tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5237925.post8569205060959365348..comments2023-08-16T13:30:36.797-06:00Comments on Peace or Freedom: It's not even THANKSGIVING yet!Ragin' Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04421198497767878287noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5237925.post-2267419540793704332016-11-19T12:31:38.847-07:002016-11-19T12:31:38.847-07:00i just spent a week in charlotte, nc, visiting fri...i just spent a week in charlotte, nc, visiting friends. charlotte is where the whole christmas thing begins. the city has decorations and lights up and operating. people have trees up and decorated. the stores, the local kiwanis clubs, the boy scouts, et al, are all selling chopped down pine trees and people are buying them. in 6 weeks they'll be dessicated piles of tinder..... its unreal. p2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5237925.post-5541016113929620242016-11-18T18:12:56.468-07:002016-11-18T18:12:56.468-07:00Allow me to add also that I came very, very close ...Allow me to add also that I came very, very close to buying some cute inexpensive turkey salt and pepper shakers. I had to ask myself if I'd just lost my mind. The answer was, "No." Talk about dodging a bullet.Adriennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01562944653624224107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5237925.post-76955182541166692552016-11-18T18:10:03.564-07:002016-11-18T18:10:03.564-07:00Over the past two years I have culled just about a...Over the past two years I have culled just about all my Christmas "stuff." If it didn't fit in my steamer trunk in the bedroom, it had to go. Even the tree got downsized. Now putting up the tree, the manger scene, and a few things from my childhood is actually fun, No hauling in box after box from the barn.<br /><br />Our stores had Christmas stuff out before Halloween, but now the stores are just bursting. Okay - that being said, it's fun to look at all the crap knowing that you're not going to buy any of it. It's a form of gloating and it feels good. <br /><br />Adriennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01562944653624224107noreply@blogger.com