http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=6435 Tue, 20 May 2025 03:13:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=6435&cpage=1#comment-295715 TlalocW Thu, 29 Jun 2017 20:33:59 +0000 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=6435#comment-295715 As I've grow more atheist in my old age, I've found I've started to enjoy Christmas more. It's been so secularized that I don't mind it. I enjoy seeing the decorations and enjoy the radio stations that change over to 24 hour Xmas songs - although I really wish they would stop playing the different versions of, "Baby, It's Cold Outside," as well as Pentatonix's versions of, "Hallelujah," which for some reason they and radio stations think is somehow related to Christmas. More often than not, I use it as an excuse to bake yummy things, some of which I give to loved ones, and that keeps me out of the stores. As I’ve grow more atheist in my old age, I’ve found I’ve started to enjoy Christmas more. It’s been so secularized that I don’t mind it. I enjoy seeing the decorations and enjoy the radio stations that change over to 24 hour Xmas songs – although I really wish they would stop playing the different versions of, “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” as well as Pentatonix’s versions of, “Hallelujah,” which for some reason they and radio stations think is somehow related to Christmas. More often than not, I use it as an excuse to bake yummy things, some of which I give to loved ones, and that keeps me out of the stores.

]]> http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=6435&cpage=1#comment-295073 M.A. Tue, 27 Dec 2016 19:44:24 +0000 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=6435#comment-295073 I've found a good antidote in the Lovecraft Historical Society Solstice carols. "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Fish-Men" always cheers me up. I’ve found a good antidote in the Lovecraft Historical Society Solstice carols. “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Fish-Men” always cheers me up.

]]> http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=6435&cpage=1#comment-295072 Kona Tue, 27 Dec 2016 14:48:53 +0000 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=6435#comment-295072 Since most of my wife's family have their birthdays within a few weeks of Christmas, we gather to celebrate those rather than Christmas. Decorations are seen, but not emphasized. Gifts are exchanged, and a good meal is enjoyed, but otherwise nobody is bothered by the rest of our society's mad buying spree. We don't need a commercialized orgy of guilt and obligation to visit friends and family, exhibit good will and behave ourselves. Since most of my wife’s family have their birthdays within a few weeks of Christmas, we gather to celebrate those rather than Christmas. Decorations are seen, but not emphasized. Gifts are exchanged, and a good meal is enjoyed, but otherwise nobody is bothered by the rest of our society’s mad buying spree. We don’t need a commercialized orgy of guilt and obligation to visit friends and family, exhibit good will and behave ourselves.

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