The reason for the season... MACY's

[nadinbrzezinski]

and after the disastrous holidday season our retailers are bound to have I do expect that perhaps people will TRY to go back to the actual meaning of Christmas, a lot less hanukah, since it has not been commercialized as much.

But call me silly, our local mall is not empty, but it is not jumping either...

And yes, a lady, very religious, church going, tells me you know the reason for the season

I completed "is Macy's"

She was horrified for about thirty seconds until she realized why I said what I said... she bowed her head and said, "well nobody goes to church no more."

Then I explained to her the history of Christmas in the US, and the actual origin of the holiday in Festivus and other winter festivals going back easy 3000 years

Then she said, what about Hannukah?

YOu mean that MINOR holiday in the Jewish calendar that Madisson Ave has been trying to comercialize for years? Yeah, will do latkes one night, with a top, and some chocolate coins, maybe...

She acually thought it was a major holiday with a lot of gifts involved

So she asked about the every so mythical hanukah bush (which I am sure the parrots would love, I'd never get them out of there). So I explained to her the actual meaning of the evergreen, bringing life during the darkest day of the winter, to remind us that there is life... and that in the Middle East there are not enough trees for that.

So happy festivus everybody... and take cover....

The war on christmas rages on... and the true reason for the modern incarnation of this season is not doing well this year.

May all those workers at retail NOT loose their jobs when the sales are nowhere where they should be

AMEN.

Happy Holidays everybody, regardless of what you choose to celebrate or not...

[eleny]

1. Ben Stein gets it

He was a talking head on tv this morning advising everyone to go out and shop to kick start the economy. Then we wouldn't need to do all the bailouts.

He urged everybody to go out and buy cashmere sweaters. Yes, he actually said "cashmere sweaters".

[babylonsister]

3. Oy. There are people worrying about

a roof over their heads if they still have one, their oil bill, feeding their family, and he had the gall to mention cashmere?

[eleny]

5. Yup, he's clueless

[SammyWinstonJack]

6. He did say exactly that and more elitist clueless bull$hit.

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. Hey IF I find one at seventy percent off I may

After I try all the ones that mom knitt that now fit... lost oodles of weight... so clothes are kind of loose in a way, a good way

But he gets it, not quite why it is happening, but he gets it

It was a conscious policy decision to base 70% of the economy in consumption

[MadMaddie]

2. It is really facinating to see the veils removed from many

of the lies and distortions that have been shoved down Americans throats for the last 40 years.

Buy, Buy, Buy....lie, lie, lie....

Use credit, credit, credit...pay later, later, later

Get Bullshit loans in an unregulated market...good luck with the adjustment....

Multiple stores that sell the same shit.....Best Buy, Circuit City etc....the heard is thinning itself out....

Invest, Invest, Invest in an unregulated Market....oh by the way Madoff built the biggest Ponzai scheme in the history of the nation.....

What's so surprising is that there are people that are actually surprised!

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

4. I bought gifts this year

paying cash, thank you, buying stuff from a local mom-pop store, of course.

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. I learned the cash tihng from mom and dad

Yes, I got an electronic book reader, long story with dad... but I got it with cash

It is a VERY long story, so I'm doing my spring cleaning in the middle of winter

There are some books staying here, my writing books, and hubbies novels, but the rest going to storage