Comments on: The Christmas Post http://templeofjennifer.com/blog/2009/12/30/the-christmas-post Demure is Overrated! Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:18:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: SB Smith http://templeofjennifer.com/blog/2009/12/30/the-christmas-post/comment-page-1#comment-4698 SB Smith Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:35:44 +0000 http://templeofjennifer.com/blog/?p=1977#comment-4698 We had a nice Christmas. No catastrophic drama this year, thank God. A funeral director once told me that there are 3 things that bring out the worst in families: births, marriages, and funerals. You have relatives getting together that sometimes rarely see each other, or avoid each other the rest of the time and the sparks fly. Said his job was never boring. I think I'd add Thanksgiving and Christmas to that list.  Relatives attending only because the fallout for Not attending is a big deterent. Last but not least, my heart goes out to the people who, for whatever reason, have no one to spend the holidays with, and/or feel heartbroken each  Christmas and they absolutely Dread it. The holiday cannot come and go fast enough for them.   We had a nice Christmas. No catastrophic drama this year, thank God. A funeral director once told me that there are 3 things that bring out the worst in families: births, marriages, and funerals. You have relatives getting together that sometimes rarely see each other, or avoid each other the rest of the time and the sparks fly. Said his job was never boring. I think I’d add Thanksgiving and Christmas to that list.  Relatives attending only because the fallout for Not attending is a big deterent.
Last but not least, my heart goes out to the people who, for whatever reason, have no one to spend the holidays with, and/or feel heartbroken each  Christmas and they absolutely Dread it. The holiday cannot come and go fast enough for them.
 

]]> By: Leslie W http://templeofjennifer.com/blog/2009/12/30/the-christmas-post/comment-page-1#comment-4697 Leslie W Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:37:35 +0000 http://templeofjennifer.com/blog/?p=1977#comment-4697 Awesome as usual - I will not comment on Mass (possibly the only non-Catholic who goes to Mass a lot - family issue). I do love the German one downtown - I spend so much time attempting to translate that the hour just whizzes by. I do not however like the Latin one - I think that is related to the summer of my 8th year when for some reason my two older sisters decided to marry within two weeks of each other (competition does have it's down side). So we had a Catholic Mass and an Episcopal Mass (which all upteen children were part of the wedding 'party' - whoever came up with the terms was a sadist of the nth degree) - let's just say both events were awful and became a suppressed memory (sadly as is most of my childhood). I received a Pulse Live Scribe - me the techno-retard. I can't wait until the masses (i.e. hubby and two adult children) wander back to their respective school/caves so that I can take back my life and actually put it to good use. Meanwhile the Mother decided to do a dress rehearsal of  her deathbed event and we were all called to the hospital (the day after we drove 5 hours in the snow returning from seeing the newest and 6th (or is it 7th or 8th?!?) most beautiful child  born in America. So off I trudge - by about 1PM - I am just so disgusted that the other two surviving siblings are basically - good riddance and not coming. Look I have no love lost for the harbinger of  most of my neurosis (or is that neurosi?) but I do know what is the right thing to do and when to suck it up and do it. The news of her impending death was greatly exaggerated (which is also a family tradition). So all I can say is - Happy New Year - it has to be better than the one we just went through. Awesome as usual – I will not comment on Mass (possibly the only non-Catholic who goes to Mass a lot – family issue). I do love the German one downtown – I spend so much time attempting to translate that the hour just whizzes by. I do not however like the Latin one – I think that is related to the summer of my 8th year when for some reason my two older sisters decided to marry within two weeks of each other (competition does have it’s down side). So we had a Catholic Mass and an Episcopal Mass (which all upteen children were part of the wedding ‘party’ – whoever came up with the terms was a sadist of the nth degree) – let’s just say both events were awful and became a suppressed memory (sadly as is most of my childhood).
I received a Pulse Live Scribe – me the techno-retard. I can’t wait until the masses (i.e. hubby and two adult children) wander back to their respective school/caves so that I can take back my life and actually put it to good use.
Meanwhile the Mother decided to do a dress rehearsal of  her deathbed event and we were all called to the hospital (the day after we drove 5 hours in the snow returning from seeing the newest and 6th (or is it 7th or 8th?!?) most beautiful child  born in America. So off I trudge – by about 1PM – I am just so disgusted that the other two surviving siblings are basically – good riddance and not coming. Look I have no love lost for the harbinger of  most of my neurosis (or is that neurosi?) but I do know what is the right thing to do and when to suck it up and do it. The news of her impending death was greatly exaggerated (which is also a family tradition).
So all I can say is – Happy New Year – it has to be better than the one we just went through.

