11-08T21:06:10.912-05:00Renee,
I admire your ability to stay enthusiastic...Renee,<br /><br />I admire your ability to stay enthusiastic and sappy about Christmas. My inner cynic took over years ago. I don't even put up a tree anymore. Not surprised there are 90,000 titles with Christmas in them. Also can't believe there are "Christmas Shops" that do a booming business all year long. The commercialism has taken all the magic out of the holiday. Bah Humbug.Pamela Varkonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270746664054911423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22113198.post-67489510086378506742010-11-08T17:12:41.887-05:002010-11-08T17:12:41.887-05:00Well, thank you for visiting the blog and for the ...Well, thank you for visiting the blog and for the seasonal wishes here's the thing: I'm not at all cynical about Christmas and I had hoped that was clear by how I celebrate the season, unabashedly with sentiment every year. <br /><br />I love sappy. I tear up every year at the end of The Grinch. Every single year. <br /><br />I tear up when Josh Groban holds a note at the end of Oh Holy Night. <br /><br />I am moved to tears at The Halleluah Chorus. <br /><br />I am without apology sappy. <br /><br />BUT - I am also cynical about the number of people who seem to capitalize on the very sentimentality many of us hold dear. They write dreck, and find publishers willing to foist such dreck on the book buying public, publishers who know full well that hat some vast segment of same will buy it precisely because they hold Christmas so dear. <br /><br />That kind of "If we sold 'em that last year, they should buy more of the same this year" greed is not what Christmas should mean to anyone.reneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11045339757296785832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22113198.post-16397300061433350442010-11-08T16:29:26.557-05:002010-11-08T16:29:26.557-05:00It's the time of year when people feel a littl...It's the time of year when people feel a little bit differently than the rest of the year. They like sappy stuff. Not everyone has to like it. Merry Cynical Christmas!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com