ira Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Eric...I have some sense of your views on religion from the board and from having the real pleasure of talking to you at WAB V. But I was just curious. I am as ambivalent about my religious Jewish upbringing as one can be...and not being Christian...I certainly have no religious associations regarding Christmas. BUT...I truly enjoy the beautiful houses with Christmas decor set against the grey winter skies as I walk my dog Styxx each night. I love how people try to be nicer to eachother for just a little while. I loved the movie "A Christmas Story" and I love much of the music...especially "Felice Navedad" and Lennon's "Happy Christmas". So I guess to me Christmas is like Thanksgiving or Chanukah..a time that I can groove on people and family and friends and not ponder the religious underpinnings which really don't speak to me. I know this may be personal...But are there aspects of the Christmas season you enjoy apart from the religious implications? Just curious. -Ira. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy McLintock Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 Hey Ira. Somebody should create another holiday and call it Christmas II, LOL. That way everyone can celebrate it no matter what religion you are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ira Posted December 20, 2008 Author Share Posted December 20, 2008 Yes Daisy...I realize that I really have a romanticized view of Christmas with no associations of quibbling families or angry nuns...But it works for me much like Brian Wilson's totally romanticized version of California when I was a child growing up in a repressive Jewish household in Brooklyn...seemed like a place where I would like to spend eternity with ..."The Girls On The Beach" .-Ira. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy McLintock Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 And that's the way Christmas is supposed to be Ira - a sort of magical affair by itself. I happen to share your romanticized version of Christmas because all of my Christmases have been wonderful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ira Posted December 20, 2008 Author Share Posted December 20, 2008 That's wonderful Daisy...Christmas...The way it oughta be.-Ira. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy McLintock Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 Don't wake me up, Ira. I've lived both Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ira Posted December 20, 2008 Author Share Posted December 20, 2008 I unnderstand Kirk.-Ira. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 THE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS By: Marvin MatthewsAll around I hear them say, that Christmas time is soonTell me if they know the words they saySinging out their happy thoughts, and their happy tunes,And I wonder why it never lastsEverywhere there's hurt, in this world there's painDo we see that Child who was bornAnd He came that day, how I wish I could hear them say,That Christmas means, "Our Lord."All around I hear them say, Christmas time is soonStill so many hearts filled with hateWhy is it hard to learn to love,Is that not why we're hereListen to His voice, His words are clearIn this world of pain, let us join and call His name,For to love is all that He asksAnd I pray that soon, the words we'll learn to say, Is Christmas means, "Our Lord."That Christmas is "Our Lord." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 That's a great one Marvin.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy McLintock Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 Hey Marv, nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelina Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 Ira:Happy Festivus!John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ira Posted December 21, 2008 Author Share Posted December 21, 2008 Another Christmas Query... Do you guys have memories of that great house in your neighborhood that had the greatest Christmas displays? Was your house that house? ...I love Christmas lights...and even today when I walk Styxx at night...I love the lit-up Christmas houses. -Ira. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boopell Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 For Ira: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ira Posted December 21, 2008 Author Share Posted December 21, 2008 WOW!...Thanks boopel.-Ira. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steeler Deb Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 Ira, Happy Holidays to you! Deb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy-Ann Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 ira said: Do you guys have memories of that great house in your neighborhood that had the greatest Christmas displays? Was your house that house? It was never our house that was the best, but my Daddy loved putting up the lights. One time, I opened the garage door from a few houses up and pulled into the driveway and found Daddy on the ground, kinda pissed. Yeah, he was putting up the lights and I knocked him off the ladder when I opened the garage door. Thank goodness he wasn't up that high, but he was really mad at me. Oops... He did laugh about it years later... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boopell Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 Our house was never the best either so we would drive around every Christmas Eve to look at others. In a little town about 10 miles from here there's an old farm house that everyone went to see. The house in "Christmas Vacation" is nothing compared to this place. Lights on everything-the fences, barns, trees, tractors--I just can't describe it. You could see the glow before you got there. And the traffic! The house is on a narrow back road and someone had to direct the cars through. It was really something to see! I wonder if they still do it--I might have to go see! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ira Posted December 23, 2008 Author Share Posted December 23, 2008 Muzza...I just booked a Quantas Flight...Beautiful Christmas house!...What time you serving the Kosher Glazed Ham?-Ira. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bessieboo Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 We may not be the brightest house in the neighborhood... but if we put out everything it would be very close. I like to change each year , my guys love this -not ! This is Florida, we need a little glitz and sparkle to make it feel like Christmas. This year the outside is multi color,with large inflatable figures. Some years it's all white, or toy soldiers and many variations in-between. This year inside is all angels...everywhere It's sometimes hard to remain tasteful, so I do the Coco Chanel thing.... After I accessorize I remove one thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boopell Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Bessieboo--I would never be able to choose the "one thing"! Muzza--Beautiful! And a couple of those ornaments look vaguely familiar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianchick Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Muzza, Boopell is right...that is beautiful...just missing one thing...a little Christmas Snow...I have plenty and wouldn't mind sharing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzza Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Gee thanks for the kind offer Val. I think we might just struggle through without the snow!! Muzza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boopell Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 Very nice, Duane!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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