tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235715250548029188.post1509515969498833613..comments2023-11-03T03:48:05.784-05:00Comments on My Life Interrupted: Thanksgiving Comes FirstLorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04441204804740501624noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235715250548029188.post-43310804962415316082011-10-26T11:36:23.592-05:002011-10-26T11:36:23.592-05:00Lori:
I was just re-reading some of my favorite p...Lori:<br /><br />I was just re-reading some of my favorite pieces written about Thanksgiving Comes First, and of course yours was on the list. I still find this to be an extremely eloquent piece, and thanks again for having posted it!Suldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235715250548029188.post-20103643852008460012010-11-15T21:22:31.513-06:002010-11-15T21:22:31.513-06:00I haven't read the comments , but I was think...I haven't read the comments , but I was thinking, whether or not you are Catholic, the practice of Advent is a truly beautiful and intentional way to make Christmas more about the truth. It completely changed how I looked at the whole thing and gave me something to focus on instead of the mall.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15924061349390319473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235715250548029188.post-15913717974906476882010-11-12T07:16:58.182-06:002010-11-12T07:16:58.182-06:00excellent post! it is extremely sad when a religi...excellent post! it is extremely sad when a religious holiday becomes more of a marketing strategy than a message.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235715250548029188.post-13299502288457996762010-11-10T20:33:56.738-06:002010-11-10T20:33:56.738-06:00Suldog is awesome to launch the Thanksgiving Comes...Suldog is awesome to launch the Thanksgiving Comes First feature and I'm so glad you posted about it-- Beautifully and heart-felt too, I might add. Thanks for joining in and thanks for the shout-out.<br />xoxo jjJoanna Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10836376588710862173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235715250548029188.post-71767354834164992362010-11-09T21:36:16.584-06:002010-11-09T21:36:16.584-06:00xmas decors out in oct?! no way! we dont celebrate...xmas decors out in oct?! no way! we dont celebrate "thanksgiving day" here but if we were to then i wouldn't get caught in the xmas hype and just enjoy the festivals as they come. :)<br /><br />~ash's mumAshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339315397104794149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235715250548029188.post-31554971121457680672010-11-09T12:02:17.492-06:002010-11-09T12:02:17.492-06:00Hi Lori,
I agree with you wholeheartedly. It all ...Hi Lori,<br /><br />I agree with you wholeheartedly. It all feels a crazy and out of control. Of course, as an Al-Anon I know I can only do my part. I'm powerless over Christmas madness, but I can control my own actions and my reaction to what I see around me. So this year I will let it begin with me, as we say in the program. I will strive to be an example of what recovery looks like.<br /><br />Thanks for this post. Thanks, too, for stopping by my blog despite my infrequent postings these last couple of months. Slowly, things begin to feel a little less crazy and I hope to be around and able to visit more often.<br /><br />Take care.Kathy M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17266701533758183054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235715250548029188.post-91569966362344236322010-11-08T19:31:11.551-06:002010-11-08T19:31:11.551-06:00Our family stopped the madness about four years ag...Our family stopped the madness about four years ago...we now gather on Christmas Eve...make something like 250 sack lunches for the homeless...and go to downtown Phoenix to distribute...it can be done..ain't for city galshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14938751007704247232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235715250548029188.post-14904999182565521662010-11-08T15:31:03.999-06:002010-11-08T15:31:03.999-06:00Amen!Amen!Together We Savehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17294423259234525733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235715250548029188.post-90718305031670900972010-11-07T23:22:00.872-06:002010-11-07T23:22:00.872-06:00I'm in such agreement! The happiest day of the...I'm in such agreement! The happiest day of the year for me is when the tree comes down the day after Christmas and I can go on living my life more peaceful than it does in the weeks leading up to Christmas!Sandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09894333322881236627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235715250548029188.post-58041761129417064412010-11-07T11:19:29.895-06:002010-11-07T11:19:29.895-06:00Oh! I remember THanksgiving Comes First! I did tha...Oh! I remember THanksgiving Comes First! I did that with suldog last year, too -- <br /><br />And I know what you mean about the commercialism and i want i want -- I am this year trying to find a way to not think about that and to find my joy again...I started this thinking last year and it helped, so this year going to work on it again!Kathryn Magendiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12863595228298349863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235715250548029188.post-51084747626122229172010-11-07T02:11:02.878-06:002010-11-07T02:11:02.878-06:00Hi Lori,