]]> By: Cindermutha http://templeofjennifer.com/blog/2009/12/30/the-christmas-post/comment-page-1#comment-4695 Cindermutha Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:32:20 +0000 http://templeofjennifer.com/blog/?p=1977#comment-4695 Looks like Santa dropped the motherload down your chimney. My kids wanted to get me a kindle, but I wouldn't let them have my credit card Looks like Santa dropped the motherload down your chimney.
My kids wanted to get me a kindle, but I wouldn’t let them have my credit card

]]> By: ShyAsrai http://templeofjennifer.com/blog/2009/12/30/the-christmas-post/comment-page-1#comment-4693 ShyAsrai Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:29:06 +0000 http://templeofjennifer.com/blog/?p=1977#comment-4693 (agree with your assessment of the 'oh so modern' mass) my fondest memory of Christmas Eve Mass was when son #2 was a rude 13yr old. they have this horrible 'band' that plays... the director thinks he's johnny mathis. that particular night, he sang a solo.  it was so appallingly terrible there was a horrible silence as his reedy off-key notes finally came to an end. as that horrified extended silence dragged on enveloping the enormous church, the kind where you could hear a pin drop, one young male voice piped up, "Dayyyy-um...." (agree with your assessment of the ‘oh so modern’ mass)

my fondest memory of Christmas Eve Mass was when son #2 was a rude 13yr old.

they have this horrible ‘band’ that plays… the director thinks he’s johnny mathis.

that particular night, he sang a solo.  it was so appallingly terrible there was a horrible silence as his reedy off-key notes finally came to an end.

as that horrified extended silence dragged on enveloping the enormous church, the kind where you could hear a pin drop, one young male voice piped up,

“Dayyyy-um….”

]]> By: Indiana Dave http://templeofjennifer.com/blog/2009/12/30/the-christmas-post/comment-page-1#comment-4692 Indiana Dave Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:17:53 +0000 http://templeofjennifer.com/blog/?p=1977#comment-4692 Glad you had a good christmas. I can't do the church thing, I'd be raising my hand and asking way too many questions. Glad you had a good christmas. I can’t do the church thing, I’d be raising my hand and asking way too many questions.

]]> By: darthlaurel http://templeofjennifer.com/blog/2009/12/30/the-christmas-post/comment-page-1#comment-4691 darthlaurel Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:33:03 +0000 http://templeofjennifer.com/blog/?p=1977#comment-4691 ...don't go to mass anymore but, having been raised a catholic, I can certainly appreciate what you are saying about how they handle these special masses. Personally, I loved the incense but didn't love the spiritual vacuity of too many of the sermons and special messages. Do they really want to attract the unemployed?? WTF-didn't attracting gays and leftists during the vietnam draft dodger days teach them a lesson? God have mercy.   ...don’t go to mass anymore but, having been raised a catholic, I can certainly appreciate what you are saying about how they handle these special masses.
Personally, I loved the incense but didn’t love the spiritual vacuity of too many of the sermons and special messages.
Do they really want to attract the unemployed?? WTF-didn’t attracting gays and leftists during the vietnam draft dodger days teach them a lesson? God have mercy.
 

]]> By: cbullitt http://templeofjennifer.com/blog/2009/12/30/the-christmas-post/comment-page-1#comment-4690 cbullitt Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:44:14 +0000 http://templeofjennifer.com/blog/?p=1977#comment-4690 I got off easy. Dumped the kids, wife and psychomom-in-law at 4 p.m. Christmas Eve mass because I still had to get the dinner ready. Yes, sometimes I think, therefore I am a genius. Two hour mass? I'd have been doing more than tweeting--awesome BTW. Happy New Year, Jen. I got off easy. Dumped the kids, wife and psychomom-in-law at 4 p.m. Christmas Eve mass because I still had to get the dinner ready. Yes, sometimes I think, therefore I am a genius. Two hour mass? I’d have been doing more than tweeting—awesome BTW. Happy New Year, Jen.

