tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024126.post116525238347365595..comments2023-10-22T05:25:40.433-04:00Comments on Ramblings of an Idle Insomniac: You know, as for a title, I've pretty much got nothing... so uh... yeahAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915186427167408768noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024126.post-1165514908334251172006-12-07T13:08:00.000-05:002006-12-07T13:08:00.000-05:00i sometimes have the opposite problem in a academi...i sometimes have the opposite problem in a academic crowd. if i say merry christmas, some of them look at me funny....like "why did you bring christ into this?!?! that's not politically correct!" fuck that too, i say. fuck that. a greeting is a greeting is a greeting. merry or otherwise. christ-y or not, here i come!Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09031370976246712353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024126.post-1165348491086827732006-12-05T14:54:00.000-05:002006-12-05T14:54:00.000-05:00Actually the whole tradition in December thing rea...Actually the whole tradition in December thing really started because of the winter equinox in an ancient (and actually Iranian) celebration called Yalda which then got picked up by the Germans in the fact that they used a tree (and other similarities I am too lazy to look up since the one who originally educated me on this subject was the Loverboy) blah, blah, blah... so if they are going to bitch about it then "get your facts straight bitches" is what I would say...<BR/><BR/>As for the commercialization... well, no one puts a gun to my head to buy into it or go shop like a freaking zombie! Dios Mio! I say let it be... those who like it can buy into it and those who don't...<BR/><BR/>I tend to listen to flamenco Christmas songs but the damn music is all packed so this Christmas we have nothing up... the tree, the decor... all packed! I just want a ticket home you see.. FO SHO!<BR/><BR/>and yep, happy, happy, joy, joy and all that jazz!Miz BoheMiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12684634451330079565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024126.post-1165299422237046982006-12-05T01:17:00.000-05:002006-12-05T01:17:00.000-05:00Ah,I send cards only to Australia, couple of frien...Ah,<BR/>I send cards only to Australia, couple of friends in England and South America and to a couple of old great Aunts.<BR/><BR/>I buy gifts, starting about now often earlier, but they are usually people specific things I see at odd places, things which remind me of someone or that I know would mean something to them or they would understand. I used to paint picture or draw gifts but have not time for that now.<BR/><BR/>I like Christmas songs played by Jazz bands.<BR/><BR/>Happy Holidays to you too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024126.post-1165263535776025172006-12-04T15:18:00.000-05:002006-12-04T15:18:00.000-05:00Hate cards, hate false cheer, hate the mindless pu...Hate cards, hate false cheer, hate the mindless pursuit of consumerism as affection, but I do like overeating and not leaving the house for a few days.<BR/><BR/>We put the decorations up at school today. It looks so much better like this. But can't we have new year decorations, and late spring decorations and so on. All year round and not tied to the irritating festival that veers from Christian brainwashing to consumerist, erm, brainwashing without stopping in the middle for any good cheer at all. <BR/><BR/>What was I saying?<BR/><BR/>Good sentences, I feel inspired, and what a lovely site this ATWH is. Mmm.Mimeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13549790359115165117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024126.post-1165262411517498652006-12-04T15:00:00.000-05:002006-12-04T15:00:00.000-05:00Sometimes I wish we would just call the holiday "S...Sometimes I wish we would just call the holiday "Solstice" or "Yule" or something. Like they do in New Zealand. You haven't lived until you've cut down a Christmas tree that's actively growing (as it will be in December in the Southern Hemisphere) and watch it droop before your eyes, dropping all the ornaments on the floor. Kiwis finally got wise and celebrated Christmas (as "Yule") in July ...<BR/><BR/>As a Bostonian you surely know that the Christians there once banned Christmas. Too much partying going on ...<BR/><BR/>And about those Christmas songs. You think the <I>audience</I> has got it bad? Pity the poor <I>musicians</I>. I'm starting to get an allergic reaction to <I>The Christmas Song</I>, and I (as an amateur) only have to play it a dozen times a season - each season for the last five ... same arrangement ... and there's a new set of kids each year that has to learn the whole thing from scratch ...The amoebahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09997830489035965913noreply@blogger.com