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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

By the time I had changed my views on holidays, my family was no longer 
surprised by 'anything' I did .  Incidentally;  I have never understood why 
practicing Christians will shop, for Christmas, in a store that forbids 
employees from saying "Merry Christmas" or from putting up signs that 
proclaim "Merry Christmas".  The store owner has the right to do as he 
pleases.  But if the majority of his customers shopped elsewhere, 'what he 
pleases' would change, in a hurry.  I firmly believe that voting with your 
pocketbook can change retail sales faster than anything...............


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


> 
> > It is ideological or maybe just stubbornness.  I don't like all of the
 materialism, the consumerism, the rushing here and there.
> 
> 
I know what you mean.  As a person of faith, I celebrate the holy-day, the
> holy season, in keeping with my faith.  But the rest of it seems to me to 
> be out of control--especially when I started watching TV again!  Oh, my, 
> the commercials!
> 
> When the kids were little, we followed a "days of Christmas" plan.  The
> Christmas morning gift-bonanza didn't seem to us to align with the holy
> day, so we spread Christmas out over several days.  At our house, Santa was 
> an imaginary character like Superman and Ariel--nice to tell stories 
> about,but most definitely not real.
> 
> BTW, if you're looking for a way to offend/aggravate all of your extended
> relatives, change the way you celebrate Christmas. : )
> 
> Cathy
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