Thanks for the beautiful post. I can say ...Hi Lori,<br />Thanks for the beautiful post. I can say you wrote with all your heart...<br />Here in Indonesia... all the christmas decorations or santa will spread out the malls usually in a month before the christmas day... as well as other major holidays such as Eid ul Fitr or others.... malls will crowded with shades of the festive holiday itself a month earlier...<br /><br />Hope you and family have a blessed Christmas this year!<br />hugs,<br />nensaNENSA MOONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02124515153661111077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235715250548029188.post-18674375449218728642010-11-05T18:19:47.298-05:002010-11-05T18:19:47.298-05:00Lori thank you for sharing from your heart dear on...Lori thank you for sharing from your heart dear one. Blessings.Just Be Realhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15815210059310140144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235715250548029188.post-20152986084521611442010-11-05T16:06:14.218-05:002010-11-05T16:06:14.218-05:00I hate that about retail...they push Christmas so ...I hate that about retail...they push Christmas so hard that you are tired of Christmas before it even starts!shortmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18083148312260283511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235715250548029188.post-67729581738970970362010-11-05T10:20:19.757-05:002010-11-05T10:20:19.757-05:00Hi Lori -
Thanks for your visit and for your own...Hi Lori - <br /><br />Thanks for your visit and for your own contribution to TCF.<br /><br />Personally, I wish Christmas were more like Thanksgiving, or maybe Easter: gifts &c. for <i>children</i>, the festive dinner for everyone over the age of 10 or 12 or something. Why not?<br /><br />Every year I float this idea with the family. No luck yet. I think it's a good idea: get some toys for the kids, then figure what you would have spent, take half of that and give it to charity, and put the other half back in the bank.<br /><br />Or something.<br /><br />You could still roast some chestnuts by the fire, if that's your thing. Well, enough of this. Maybe I'll post on it closer to Christmas. <br /><br />Thanksgiving comes first ;-)Crickethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07584174478393760131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235715250548029188.post-84063423652389428262010-11-05T10:01:36.486-05:002010-11-05T10:01:36.486-05:00First, thanks so much for your visit to my place a...First, thanks so much for your visit to my place and your comments. Yep, we share very much the same sentiments about Thanksgiving coming first and the Christmas Season begins later! I suppose when I was a child there was commercialization then too of this beautiful holiday, but what I remember most, what I try to do with and for my family, is to remember the true meaning of Christmas. Sure there will be gift-giving on Christmas Eve, but our objective is to celebrate along the way with various traditional services in our church as well as the Christmas Eve service. By the way, I see you and I follow 12 of the same bloggers -no mean feat, ya know! Good to meet you and hope to hear from you again in the future too. Now, go and prepare for a very Happy Thanksgiving and we can all unite to give the commercialization aspect a very cold shoulder!Jenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425701332785470116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235715250548029188.post-6355204273312596132010-11-05T01:20:59.402-05:002010-11-05T01:20:59.402-05:00I agree that Christmas has gotten a bit too commer...I agree that Christmas has gotten a bit too commercial, but I don't really mind hearing Christmas carols early. I love Christmas carols --all of them. I don't like it either when Christmas has become all about shopping, what to get, what to ask for, etc., but I don't think we should blame the retailers for doing what they do to get more business their way. Christmas should be in our hearts and it should not matter what marketers choose to put out. A little bit of a contrarian view, sorry.Buckeroomamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02408502555249594576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235715250548029188.post-67704030677661109042010-11-05T01:12:46.102-05:002010-11-05T01:12:46.102-05:00Can I get a "Oh Yeah!" I so agree. And...Can I get a "Oh Yeah!" I so agree. And I think it spreads into everything. Capitalism run amuck is at the core of so many of our country's problems.