]]> By: eddiebear http://templeofjennifer.com/blog/2009/12/30/the-christmas-post/comment-page-1#comment-4688 eddiebear Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:22:12 +0000 http://templeofjennifer.com/blog/?p=1977#comment-4688 Darnit! Sorry. Here is something you might want to see http://doubleplusundead.mee.nu/obamas_inner_circle_certainly_is_a_cross_section_of_america#c5   Oh, and Merry Christmas! Darnit!
Sorry.
Here is something you might want to see
http://doubleplusundead.mee.nu/obamas_inner_circle_certainly_is_a_cross_section_of_america#c5
 
Oh, and Merry Christmas!

]]> By: eddiebear http://templeofjennifer.com/blog/2009/12/30/the-christmas-post/comment-page-1#comment-4687 eddiebear Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:21:17 +0000 http://templeofjennifer.com/blog/?p=1977#comment-4687 Hate to go OT, but. Hate to go OT,
but.

]]> By: Deathknyte http://templeofjennifer.com/blog/2009/12/30/the-christmas-post/comment-page-1#comment-4686 Deathknyte Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:45:07 +0000 http://templeofjennifer.com/blog/?p=1977#comment-4686 Mass in the local church is about a half hour.  Oh, and the guy in seminary could be worse, he could be gay as well. Mass in the local church is about a half hour.  Oh, and the guy in seminary could be worse, he could be gay as well.

]]> By: Doug in Salcha http://templeofjennifer.com/blog/2009/12/30/the-christmas-post/comment-page-1#comment-4685 Doug in Salcha Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:23:49 +0000 http://templeofjennifer.com/blog/?p=1977#comment-4685 OK, I "got here" by following one blogsite to another and then to still another.   "Xavier's Thoughts" to "daybyday" (by Chris Muir); Xavier is an RN who blogs about trauma nursing, bicycling, dogs, and guns and has a link to Chris Muir's site. I am fascinated by the pearls I find buried deeply inside some blogsites; yours is one.  Glad Santa was good to everyone.  Yours' looks like a happy family.  Best wishes for the New Year, Doug in Salcha (about 30 miles SE of Fairbanks in the Interior of Alaska) OK, I “got here” by following one blogsite to another and then to still another.   “Xavier’s Thoughts” to “daybyday” (by Chris Muir); Xavier is an RN who blogs about trauma nursing, bicycling, dogs, and guns and has a link to Chris Muir’s site.

I am fascinated by the pearls I find buried deeply inside some blogsites; yours is one.  Glad Santa was good to everyone.  Yours’ looks like a happy family. 

Best wishes for the New Year,

Doug in Salcha
(about 30 miles SE of Fairbanks in the Interior of Alaska)

]]> By: John C http://templeofjennifer.com/blog/2009/12/30/the-christmas-post/comment-page-1#comment-4684 John C Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:06:31 +0000 http://templeofjennifer.com/blog/?p=1977#comment-4684 Glad to hear your Christmas was great.  Not too bad here except for the youngest had a stomach illness before Christmas and gave it to the oldest for her post-Christmas pleasure.  I managed to escape it.  I'm not Catholic, so no mass for me, however, my church has a Christmas hymn festival each year and I was the organist for it this time.  It was a lot of fun and good music.  Hope your New Year is great! Glad to hear your Christmas was great.  Not too bad here except for the youngest had a stomach illness before Christmas and gave it to the oldest for her post-Christmas pleasure.  I managed to escape it.  I’m not Catholic, so no mass for me, however, my church has a Christmas hymn festival each year and I was the organist for it this time.  It was a lot of fun and good music.  Hope your New Year is great!

]]> By: Bob T http://templeofjennifer.com/blog/2009/12/30/the-christmas-post/comment-page-1#comment-4681 Bob T Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:27:33 +0000 http://templeofjennifer.com/blog/?p=1977#comment-4681 Jen...i have a kindle and it is great. A lot of the older books which are past copyright are free! Newer books are generally under ten bucks.  Also, some blogs are on kindle (HINT HINT). Loved the picture of your family.  Have a great 2010...the year we start to take this country back! Jen…i have a kindle and it is great. A lot of the older books which are past copyright are free! Newer books are generally under ten bucks.  Also, some blogs are on kindle (HINT HINT). Loved the picture of your family.  Have a great 2010…the year we start to take this country back!

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