tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10695194.post116475907570894570..comments2023-07-01T07:04:51.270-07:00Comments on Half the Fun: Speaking of Holiday Music...Daisy Batemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10031425541717458261noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10695194.post-1165608693102649562006-12-08T12:11:00.000-08:002006-12-08T12:11:00.000-08:00are you kidding Daisy? A lifetime of ranting and ...are you kidding Daisy? A lifetime of ranting and okay, okay, yes there WAS that broken or something toe after I kicked that thing (okay well barefoot, I mean how stupid- I could do a whole rant THERE) but NO ulcers, NO tension headaches, no "keep it all inside" diseases. Get it, quick. Absolutely healthy. (okay that toe did hurt, yeah. Um, rants should not necessarily get too physical that's the key.)<BR/>I never really noticed until recently how - please i know this is "politically correct" but really truly - "euro-centric all this Christmas stuff was. I mean I just think about Florida and yeah, California (north OR south) (north is where I lived for 10 years and yeah, we didn't tend to have to shovel out Christmas morn) and suddenly I'm going - Germany! Sweden! Yeah, SURE but New Mexico? Pine trees and snow falling in decorative heaps? Where does one roast chestnuts on their open fire - in the backyard barbecue pit? And how do you find chestnuts?* And i just thought, do kids relate to all this? I mean I figure it's kids who need it, right? But hey, going out on Christmas eve wearing your new scarf and boots to go caroling in your neighborhood in Arizona? Not much like the cute little cards with the Victorians on it (or the little groups that seem to show up sprung from the foreheads of Rudolph all dressed and in tune). It's one of those disconnects that "traditionalists" just will hang onto forever because change is bad.<BR/>Or something.<BR/>*oh god, this is sad - apparently (I tried to find where chestnuts grow) most of America's chestnuts are gone - due to a huge blight.<BR/>um, let's see, um, "popcorn roasting on an open fire, er,in the microwave...."Andihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03131885209298021339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10695194.post-1165561061743973582006-12-07T22:57:00.000-08:002006-12-07T22:57:00.000-08:00Cornelia- They do have Crest in Africa, but not in...Cornelia- They do have Crest in Africa, but not in Rhode Island. That place is a desolate wasteland, punctuated by the occasional clam-cake emporium.<BR/><BR/>Andi- Thanks for the support. I bet ranting has some kind of health benefit-- releases the toxins or something, so they don't build up and make you sick or turn you into Geraldo or something.<BR/>And the snow thing is definitely something that's always bugged me. It isn't going to be snowing in San Francisco either this Christmas, and I don't see anyone singing charity songs for <I>me</I>.Daisy Batemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031425541717458261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10695194.post-1165548078025377762006-12-07T19:21:00.000-08:002006-12-07T19:21:00.000-08:00Oh Daisy I've always SO hated that song. thank you...Oh Daisy I've always SO hated that song. thank you so much. Because YES it is terrifically condescending (I suspect that yes, even if you are poor and African, if you are Christian you manage to know if it's Christmas)and yeah, if you ain't, do you care? And if so, why? <BR/>Given how many Christians there are too in the entire Southern hemisphere, where it ain't snow and Currier and Ives and sleighbells during late December, the arrogance of "Christmas is all about snow and Santa Claus" has bugged me for quite a while. Do folks in Mexico and other strongly Catholic countries identify with "sleighbells" and "sitting by the fire?" do African Christians really DIG this guy in a fur suit and talk about being all warm and snuggy on Christmas morn - which, as you point out is SUMMER?<BR/><BR/>It's rant season. I just did one myself (about a Catholic anti-diversity statement which was nasty and snide and rude and basically called non-Catholics crazy). Yours was excellent and well done. They're needed. You may now go claim your reward - I think a foot rub or massage should follow a good healthy well-done rant, don't you?Andihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03131885209298021339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10695194.post-1165469237962064502006-12-06T21:27:00.000-08:002006-12-06T21:27:00.000-08:00I totally thought I knew what I was going to say, ...I totally thought I knew what I was going to say, but then you totally distracted me with that Rhode Island thing.<BR/><BR/>And I am so glad I'm not the only one who has to point out pop culture stupidity in such amazing detail. Like the toothpaste commercial that just came on that basically promised to "protect" my gingivitis, bad breath, and cavities, along with seven other bullet points. Do they have Crest in Africa? Or Rhode Island? You be the judge...Cornelia Readhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16690027252725967075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10695194.post-1165115086785961552006-12-02T19:04:00.000-08:002006-12-02T19:04:00.000-08:00Well, we only have the one...Well, we only have the one...Daisy Batemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031425541717458261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10695194.post-1165095400638760282006-12-02T13:36:00.000-08:002006-12-02T13:36:00.000-08:00I'm sorry. You lost me. I thought Africa was jus...I'm sorry. You lost me. I thought Africa was just that one skinny kid, and I'll continue to think so until you tell me how many Rhode Islands would fit there.Karen Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03946896269154546256noreply@blogger.com