A point I’ve made over and over again in this blog is that in order to simplify your Christmas, you have to do something. You have to make a concerted, positive effort to change those things that are making you miserable with each passing Christmas. In line with this is the “Christmas Pledge, set [...]
Archive for November, 2008
The Christmas Pledge
Posted in SIMPLIFY!, tagged charity, Christmas, FAMILY, friends, holidays, Joy, meaning, peace, pledge, Presents, SIMPLIFY! on November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Christmas is what you make it
Posted in Christmas Poetry, Fight the Holiday Blues, For Those in Need, MUSIC & SONG, SIMPLIFY!, Traditions, tagged commercialism, FAMILY, Greg Lake, I Believe in Father Christmas, Joy, meaning of christmas, Noel, peace, spirit of christmas on November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In the video below, “I Believe in Father Christmas,” Greg Lake is singing about a process he went through, that many people go through as they grow older:
1.) The wonder and innocence of Christmas
I remember one Christmas morning
A winter’s light and a distant choir
The peal of a bell, and that Christmas tree smell
And their eyes [...]
Tinsel Toons, #9
Posted in Tinsel Toons, tagged cartoon, comic, funnies, snowmen on November 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Safe”
Posted in Christmas Poetry, SIMPLIFY!, tagged Christmas, comfort, fire, fireplace, hearth, James Walker, poet, Poetry, safe, simplicity, warm, winter on November 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Black Friday Video Clips, 2008
Posted in Christmas Video Clips, Traditions, tagged 2008, Black Friday, commercialism, crowds, crush, materialism, money, Richard Simmons, shooting, Toys r us, trample, united states, video, Wal-Mart on November 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Green Acres Mall, Valley Stream NY [contains profanity]
Network News Story about Valley Stream fatality
South Center, Tukwila, WA Best Buy
Unknown Location
Salt Lake City
Richard Simmons greets Black Friday Shoppers @ Macy’s, Herald Square, NY
Honolulu, Hawaii, Wal Mart
2 Dead in Black Friday Toys ‘R’ Us Shooting, Palm Desert, CA
Baltimore, MD, Wal Mart
A Cup of Christmas Cheer No. 2 – Cinnamon & Apple-Cinnamon Martinis
Posted in FOOD & DRINK, tagged alcohol, apple, Christmas, cinnamon, cocktail, drink, festive, goldschlager, martini, schnapps, vodka on November 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
These particular drinks both call for Cinnamon schnapps, of which the most famous variety is Goldschlager, a Swiss product with flakes of real gold floating in it. Some have been concerned that the gold may cause an adverse reaction in individuals who are sensitive, but Wikipedia assures us that “there is currently less than a [...]
Watch Classic Christmas Movies (and more!) online, free (no strings)
Posted in Christmas Video Clips, Information, Theatre, Traditions, tagged animated, cartoons, Christmas, christmas special, feature, free, movies, online, view, watch on November 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It’s a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Story, Miracle on 34th St., Christmas in Connecticut, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer, The Honeymooners Christmas Party, and more!
Online, and all for FREE!
Black Friday, 2008: a real Christmas horror story
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2008, Black Friday, fatality, New York, trampled, USA on November 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
All that glisters is not gold,
Gilded tombs do worms enfold.
- William Shakespeare
Man trampled to death in Black Friday rush
NEW YORK, Nov. 28 (UPI) – A male worker at a New York Wal-Mart was killed Friday when anxious shoppers trampled him in their rush for Black Friday bargains, witnesses say.
Witnesses to the early morning incident in [...]
A Christmas Ghost Story
Posted in Short Fiction, tagged Christmas, Dylan Thomas, famous, story, Wales on November 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From, “A Child’s Christmas in Wales,” by Dylan Thomas (1914-1953)
Bring out the tall tales now that we told by the fire as the gaslight bubbled like a diver. Ghosts whooed like owls in the long nights when I dared not look over my shoulder; animals lurked in the cubbyhole under the stairs where the gas [...]
Welcome Christmas
Posted in Christmas Video Clips, MUSIC & SONG, Traditions, tagged clip, Dr. Seuss, excerpt, Grinch, trim up the tree, video, welcome christmas on November 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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