December 17, 2004
Christmas for the Cynical
The Christmas spirit hasn't kicked in. The only Christmas related things I have done this year were decorating the tree (a bit unwillingly...) and sending cards to friends and family I won't be spending the season with.
I don't have enough free time to shop for the perfect gifts for those I love and I don't have the patience to go around crowded streets or shopping malls. I'm doing something different this year but can't post it here or it won't be a surprise :-)
Some inspiring quotations for the season ;-)
Christmas at my house is always at least six or seven times more pleasant than anywhere else. We start drinking early. And while everyone else is seeing only one Santa Claus, we'll be seeing six or seven. - W.C. Fields
I stopped believing in Santa Claus when my mother took me to see him in a department store, and he asked for my autograph.- Shirley Temple
Christmas is forced upon a reluctant and disgusted nation by the shopkeepers and the press; on its own merits it would wither and shrivel in the fiery breath of universal hatred.- George Bernard Shaw
Christmas is the one time of year when people of all religions come together to worship Jesus Christ.- Bart Simpson
The parent who gets down on the floor to play with a child on Christmas Day is usually doing a most remarkable thing -- something seldom repeated during the rest of the year. These are, after all, busy parents committed to their work or their success in the larger society, and they do not have much left-over time in which to play with their children. -Brian Sutton Smith
Dear Lord, I've been asked, nay commanded, to thank Thee for the Christmas turkey before us... a turkey which was no doubt a lively, intelligent bird... a social being... capable of actual affection... nuzzling its young with almost human- like compassion. Anyway, it's dead and we're gonna eat it. Please give our respects to its family... - Berke Breathed
Christmas is a holiday that persecutes the lonely, the frayed, and the rejected. - Jimmy Cannon
The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasn't for any religious reasons. They couldn't find three wise men and a virgin. - Jay Leno
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