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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

It is ideological or maybe just stubbornness.  I don't like all of the 
materialism, the consumerism, the rushing here and there.  I used to make it 
a big deal, and started liking it less and less, and one year just decided 
"no more". 

 Christmas was a good and fun time when I was small.  Now, it is all about a 
month of gaudy shopping displays and crass commercialism.  I buy no one a 
present, not even the wife , or my immediate family.  I'll say Merry 
Christmas, if prompted, and my wife is still trying to decide if she wants me 
to put in a small tree for her this year, we haven't in several years, but 
she knows I don't mind doing it for her.

  I always eat the holiday food, why not; but that's it.  The only holiday i 
celebrate the entire year is my wedding anniversary, and if I could get away 
with not doing that; oh well ............................................

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--- On Sat, 12/6/08, Cathy <goosecreekfarm AT gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Cathy <goosecreekfarm AT gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Economic 'sit - in'
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Saturday, December 6, 2008, 10:27 PM
> Thanks, Bob. I'm in the Big Bend area (panhandle merges
> into the rest).
> 
> Hey--you don't even celebrate Christmas...right?  Is
> that an ideological
> stance or are you just going with a low-maintenance
> lifestyle? Or should I
> just mind my own business?
> On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 12:20 AM, bob ford
> <bobford79 AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > I feel for the employees, too.  Especially right
> before Christmas.
> >
> >
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