tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11428766.post2671788012849293428..comments2023-09-20T04:04:07.170-06:00Comments on A Few Choice Words: Well. It's about TIME.Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16453489879246452921noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11428766.post-52050864909223597872007-10-11T19:20:00.000-06:002007-10-11T19:20:00.000-06:00Hey there's a fire and beers and s'mores down by t...Hey there's a fire and beers and s'mores down by the riverStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09113649615898017098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11428766.post-77140900743896052962007-10-11T16:38:00.000-06:002007-10-11T16:38:00.000-06:00Makes me glad I avoid stores like they are plague-...Makes me glad I avoid stores like they are plague-ridden.<BR/><BR/>OTOH, my Dad listens to Christmas music year round... but he's all about the celebration of Christ and <B>not</B> the commercialization.splordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06426754745729551958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11428766.post-14979432976296638182007-10-11T11:28:00.000-06:002007-10-11T11:28:00.000-06:00I won't listen to Christmas music until after Than...I won't listen to Christmas music until after Thanksgiving, nor will I consider decorating for Christmas until after Turkey season is over, but I have been planning my Christmas presents for ... well, a while now. But that's budgetary more than anything.A. Nonny Mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09509054535644094092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11428766.post-91476955021226381412007-10-11T05:02:00.000-06:002007-10-11T05:02:00.000-06:00Makes me want to move to Italy.I remember when we ...Makes me want to move to Italy.<BR/><BR/>I remember when we used to think that acknowledging Christmas before Thanksgiving was pushing it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11428766.post-23757277900030025682007-10-11T03:22:00.000-06:002007-10-11T03:22:00.000-06:00No sign of Christmas yet in Italy. They usually wa...No sign of Christmas yet in Italy. They usually wait until November.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00930427420786164103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11428766.post-71500530395853201612007-10-10T22:42:00.000-06:002007-10-10T22:42:00.000-06:00I am strenuously avoiding Christmas here in German...I am strenuously avoiding Christmas here in Germany. It arrived in late September - the earliest in living memory. I am determined not to purchase ONE SINGLE Christmas-related product until Dec 1.Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14976147051582732043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11428766.post-84864478368915087372007-10-10T22:22:00.000-06:002007-10-10T22:22:00.000-06:00Please, not yet! I work in retail and I still cry...Please, not yet! <BR/><BR/>I work in retail and I still cry when the early Christmas begins. I saw our first box of Christmas cards arrive the last week of August before we even got the majority of our Halloween books. We have another 3 weeks until we're supposed to start playing Christmas music--though we are already selling it. <BR/><BR/>Of course, we'll see our first Valentine's Day books by December 15th.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02355790778865450376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11428766.post-87166865413683663622007-10-10T19:14:00.000-06:002007-10-10T19:14:00.000-06:00At least here in the States we have Halloween to f...At least here in the States we have Halloween to forestall (or at least slow down) the Christmas merchandising onslaught. <BR/><BR/>It all reminds me of how hard I resist all things Christmas until at least after Thanksgiving.<BR/><BR/>Money sure talks in our parts of the world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11428766.post-518658847419899042007-10-10T18:03:00.000-06:002007-10-10T18:03:00.000-06:00HOme Depot has ya beat by about a week.I was sadHOme Depot has ya beat by about a week.<BR/>I was sadStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09113649615898017098noreply@blogger.com