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Merlot

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4. Your comparison makes more sense - gun spending vs homelessness

Reply to JDPriestly (Reply #3)

Mon Dec 24, 2012, 07:23 PM

Dec 2012

So once a year people go a little (or a lot) goofy on the decorations...electricity is wasted and a lot of junk produced. Still....compaired to the destruction guns provide, versus a little bit of light and festivity during the dark months, I really can't get to upset about the "waste" of holiday ornaments.

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Sparkling Shame: Cash spent on Christmas decor could end US homelessness [View all] oxymoron Dec 2012 OP

We should make the people making Christmas decorations , homeless. julian09 Dec 2012 #1

Yes, that crossed my mind. I thought it was still good food for thought. nt oxymoron Dec 2012 #2

K&R. We could both have tasteful Christmas decorations and help the homeless. JDPriestly Dec 2012 #3

Your comparison makes more sense - gun spending vs homelessness Merlot Dec 2012 #4