<br /><br />Excellent post.Pseudohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10430783970802030846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235715250548029188.post-56675579173059614872010-11-04T16:23:16.487-05:002010-11-04T16:23:16.487-05:00Great post, I can't stand the Christmas push.....Great post, I can't stand the Christmas push...<br /><br />I tried to email you about the almond flour and also to give you some info on gluten free baking, but I don't think it worked. Email me at the_rivers(at)frontier(dot)com and I will send that info your way! :)Riahlihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08525310321786184469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235715250548029188.post-32657835951239502442010-11-04T14:01:56.912-05:002010-11-04T14:01:56.912-05:00I refuse to acknowledge Christmas until Santa ride...I refuse to acknowledge Christmas until Santa rides in the Thanksgiving Day parade.Nessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779269921583131094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235715250548029188.post-24913125992005909382010-11-04T13:54:34.213-05:002010-11-04T13:54:34.213-05:00For me, Thanksgiving is its own special day. Very ...For me, Thanksgiving is its own special day. Very different from Christmas. And like you, I am so sorry that Christmas is so commercial now. The sweet spirit of Christmas is overpowered by pressure and stress and buying presents. You and your family are keeping your priorities straight.CiCihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08615265608675467505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235715250548029188.post-53688598342187529852010-11-04T08:41:25.767-05:002010-11-04T08:41:25.767-05:00Hi Lori....oh I agree with you but I have to admit...Hi Lori....oh I agree with you but I have to admit that Christmas is my favorite holiday and always has been. I don't lose sight that it is Jesus's birthday and that's who should get the glory but I love the holiday. It's the only time of year that everyone seems to show their love for one another. My parents really made it fun for all of us kids and I think that is why I love it still. Now...I totally agree with you on the commercialism end of it and it starting too soon. You are absolutely right!! We seem to just combine Thanksgiving and Christmas and blow right through that wonderful holiday. For a lot of people I know...Thanksgiving is their favorite holiday because it's not all about money....and one upping everyone to get the perfect gift. My husband feels exactly the same as you do. I try to see the forest for the trees but I get caught up in it. Thanks for posting this food for thought....an excellent reminder. There have been many years we had no money and it was brutal. I started making homemade things a few years ago....people loved them! I may do that again this year.Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08324773183766269250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235715250548029188.post-37655161876524358482010-11-04T08:30:28.743-05:002010-11-04T08:30:28.743-05:00Very well written. I totally agree with you Lori. ...Very well written. I totally agree with you Lori. Christmas is way too commercialized and I was reading a similar post and thinking.."yes..Christmas is about family..celebrating the birth of Christ. " <br />I too get distressed around this time of year..for some of the same reasons and for others as well.<br />xo<br />thinking of you.mommytoalothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08389938416950823534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235715250548029188.post-33254049028890617792010-11-04T00:37:30.447-05:002010-11-04T00:37:30.447-05:00Many thanks for your kind comments. We don't h...Many thanks for your kind comments. We don't have Thanksgiving in Europe, so I understand that Christmas makes a shy entrance in November in my old home country, England.<br /><br />However, here in Sweden, things are low-key, and Christmas doesn't really get started until the first Advent, usually at the beginning of December. <br /><br />I do hate the commercialism of Christmas though!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235715250548029188.post-37563839623209218842010-11-03T11:50:57.917-05:002010-11-03T11:50:57.917-05:00I'm with you. I dread the Christmas season. I&...I'm with you. I dread the Christmas season. I'm headed to Suldog.Midlife Roadtripperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700277803842883251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235715250548029188.post-79433118435202052522010-11-03T11:19:51.541-05:002010-11-03T11:19:51.541-05:00I love Christmas time but you're right about t...I love Christmas time but you're right about the commercialism shoved in our face overload.Rheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027061380778030388noreply@blogger.com