tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36200388.post8737313605483116519..comments2023-07-01T11:03:20.380-04:00Comments on BooksEtc.: Not Yet...Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14110235078325434919noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36200388.post-27035812148105114782006-11-29T12:30:00.000-05:002006-11-29T12:30:00.000-05:00Trish - Just got back from grocery shopping. The X...Trish - Just got back from grocery shopping. The Xmas trees are now on sale in the parking lot!! <br />Keeping my home as a refuge sounds appealing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36200388.post-77384972340040708322006-11-29T11:06:00.000-05:002006-11-29T11:06:00.000-05:00Rebecca and Lynn -
Thanks. I am not alone. I am ...Rebecca and Lynn -<br /><br />Thanks. I am not alone. I am not (Mrs.) Scrooge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36200388.post-9923771415995401492006-11-29T08:55:00.000-05:002006-11-29T08:55:00.000-05:00Here in Texas it is the norm to put up everything,...Here in Texas it is the norm to put up everything, including one's tree, the day after Thanksgiving and promptly take everything down the day after Christmas. I find this just weird. It's as if everyone feels the need to personally champion the total commercialization of the holiday. Where I come from (Buffalo), we followed the concept of the twelve days of Christmas - trees do not go up until Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36200388.post-49896710431433684822006-11-29T08:36:00.000-05:002006-11-29T08:36:00.000-05:00I agree! I have a rule: no Christmas decorations ...I agree! I have a rule: no Christmas decorations until December. Retailers had them up the day after Halloween. Some of my neighbours weren't far behind.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13370781937601532234noreply@blogger.com