Ms. Ed making plans for Christmas

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6715345

Oh my.

Ms. Ed, the unappellated eohippus:

Horse with no Name  (1000+ posts)        Wed Oct-07-09 05:25 AM
Original message
 
How do you intend to spend Christmas this year?

We are not attending our annual family Christmas get together--mainly because of the flu. Also because of the expense of traveling cross-country.

We are going to have a small celebration at our home--with good food and fun.

I have set a very limited cash budget for Christmas--mostly limited to vintage books, homemade ornaments,homemade cookies and some homemade raspberry preserves.

Fortunately nobody in my immediate family is in any kind of financial need.

For the kids, we have booked a Polar Express train excursion.

We shall donate several complete turkey dinners to the needy.

We will sponsor an angel.

My friends and I are doing a cookie swap party--everyone bakes 6 dozen of the same kind of cookie and you come to the party and take 6 different kinds home with you--great way to share baking and be able to vary up the selection for gifting.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Given her record as a primitive, Ms. Ed's probably going to empty the wallet, wear down the plastic, at Wal-Mart.

Brand-new bonfire.

[franksolich]

Well, finally some primitives at Ms. Ed's bonfire:

Are_grits_groceries  (1000+ posts)        Wed Oct-07-09 05:40 AM
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3. I HATE Christmas!

I worked in retail for over 20 years, and that was enough to make me loathe the holiday season. People are mean, and they get meaner by the day.

I have a celebration in July with a group of relatives. We give out presents and decorate a tree in the yard with bird feeders and such for the winged ones(and the squirrels of course).

One Christmas I watched 2 customers rolling on the floor in a fight because one of them broke in line. I almost got fired for singing "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" while they were rumbling.

Skittles  (1000+ posts)      Wed Oct-07-09 05:46 AM
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6. Chrismas season, I was behind this woman at a clothing store checkout

she was bitching at the young cashier, who was nearly in tears - I interrupted with, "SO, are you always a bitch or just around the holidays?" She stormed off and the clerk said to me with undisguised admiration, "YOU ARE MY HERO!"

eilen  (1000+ posts)      Wed Oct-07-09 07:02 AM
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11. i'm working all Christmas weekend

Hospitals like to empty their beds-- and who doesn't want to be home for Christmas and not have to spend it in the hospital? So I'll likely be admitting people to our homecare agency (that is, if they actually train me to do admits the way my "never-ending orientation" is going). However, we are still losing money this quarter, so who knows? Maybe I'll get a nice pink slip for the holiday myself.

[JohnnyReb]

I'm gonna steal some tarps and plastic off a construction site, break some limbs off the trees and bushes in the park for a fire, make a camp on some rich dudes vacant property, get some fresh clothes from the Salvation Army, take a bath in the Macky-Dees bathroom, beg some food from the local HOPE organization, trade the food for wine, sell the clothes, stand by the road with a "will work for food" sign, take only money, wallow on the ground and get falling down drunk.... then log onto the DUmp and scream....

I FEEL YOUR PAIN..... please send hangover medicine ......a quart of Rebel Yell should do it...I'm feeling rather racist.

[The Village Idiot]

I'm gonna steal some tarps and plastic off a construction site, break some limbs off the trees and bushes in the park for a fire, make a camp on some rich dudes vacant property, get some fresh clothes from the Salvation Army, take a bath in the Macky-Dees bathroom, beg some food from the local HOPE organization, trade the food for wine, sell the clothes, stand by the road with a "will work for food" sign, take only money, wallow on the ground and get falling down drunk.... then log onto the DUmp and scream....

I FEEL YOUR PAIN..... please send hangover medicine ......a quart of Rebel Yell should do it...I'm feeling rather racist.

lol. A normal DU Christmas then.

[Alpha Mare]

I'll likely be admitting people to our homecare agency (that is, if they actually train me to do admits the way my "never-ending orientation" is going). However, we are still losing money this quarter,

If she's not even cleared to do admits, she's in no position to know anything about quarterly financials.

[jtyangel]

You know what actually struck me about all this was that Mrs. Ed at least tried to talk cheerfully about the holidays(while bolstering herself up on how charitable she is) and right on cue the dismay and gloom and mean-spiritness that is liberalism takes over with every Scrooge in their ranks talking about how they hate the holidays. No, people are not always on their best behavior, but the times I have worked retail, I have actually found *most* people generally smiling more and are more cheerful, especially if one takes the time to actually greet them or send them off with the disallowed holiday greeting "Merry Christmas". If not for the liberal trying to douse any mention of it, I think people would likely be a lot more cheerful being reminded what the holiday is all about in just that pleasant, celebratory 2 word greeting.

[thundley4]

You know what actually struck me about all this was that Mrs. Ed at least tried to talk cheerfully about the holidays(while bolstering herself up on how charitable she is) and right on cue the dismay and gloom and mean-spiritness that is liberalism takes over with every Scrooge in their ranks talking about how they hate the holidays. No, people are not always on their best behavior, but the times I have worked retail, I have actually found *most* people generally smiling more and are more cheerful, especially if one takes the time to actually greet them or send them off with the disallowed holiday greeting "Merry Christmas". If not for the liberal trying to douse any mention of it, I think people would likely be a lot more cheerful being reminded what the holiday is all about in just that pleasant, celebratory 2 word greeting.

 

I get annoyed with the crowds, which is why we do our shopping early, but going to the stores near Christmas can't be avoided.  I still try and be friendly with the clerks/checkout workers. I have never went shopping on Black Friday.

[jtyangel]

 

I get annoyed with the crowds, which is why we do our shopping early, but going to the stores near Christmas can't be avoided.  I still try and be friendly with the clerks/checkout workers. I have never went shopping on Black Friday.

I haven't either. I try and get it done too so I can just enjoy the decorations and such, especially in malls, during that time of year. But like you, I keep in mind the joy of the season and try and be pleasant to everyone, especially that time of year when people may actually be putting a lot of stress on themselves to purchase gifts they might not really be able to afford.