People wonder why I have occasional Scroogey tendencies around this time of year.
I’m just sitting here watching TV as I work. I think this quote from a commercial I just saw sums it up pretty well:
Now in stores: Christmas with Boney M!
Really? The world needs this? The newly remastered version of this no less?
I can’t be the only one that thinks we might have lost our way here.
And not to rag on anybody’s religion, but I don’t want to hear any story that ends with “Now where’d that body get off to? Gaw-lee, that fella in the cave says it dun-gone to heaven.” There’s less nutty stuff later on, but are you really going to take the word of some guy hanging out alone in a cave where they chuck dead bodies?
December 6th, 2007 at 11:56 pm
Okay, I got curious. There are two other accounts of the ascension.
Luke says there were two guys who just kind of showed up, scaring the crap out of them. http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2024:2-8;&version=31;
In Acts, they had the chance to see the ascension, but missed it because it was cloudy. Isn’t that always the way?
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%201:9-11;&version=31;
December 7th, 2007 at 1:50 pm
Not to be pedantic, but you are barking up the wrong holiday. This is the one where he was born. The bunny doesn’t go to heaven until Easter.
December 7th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
OMG! Can I have Christmas with Boney M?
I’m beginning to think that maybe I’ve driven you to become more scroogey… heh…
December 7th, 2007 at 6:27 pm
I don’t so much celebrate “Christmas” as I celebrate “Non-Specific Winter Holiday Celebration Featuring Turkey, Excessive Family, And Competitive Displays Of Reciprocal Wealth”, or NSWHCFTEFACDORW. For simplicity, I pronounce it “Christmas” and celebrate it on the 25th so as to coincide with the holiday of others.
Although when I have a family of my own, I want to introduce some Snowflake Day traditions, like “Lamb Tacos”, “Snowflake Jack”, and the “Cabbage Patch Dance”.
December 8th, 2007 at 9:00 pm
HEY!!! The Boney M Christmas album is a WAGNER FAMILY CLASSIC! We listen to it every year, and oh yeah, it RULES!!!
I can’t believe you went there…next you are going to be slamming our other fave, “A Muppet Family Christmas with John Denver”. And yes, we do own the digitally remastered version of that too.