tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826766.post3840600998900807004..comments2023-10-28T04:19:52.130-04:00Comments on The Big Dunk: StymiedRachel Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01534890739695708419noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826766.post-7874781861703832652008-01-07T12:26:00.000-05:002008-01-07T12:26:00.000-05:00I ignore it as much as possible. Make sure to thr...I ignore it as much as possible. Make sure to throw a couple of parties so I get a few decorations up...that's it. <BR/><BR/>Buy stocking stuffers for the (Grown up) kids. Buy Heifer gifts for everyone else. <BR/><BR/>Go to church.Mary Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02970052534402740820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826766.post-57309161977384188372007-12-19T19:19:00.000-05:002007-12-19T19:19:00.000-05:00I love the New Year's day idea! Or even 12th nigh...I love the New Year's day idea! Or even 12th night. <BR/><BR/>And yes, the Lewis quote is wonderful. <BR/><BR/>As it is, my tree sits bare and the few gifts I have purchased are in boxes still. I can't figure out if it is Advent or procrastination.<BR/><BR/>Sigh.Rachel Nguyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01534890739695708419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826766.post-26850155234640922432007-12-19T18:43:00.000-05:002007-12-19T18:43:00.000-05:00Here's a gem:"When the day of the festival comes, ...Here's a gem:<BR/><BR/>"When the day of the festival comes, most of the citizens, being exhausted from the (frenzies of the) Rush, lie in bed till noon. But in the evening they eat five times as much as on other days, and crowning themselves with crowns of paper, they become intoxicated. And on the day after Exmas, they are very grave, being internally disordered by the supper and the drinking John Michael Kebahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08584492820189031076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826766.post-13515886799042799182007-12-19T18:36:00.000-05:002007-12-19T18:36:00.000-05:00For several years now, I just attend to the sacred...For several years now, I just attend to the sacred and totally avoid the secular. I give gifts on New Year's Day.John Michael Kebahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08584492820189031076noreply@blogger.com