[Grovenet] Hallothanksmas

[Ed Davie]

I guess I'd rather be reading a book!
Ed
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ron D'Eau Claire
  To: 'Forest Grove local interests list'
  Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 4:45 PM
  Subject: Re: [Grovenet] Hallothanksmas


  Ron, turn off the TV! WE have.
  Ed

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  I'd rather be selective than arbitrary.

  Besides, TV isn't the problem. I find much to 
enjoy on the 'toob'. There's
  probably four or five current programs I watch 
and enjoy each week.

  It's like reading books, going to concerts or 
attending live theatre. Sure,
  there's a lot of what I consider junk, and 
there's a lot to enjoy and some
  to admire, depending upon my mood and interest.

  And we enjoy two or three programs a week - 
movies mostly - from NetFlix.
  They have a very nice service for the $7 or $8 a 
month we spend on them.
  "The Cider House Rules" just appeared in our 
mailbox this afternoon. Might
  watch it tonight. Drop it in the mail when we're 
done and in a day or two
  the next CD arrives.

  Besides, I doubt if killing my TV would keep me 
from running headlong into
  "Hallothanksmas" in the stores and newspapers. 
If it was only on TV I
  wouldn't care. I could just change channels. Or 
watch a DVD.

  Ron D'Eau Claire



  -----Original Message-----
  From: grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com 
[mailto:grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com] On
  Behalf Of Ed Davie
  Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 3:42 PM
  To: Forest Grove local interests list
  Subject: Re: [Grovenet] Hallothanksmas


  Ron, turn off the TV! WE have.
  Ed
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Ron D'Eau Claire
    To: 'Forest Grove local interests list'
    Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 1:40 PM
    Subject: [Grovenet] Hallothanksmas


    Last night it began. Christmas advertising on
  the "toob" complete with
    sleigh bells, tree ornaments and "Santa's
  Helpers" in little red costumes
    hyping the latest and greatest *you must buy
  this if you love your family*
    stuff to go under the tree.

    I remember groaning when the ads started 
before
  Thanksgiving. When I was a
    kid the Christmas wind-up started sometime
  during the first two weeks of
    December.

    One weekend day in December we'd all bundle in
  to the family car for the
    two-hour, 70 mile trip into pre-freeway Los
  Angeles where us kids could look
    at the fantastic O-gage trains running at
  Bullock's or Macy's while Mom and
    Dad alternately slipped away to do little 
secret
  errands. And, of course, we
    had to go see Santa sitting in his big gold
  chair. Traipsing about on a
    chilly afternoon we'd all have hot chocolates
  together and, after all the
    errands were run, we'd have a special dinner
  somewhere on the way back home.


    Over time the Friday Thanksgiving became the
  launch of the buying spree for
    Christmas as most people had that day off of
  work. After all, who wants to
    be around family if there's shopping 
available?
  Don't the special people in
    our lives, including our children, need 
presents
  more than companionship,
    gadgets more than memories?

    Now the "Christmas Holidays" start in October.

    Bah! Humbug!

    Ron D'Eau Claire




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