Posted November 15, 200618 yr comment_5414184 With the holidays coming up, this is the thread to post anything holiday related. Buying any gifts for your lady? Sick of hearing that one stupid Christmas song? Got beat up in the Bible belt for lighting a candle for Chanukah? All of that goes here.
November 15, 200618 yr comment_5414190 I find it amusing how it's discouraged in schools around here to wear Christmas attire during the season because it might "offend" (read : get attention for) those that don't celebrate it. And I don't have any problem personally with saying stuff like "Happy Holidays", but my parents are even worse about it and absolutely insist upon "Merry Christmas". They HATE how politically correct the 'holiday season' has become. I for one don't give a crap who says or celebrates what so long as I get my good food, gifts and money. <3 That said, I'm also looking forward to the mass commercialism, visiting of relatives I get along with (all of them thankfully), and general fast-paced insanity.
November 15, 200618 yr comment_5414193 I can see the Happy Holidays argument and respect it, but I'll say Merry Christmas to someone that I know celebrates the holiday. I celebrate it myself, but I celebrate more of the Early-Morning-Sale-At-Macy's side of it than the spiritual side of it.
November 15, 200618 yr comment_5414201 We don't really get into any Christmas festivities at my house. BUT, we are going to a casino on the 26th.
November 16, 200618 yr Author comment_5414233 My parents and my brother have been talking about the stuff they're buying my daughter for Christmas. Fair enough except for one thing. SHE'LL BE THREE MONTHS OLD! She'll be happy with a new formula for Christmas dinner. Just for a change of pace. She doesn't need the Super Mega Jungle Gym Set at three months old.
November 17, 200618 yr comment_5414240 I suppose doing a 4000 word essay over the christmas period is nothing new, on top of whatever other things need to be doing. Hopefully I'll have a Wii by then so I can escape and play some Tennis, seeing as it's the closest thing to Cricket... That said, I will be watching the Boxing Day Ashes Test, so for the most part, it'll be Cricket partisan.
November 17, 200618 yr comment_5414243 Yes, do fully enjoy those Wii Sports now! ......... *snickers* Super soakers. That blows, though. What's Scrooge's deal? As far as I know, no professor at my college would have the balls to assign homework over Christmas vacation. That's just... well, taboo.
November 17, 200618 yr comment_5414246 I blame the course convenor for PH307. Mind you, it's not easy studying Forensic Chemistry at UKC. The work load is large, and the subject itself is a demanding one. Other than that, as always with the motto of Crimbo. Eat, Drink, and Be Merry! In english, get fat, get pissed, and fuck the diet for another year!
November 27, 200618 yr comment_5414451 Ah, the season of happiness and sadness combined. Disappointment that you got jewed with your presents, but Kahlua chocolates all over town. Mmmmm Kahlua.... <3
December 20, 200618 yr Author comment_5415041 So which XM radio listeners try to listen to the regular Christmas station (103 I think it is)? God, was tripe. Note to XM programmers: Just because 1209 people have done versions of "Winter Wonderland" doesn't mean that they are 1209 different songs. There are enough Christmas songs that you should be able to go at least an hour without a freaking repeat. We play this station at work, and I swear they've played "Grown Up Christmas List" six times in five hours. Maybe more, I was trying to tune it out. The sad thing there's only eight people who have even recorded the song, so they can't even use the "Different artists did a version" thing as an excuse. And every time "Jingle Bells" plays I want to pull my eardrum out of my ear with a spork.
December 21, 200618 yr Author comment_5415048 Random thought about "Winter Wonderland": Who is Parson Brown and why does whoever sings the song, male or female, want to sleep with him?
December 21, 200618 yr comment_5415050 According to Wikipedia: [edit] Parson Brown The following lyrics compose the musical bridge of the song: "In the meadow we can build a snowman, then pretend that he is Parson Brown. He'll say 'Are You Married?' We'll say 'No man, but you can do the job when you're in town!" Being that a Floridian orange grower was the only well-known person by the name of "Parson Brown" at the time the song was composed, one can assume that "Parson" is used as a title, instead of a first name. In the period when this song was written, parsons (now known as a Protestant minister) often travelled among small rural towns to perform wedding ceremonies for denominational followers who did not have a local minister of their faith. Therefore, the children are most likely pretending that their snowman is a Parson with the surname "Brown," which would be visiting the town again in the future.
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