"Joy and pleasure are as real as pain and sorrow and one must learn what they have to teach. . . ." -- Sean Russell, from Gatherer of Clouds

"If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right." -- Helyn D. Goldenberg

"I love you and I'm not afraid." -- Evanescence, "My Last Breath"

“If I hear ‘not allowed’ much oftener,” said Sam, “I’m going to get angry.” -- J.R.R. Tolkien, from Lord of the Rings

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

The Holidays Are Upon Us

The restaurant in the hotel across the street from my office already has a Christmas tree up, and it's not even Thanksgiving yet. However, the inevitable is going to happen, which means that the Salvation Army will be all over the place asking for donations. Before you drop any coins in their red buckets, watch this:



(A note: I have no trouble with Christmas, even though it's not, strictly speaking, "my" holiday. Indeed, under the old reckoning, Yule was celebrated five days after the Solstice, so Christmas is just a somewhat altered version of Yule. I don't love the commercialism, though.)

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