[Dean's World] Andrew Cory: Happy Holidays

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Posted by Andrew Cory:
Happy Holidays
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1167346356.shtml


   The Holiday season is, for me, a long, long event. It isn't merely
   that I work retail, but rather that it encompasses so damned many
   actually holidays: [1]Holidays 

   (From [2]I Drew This)

   No one in my family celebrates Kwanzaa (no, not even my African
   American step-sisters), but I do celebrate solstice (my solstice post
   was piss-poor this year. So you didn't read it), my step-family
   celebrates Chanukah (w00t! Latkes!), and everyone does Christmas
   because everyone gets that day off (and one of my sisters is
   Christian). So to me, the "Holiday Season" defines a time that starts
   on Thanksgiving and has a soft landing on SuperBowl Sunday...

   Here's a quick guide to whether you're gonna get with a specific
   holiday or a generic one: A) You're buying [3]Born to Kvetch. You'll
   be told it's an "excellent book", and wished a "happy Chanukah". B)
   You're buying anything by [4]Silver Ravenwolf. You'll be given a
   bemused look and wished a "bless'd solstice" C) You're buying
   Christmas Cards. You'll be wished a Merry Christmas. D) You're told to
   "take care", or "have a nice day". This is because retail in the 4th
   Quarter is the single busiest shopping time of the year and I'm tired
   and not thinking of it as a special time, but rather as an ordeal I
   need to survive, and gods be good! our credit card machine has gone
   down again...

   Christmas isn't merry in retail. It's more work for the same money.
   Nonetheless, I do try and keep the spirit. So, from now until the 4th
   of February, Happy Holidays...

References

   1. file://localhost/files/andrew-idt20061228.png
   2. http://www.idrewthis.org/d/20061228.html
   3. http://www.amazon.com/Born-Kvetch-Yiddish-Language-Culture/dp/0061132179/sr=8-1/qid=1167345424/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-6962648-6432408?ie=UTF8&s=books
   4. http://www.amazon.com/s/105-6962648-6432408?ie=UTF8&tag=mozilla-20&index=blended&link%5Fcode=qs&field-keywords=silver%20raven%20wolf&sourceid=Mozilla-search