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more about #kenstarr snappletree: I totally hear you on upstate NY. One of my gripes is that when telling out-of-staters where I'm from, the conversation inevitably goes like this: The... more » NefariousNewt: Anyone for egg nog? more » arodriguez.romero: did anybody see the gannet article lately about Dickens' novel "A Christmas Carol"? The thesis is that Dickens was anti- organized religion and wanted... more » arodriguez.romero: I don't quite agree with the holiday dilution theory. All holidays, always, have been celebrated how the people involved wanted to, and not necessaril... more » Bunnya69: I. HATE. SNOW. It was fine when I was 8 years old and cold enjoy frolicking around in it, but 30 years later, it's not so fun. Yesterday I was going t... more » WaltzingMatilda: I am staunchly on the Pro-Christmas side - both secular and non-secular aspects. I love Christmas movies - It's a Wonderful Life down through National... more » limedcoconut: Spencer: Just thanks for keeping Yonkers out of the upstate bracket...I literally have to clinch my teeth and breathe deeply every time a Long Islande... more » RosePetalPlace: Upstate New Yorker here (actually, to be more specific, am from CNY, and, yes, will be flying up to Syracuse tomorrow to be with family). And, yes, it... more » brendastarlet is on it: I am not a Christmas hater, but I am always hit with a wave of depression at this time of year. My dad died when I was in my early teens, and for what... more » emilyanne: See here's the odd thing i like Christmas because where I grew up it wasn't a big consumer fest, it was a great family holiday where we ate lots, got ... more » braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: As a deeply irreligious man, I hate Christmas, because for some reason this time of year I am seized with an almost irresistable urge to GIVE AWAY ALL... more » PilgrimSoul: And finally, fuck Christmas. There, I said it. more » la.donna.pietra: My dear, deluded, perpetually optimistic mother is firmly convinced that even though Obama isn't even in office yet, the eleventy billion jobs that he... more » PilgrimSoul: So also, Rick Warren, I'm kind of surprised to see a consensus starting to emerge that this was a dumbass choice, with only halfhearted "but Obama car... more » quatrevingtquatre: It is snowing here in Seattle and we have a foot at my house. Which, yeah, I know it's not much for an East Coast person, but I am a born and bred Wes... more » southernbitch: i would just like the comment that a couple of weeks ago i was in a meeting here in new orleans concerning the future of the city, and we got onto a t... more » stacyinbean: I would just like to state that cucumber sandwiches are AMAZING. I also make latkes every Christmas morning for my incredibly Christian family, they a... more » Eeva: Fuck me gently with a chainsaw, do I look like Mother Teresa? I really want a cucumber sandwich now. more » WaltzingMatilda: Oh Megan - you had me at Fluffernutters. more » NefariousNewt: And speaking as a wandering Catholic, I have to say that even the spirit of Christmas is not what it used to be, to say nothing of Hannukah. Hannukah ... more » -
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Apparently, being cold and stuck inside makes me kind of rant-filled about bailouts, stimuli, Prop 8, Hannukah, the mortgage crisis and structural deficiencies, so Spencer Ackerman is basically the perfect person to talk to.ChristmasHoliday, And Then It Snowed And Got Very Cold
