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To: DouglasKC
So, just curious, what is the author's 'take' on Christmas trees, presents, and other such trimmings for that holiday?

Any day is what you make of it, and I say that as one who grows ever weary of splatter flicks masquerading as science fiction, and who is completely weary of 'ghost hunting' shows and demonic references on television.

When kids dress as 'Care Bears' or Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz is that evil, too?

For them, it is just fun to be someone/something else for a little while and score some treats doing it. (Treats which are freely given, because a six-year old isn't likely to TP your house or slash your tires--at least not in my area.)

As for the numerous references to entitlement mentalities, even kids know the 'better' neighborhoods have some of the best treats. Funny how success enables such generosity, and that is no cause for resentment.

55 posted on 10/30/2012 9:00:10 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
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To: Smokin' Joe

When I was very young, our family doctor lived in our neighborhood.... his house was a big stone “mansion” (to us) that had been there years before the subdivison was built. To get there, you had to walk down (what seemed like) a mile long gravel road surrounded by very tall trees. If you were brave enough to do it, you were rewarded by the doctor’s butler holding a huge silver tray loaded with FULL SIZE Hershey Bars, telling you “take as many as you want.”

Boy.... those were the days.


61 posted on 10/30/2012 9:11:42 PM PDT by workerbee (The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1)
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