tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35932602.post8433597194573092361..comments2023-11-02T02:39:31.982-06:00Comments on What will I ever do with my life?: It's a holly-holly-day, right?Extranjerahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13972708570414496825noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35932602.post-17309337194106924152009-10-30T15:58:15.010-06:002009-10-30T15:58:15.010-06:00Hmm.. I have a love/hate relationship with holiday...Hmm.. I have a love/hate relationship with holidays. Agreed- most holidays have become commercial. It does make a difference though if you have kids. So it falls on the parents to ensure the holidays are not about money and who gets what but about the tradition and enjoyment to be had in family and friends. We are not religious but make religious holidays family time. I am driven mad by TV commercials at holiday time directed at the children to tell Mommy and Daddy to buy!Lorachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05954208521350733469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35932602.post-53045853873988224262009-10-29T15:42:52.993-06:002009-10-29T15:42:52.993-06:00Wellllll--I think I have to disagree. I kinda like...Wellllll--I think I have to disagree. I kinda like holidays and have worked hard to shelter my kids from the mass hysteria stuff. I never took them to malls, never allowed them to even see the duplicate santas, and kept things magical and small-scale at home. Now that they are grown, I find they really value those traditions we hold, like playing Charades on Christmas Eve, and don't like it if one single thing gets changed on our traditional menu. I guess I figure there is so much bad stuff and crap out there in the world that it is kind of important at times to celebrate something.<br /><br />I liked the sticky pygmies too...:)kayogihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00385672715354769201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35932602.post-58322980305853733682009-10-29T14:11:15.590-06:002009-10-29T14:11:15.590-06:00I may or may not be reading this at work when I am...I may or may not be reading this at work when I am not supposed to be...and "sticky pygmies" totally made me snort with laughter as my supervisor walked in...<br />But it was totally worth it.The Job Snobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17289083812526704771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35932602.post-12971909973137242002009-10-29T13:28:54.952-06:002009-10-29T13:28:54.952-06:00You're my type of woman. I don't do holida...You're my type of woman. I don't do holidays either. Great post.<br />Check out my dating disasters if you get a minute: plentymorefishoutofwater.blogspot.com/<br />Right, I'm off to read some more...Plentymorefishoutofwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13082519518524749450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35932602.post-64939068401327232152009-10-29T11:04:35.982-06:002009-10-29T11:04:35.982-06:00I agree that so many holidays have evolved into ma...I agree that so many holidays have evolved into mass hysteria and marketing with children being taken along for the ride. I love traditions, but Big Holidays have lost all that and have become a monsterous way to make and spend money with little thought for the origins of the celebration. There--I feel better. I'll get down off my soapbox now and be grumpy until New Years Day. Then I'll just gripe about the impossilby bleak cold weather.Leeniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655189620056032790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35932602.post-67340290339175304852009-10-29T08:09:44.072-06:002009-10-29T08:09:44.072-06:00I do holidays on yrs I feel like and dont when I d...I do holidays on yrs I feel like and dont when I dont and to hell with anyone who has a problem with it(ok that sounded kinda bitchy, didnt mean it to...awww its early I need coffee..lol)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35932602.post-88189280688347918232009-10-29T07:46:51.198-06:002009-10-29T07:46:51.198-06:00I'm with you here. Especially annoying are oth...I'm with you here. Especially annoying are other peoples' religious holidays that keep me from doing what I have to do, then I don't get to have the holidays I _do_ want.NanUhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11596765792663269178noreply@blogger.com