| why all the talk of christmas
Posted: 12/5/2007 7:11:46 AM | bar humbug.....................
its all about the shopping....when it should be about family........... | |
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| why all the talk of christmas
Posted: 12/5/2007 7:34:49 AM | tis the season!
my christmas is going to be a bit short on the decor and presents this year, but I'm sooo grateful for the way my life has been going that just being alive and free again is present enough!
Now if Santa would drop someone down my chimney, someone I can snuggle with on these cold Kansas nights, that would be a bonus.....   | |
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| why all the talk of christmas
Posted: 12/5/2007 7:20:57 PM | | Just getting the tree up now.....hope Santa thinks I have been a good girl....I love presents and all the cheer that goes with it | |
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| why all the talk of christmas
Posted: 12/6/2007 1:51:26 AM | it is an unfortunate thing, in the past decade ir so, shops have had a race to see who can get the first christmas items out on the shelf.
and then the first easter eggs.
scumbags have wrecked the spirit of christmas | |
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| why all the talk of christmas
Posted: 12/6/2007 1:04:46 PM | | Stage 1...put up xmas tree yesterday with the kids......Stage 2 today..Xmas gift shopping | |
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| why all the talk of christmas
Posted: 12/6/2007 4:35:04 PM | Jesus was born and so I get presents.
Xmas is the time we should remember jesus, and feel sorry for him.
fancy having your birthday on christmas......thats gotta suck !
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| why all the talk of christmas
Posted: 12/6/2007 4:40:31 PM | | Well this is will be a new christmas experience for me.... first one single with the kids... have got my tiny tree up.. wrapped some presents.... got the kids presents but no one elses yet.... ill get there, well i hope. | |
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| why all the talk of christmas
Posted: 12/6/2007 5:39:16 PM |
Jesus was born and so I get presents.
But was he born at xmas.....or was it just a pagan holiday that could double up....The whole shepard thing and weather conditions don't add up to December....But then does it really matter....We're talking presents, and shiny paper....and baubles hanging from pine trees, and big dinners that bloat you into a diabetic Coma all afternoon...WOOHOO!!!! | |
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| why all the talk of christmas
Posted: 12/7/2007 12:45:41 AM | Was he?
Given that there is now more months in the year than there were 2000 years ago (2 I think) how accurate is this?
sure the Earth still takes 365.25 days to orbit the sun, but with more months, some month's length been changed. | |
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| why all the talk of christmas
Posted: 12/7/2007 1:19:14 AM | The following article is from the Daily Telegraph - newspaper.
Santa fury at 'ho, ho, ho' ban
By Janet Fife-Yeomans and Amanda Grant
November 15, 2007 12:00am
HE is an unlikely revolutionary but this Christmas, Santa is a rebel with a claus.
He is having the last laugh on political correctness - and it's a great big fat belly laugh.
Santas across Sydney are rebelling against attempts to ban their traditional greeting of "ho, ho, ho" in favour of "ha, ha, ha".
Recruitment firm Westaff - which supplies hundreds of Santas across the country - has told its trainees that the "ho ho ho" phrase could frighten children and could even be derogatory to women.
Two Santa hopefuls reportedly quit the course because of the hullabaloo of the ho, ho, ho.
One would-be Santa has told The Daily Telegraph he was taught not to use "ho, ho, ho" because it was too close to the American slang for prostitute. He also quit.
"Gimme a break," Julie Gale, who runs the campaign against sexualising children called Kids Free 2B Kids, said.
"We are talking about little kids who do not understand that "ho, ho, ho" has any other connotation and nor should they.
"Leave Santa alone."
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Australian Childhood Foundation chief executive officer Dr Joe Tucci said it was the latest example of political correctness gone mad.
"There is no stronger tradition for children than Santa's ho, ho, ho," Dr Tucci said.
Yesterday department stores David Jones and Myers and the Westfield shopping centre chain moved to reassure children, and their parents, that Santa and his customary greeting was part of Christmas's present as well as Christmas's past.
A David Jones spokeswoman said they had discussed the situation with Westaff and their Santas would not be silenced.
"Senior management have assured us that Santas provided to David Jones have not been censored in any way," the spokeswoma said.
At Myer, where Westaff also train the fat men in red suit, Santa could not stop laughing about the suggestion.
"Myer has not directed our Santas to refrain from using 'ho, ho, ho' and believe the expression is an important Christmas tradition," a spokesman for Myer said.
Westfield's Santas are recruited and trained by RegProm Marketing and they will be "ho, ho, ho-ing" a Westfield spokeswoman said.
"Westfield Santas are known for their friendly and welcoming nature and know how to deliver a real festive 'ho, ho, ho'.
Sydney mother Maybel Lopez said she wanted her daughter Andria, 5, to grow up hearing Santa's "ho, ho, ho" just like she had and she did not realise it had other connotations.
"It's what Santa has been saying his whole life - my whole life. It is just a normal thing really for him to say 'ho, ho, ho'," Ms Lopez said.
Westaff's national Santa co-ordinator Sari Hegarty wrote to stores explaining the company's position.
"Westaff has been a provider of quality caring Santas for over forty years," Ms Hegarty wrote in an email.
"Part of our advice to our Santas is that they should be mindful of children having their first Santa experience.
"We ask our Santas to try techniques such as lowering their tone of voice and using 'ha, ha, ha' to encourage the children to come forward and meet Santa. We wish you and your family a very merry Christmas."
Westaff national operations manager Greg Jansz said it was "misleading" to say the company had banned Santa's traditional greeting and it was being left up to the discretion of Santa himself.
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| why all the talk of christmas
Posted: 12/7/2007 1:25:48 AM | | what a load of crap..... just how many generations of kids have been just fine with ho ho ho... what tosser came up with hahaha.... | |
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| why all the talk of christmas
Posted: 12/7/2007 1:27:45 AM | ^^^Now we are free to degrade women using american slang without being mistaken for Santa!  | |
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| why all the talk of christmas
Posted: 12/7/2007 1:40:58 PM | And lets face it, it's not even American slang...It's Black American Ebonics!!!!...
Would you believe they were even going to introduce Ebonics into their school curriculum because it was so common. it's like "If they can't speak properly, we'll teach them how to continue not speaking properly"....If Santa was yelling Whore, Whore, Whore then that would be different.
There's a whole range of things that we need to stand up for. This is Australia and we're Australians.....Maybe we should get the Americans to stop "rooting" for their favourite football team....I told them they could maybe root for one player, but the whole team is a bit ordinary!!! | |
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