[Grovenet] Hallothanksmas

[Katie Allnutt]

Ron,
   I'm with you.  If enough of us refuse to buy Christmas stuff until  
after Thanksgiving it wouldn't be such a problem.  The hard part is  
just convincing everybody else that they too would be better off by  
waiting.

Katie
Check out Buy Nothing Day.  They are trying to make the day after  
Thanksgiving be the day that people dedicate to buying nothing.  Of  
course they don't make a dent in the post TGvg sales but it is a sign  
that others are out there.


On Nov 1, 2007, at 4:45 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:

> Ron, turn off the TV! WE have.
> Ed
>
> ----------------------------------------
>
> 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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