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Hi Word
Good to be reading you again. I, too, am determined not to go crazy with spending this year. I want to do it right. Only a few years left with the kiddies at home........
posted by
Wildwoman_Laloba
on October 22, 2005 at 2:08 PM
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Joe, that one had me laughing all right.
posted by
word.smith
on October 21, 2005 at 8:15 PM
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word.smith
Every year, the Christmas Season gets about a week longer. Amazing that October is beginning to get consumed by it. Live long enough, and we might see the Christmas Season begin in January. LOL
posted by
Joe_Love
on October 21, 2005 at 7:47 PM
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Avant, it sure would!
posted by
word.smith
on October 21, 2005 at 7:07 AM
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word.smith
Me, too. I regret that we cannot be giving all year long. It would make things so much easier on everyone.
posted by
avant-garde
on October 21, 2005 at 5:39 AM
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Hey Divine!
Always good to see you.
posted by
word.smith
on October 21, 2005 at 5:18 AM
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Aria,
I look forward to that too. After Christmas Day, we pile into our car and head out to St. Bess to see the relatives.
posted by
word.smith
on October 21, 2005 at 5:18 AM
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Rhiannon
Good one. Thanks for sharing that. I'll have to try that sometime....Now to work up some willpower. 
posted by
word.smith
on October 21, 2005 at 5:17 AM
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Okay Jo,
Sounds like a good plan...
posted by
word.smith
on October 21, 2005 at 5:15 AM
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For real though.
posted by
Divine_1
on October 21, 2005 at 2:31 AM
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I missed christmas in Jamaica. It was always fun with family gathering. Thanks for reminding me.
posted by
Aria4
on October 20, 2005 at 7:15 PM
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Word
I don't blame the merchants. I think of Socrates, though; how he'd go to the Agoura (the Mall, in other words), look at all the wares and think, "Isn't it wonderful all the things I can do without."
posted by
Rhiannon1
on October 20, 2005 at 5:23 PM
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It is
a play and then parents can by the matching comic
The teachers need to have their hands on the play early.
All makes sense we will market it through chain stores with stocking stufferes.
They won't get the chance to forget believe that one,
Jo
posted by
brisbane_artist
on October 20, 2005 at 4:20 PM
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You've got that right, Quirky!
posted by
word.smith
on October 20, 2005 at 11:57 AM
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I think your last sentence is absolutely right on...but if everyone did that, the merchants would probably advertise Christmas all year long instead of starting in October!
posted by
Julia.
on October 20, 2005 at 11:46 AM
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Interesting fact that, Telly....
I imagine it has to do with information overload and finding a means of coping. Good thing you got out of that job....
posted by
word.smith
on October 20, 2005 at 5:44 AM
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Libertine, neither am I!
posted by
word.smith
on October 20, 2005 at 5:42 AM
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Jo, good luck to you on that comic book....
July sound early, but won't people be likely to forget about it, unless you plan to have it out there during the intervening months between then and Christmas?
posted by
word.smith
on October 20, 2005 at 5:40 AM
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Yeah, I just finally got to the point where I simply could not do it any more. All my creativity just fled, couldn't draw, couldn't design, didn't want to. And it just kept getting worse until I finally broke down. But I guess nearly twenty five years of working in publishing will do that -- they did a study once, and found out that one profession that had the highest rates of alcoholism per employee was in newspaper publishing. I believe it.
posted by
telynor
on October 20, 2005 at 12:28 AM
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I saw some Christmas stuff at Target today. I just don't think I'm ready yet!!
posted by
Holy_Grail
on October 19, 2005 at 7:21 PM
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Welllllllllll
I am writing a Christmas book with a friend. She has written a play and I am turning it into a comic.
We will be launching it in July.
I think the marketing ploys start to take on more meaning when it is you doing the marketing.
Jo
posted by
brisbane_artist
on October 19, 2005 at 2:36 PM
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Jillian,
Thanks for your visit.
posted by
word.smith
on October 19, 2005 at 1:58 PM
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thanks for stopping by, sometimes it is nice to put a face to a name, I think. enjoyed your post! j.
posted by
Jillians.New-Beginning
on October 19, 2005 at 1:14 PM
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Rhiannon,
Perhaps merchants if they don't start blasting us with information from early on out, we'll not be wooed into buying stuff we don't need.
posted by
word.smith
on October 19, 2005 at 1:13 PM
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I'm glad you made the point as to whose birtday we're celebrating
The meaning of the season does get lost in commercialism. Any season. I was freaking when they started advance marketing Halloween the beginning of September. Rhiannon
posted by
Rhiannon1
on October 19, 2005 at 12:53 PM
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Symphony, better get those blinkers on
to pass the shops. Hope this won't be you!
posted by
word.smith
on October 19, 2005 at 11:02 AM
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Telly,
I can only think about how stressful it must be for ad excutives and people who works in retail etc. I have one more thing to be thankful for at this time of year.
posted by
word.smith
on October 19, 2005 at 11:00 AM
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Ginnie,
I guess we should be grateful for even a month's worth of Joy.
posted by
word.smith
on October 19, 2005 at 10:58 AM
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I always buy to much...this year is going to be different
because I cant afford to..........I was in a shop the other day and already they are playing xmas music....Hmmm...better get my ass in gear.
posted by
_Symphony_
on October 19, 2005 at 10:47 AM
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I do know what you mean by the whole Christmas thing. Working as I did in advertising, I'd start doing Christmas ads by the end of September, and by November was heartily sick of it all. Not to mention that it was the most grueling time of year, right up until christmas eve, at which it was the ceremonial time for the entire department to unscrew the bottles and get smashed once the last of the paper was put to bed.
posted by
telynor
on October 19, 2005 at 10:44 AM
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I remember reading once...
...people lamenting the fact that Christmas cheer didn't last...but the author said that at least we have this peace, love and joy once a year...which is better than never at all. Kinda sad I guess but those feelings you mentioned are great ones!
posted by
ginnieb
on October 19, 2005 at 7:59 AM
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