tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34398479.post1138768957519238183..comments2023-10-28T03:38:02.333-04:00Comments on Down RIver Drivel: Decisions, Decisions!Jenihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16425701332785470116noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34398479.post-17584265750031854862009-11-10T23:15:05.927-05:002009-11-10T23:15:05.927-05:00I am about ready to nut up! When it comes to Chris...I am about ready to nut up! When it comes to Christmas. I have not done a single penny of shopping (ok ok I have two things, one for Lucy and one for Doc and he knows what I got)and normally by now I am completely done! I have not put up one single Christmas decoration and normally by now I'd have started about October 1st to decorate... Lets see... did I mention we will be getting the rest of my stuff over Thanks Giving so that is one more thing to make me get further behind on decorating? Oh and Doc would rather sit on the damn computer then help me think thru decorating.Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10319000223773398092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34398479.post-7920818619791421492009-11-10T21:07:03.544-05:002009-11-10T21:07:03.544-05:00I am seriously thinking about going away to a sunn...I am seriously thinking about going away to a sunny island for Christmas, this year! :) Good luck hitting the jackpot and thanks for your visit and your nice comment!Margueritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15846051579802335412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34398479.post-76317140115425704792009-11-10T20:18:33.477-05:002009-11-10T20:18:33.477-05:00We don't exchange presents at Christmas, not i...We don't exchange presents at Christmas, not in a big way anyway. Hubby and I give each other something small that we know we each have been wanting. We spend time on letter writing and communicating with family and friends over the holidays. I think it helped us get all the pressure to give presents out of our lives when we stopped watching television. We aren't being bombarded with commercials and our life is calm and serene compared to what it was before.CiCihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08615265608675467505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34398479.post-6386077760261975012009-11-10T09:45:16.245-05:002009-11-10T09:45:16.245-05:00Yes, it seems to get earlier and earlier. I hate a...Yes, it seems to get earlier and earlier. I hate all this commercialisation - couldn't believe it when Santa arrived at our local garden centre in mid October.Felicity Grace Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17852843882007267665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34398479.post-17461754679324686752009-11-09T23:46:09.268-05:002009-11-09T23:46:09.268-05:00You and I seem to have been thinking alike as my p...You and I seem to have been thinking alike as my post today was very much like this one! <br /><br />The thing with the retailers making Christmas so commercialized though is that even if WE ignore them, it's hard for kids to do the same and realize that the season isn't about what's under the tree but about the love and spirit of the season. <br /><br />To be honest, I'm looking forward to putting up a full-size tree this year for the first time in ages (now that I have the room!) and decorating the house while even maybe making Christmas cookies this year (again something I haven't done in awhile). I'd like to recapture some of the old Christmas spirit and relive a few of the Christmases from my youth when it was family and friends that made the holiday what it was and not WalMart and Kohl's!Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05698969349369789642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34398479.post-73588363636212007912009-11-09T22:10:56.970-05:002009-11-09T22:10:56.970-05:00Ignore them if you'd prefer not to acknowledge...Ignore them if you'd prefer not to acknowledge it until you're ready. The retailers only have power over you if you let them.Travis Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06192526507760146748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34398479.post-75706378684321928172009-11-09T22:00:00.902-05:002009-11-09T22:00:00.902-05:00We stopped exchanging all gifts at Christmas- with...We stopped exchanging all gifts at Christmas- with the exception of the two nieces. That being said, while on vacation I did pick up something small for Mom and Dad, but more because it was something nifty than the burning desire to do Christmas shopping.Rick Rockhillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06856000993966687796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34398479.post-91651752353685600222009-11-09T19:35:44.794-05:002009-11-09T19:35:44.794-05:00I wish they would hold off on the Christmas stuff,...I wish they would hold off on the Christmas stuff, as well.<br />I used to make Christmas gifts but not any more.<br />Good luck with the lottery.Dr.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02752941912945095736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34398479.post-14043650322593299422009-11-09T16:16:42.674-05:002009-11-09T16:16:42.674-05:00I only do one holiday at a time. Besides, I am to...I only do one holiday at a time. Besides, I am too disorganized to plan that far ahead! ;-)fermicathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06912496005011895707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34398479.post-62192186745967886762009-11-09T16:09:03.246-05:002009-11-09T16:09:03.246-05:00I love Christmas, but you are right it seems to be...I love Christmas, but you are right it seems to be showing up earlier and earlier each years. Somethings just not quite right when it's 102 outside and Christmas music is playing.<br /><br />I am about done with all my shopping. Try to get everything done before Thanksgiving. After that it's a madhouse out there.<br /><br />Have a terrific day. :)Sandeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06785788498697004273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34398479.post-27563376462348263232009-11-09T14:13:34.975-05:002009-11-09T14:13:34.975-05:00Oh Jeni.....I hear you on the whole early advertis...Oh Jeni.....I hear you on the whole early advertising on tv and in the stores. Like you I do try and make some of my Christmas gifts and hence start early out sheer necessity. But for others....I do it when I feel I so desire...not because the stores tell me it is time to do it....these past few years have been very finacially tight for me and hence I had to be creative...last year it was just stockings...but you know...we had a great Christmas regardless...it was a real eye opener that it's not about the gifts...it's about being with the ones the mean the most to us.<br /><br />I love Christmas...I love how it seems to bring out some Christmas spirit in some people who normally wouldn't be in the spirit...I happy smile...holding the door open for someone....sharing a meal...yeah that is what it is about....I'm not even thinking about it yet....the commercial can try all they want...but it isn't working....well at least not yet...Smalltown RNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08806734351278128551noreply@blogger.com