tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post3683336779402120346..comments2024-03-28T22:15:17.067-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: Trouble at Christmas: #2—Grim Jewish ambivalence Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-83307001111568407932015-12-24T15:51:18.054-06:002015-12-24T15:51:18.054-06:00He started out heading toward a compliment, but th...He started out heading toward a compliment, but then ended up in a ditch. "You don't suck as much as usual" is not exactly a compliment. By the way, Okie, don't vogue here. It gets annoying. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-80616251871008726822015-12-24T15:33:32.143-06:002015-12-24T15:33:32.143-06:00Uncle Fred? Uncle Fred? okiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05414998405758030304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-80410576414593722882015-12-24T15:23:44.404-06:002015-12-24T15:23:44.404-06:00Uncle Fred? Uncle Fred? okiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05414998405758030304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-4544753239944578472015-12-24T15:20:36.559-06:002015-12-24T15:20:36.559-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.okiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05414998405758030304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-52204122818838553832015-12-23T23:22:52.555-06:002015-12-23T23:22:52.555-06:00Clark, You would have made a good writer for Seinf...Clark, You would have made a good writer for Seinfeld.Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-34399771903676299982015-12-23T16:07:01.086-06:002015-12-23T16:07:01.086-06:00You watch TSO in concert for the lasers & pyro...You watch TSO in concert for the lasers & pyrotechnics. A CD just won't do!Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-80751976056057965822015-12-23T15:14:37.678-06:002015-12-23T15:14:37.678-06:00I have performed it, and I agree, it's an amaz...I have performed it, and I agree, it's an amazing work. NikkiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15226032148784322997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-38877692851291032452015-12-23T14:56:45.202-06:002015-12-23T14:56:45.202-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-66555280582995678232015-12-23T14:54:24.484-06:002015-12-23T14:54:24.484-06:00The Transiberian orchestra has some nice Xmas musi...The Transiberian orchestra has some nice Xmas music. Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-80259691596487628632015-12-23T13:51:46.501-06:002015-12-23T13:51:46.501-06:00First word should have been one. More importantly,...First word should have been one. More importantly, the third stanza of the poem should read "So fair a fancy few would weave In these years..."<br /><br />TETomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-7913231155756286612015-12-23T13:19:44.287-06:002015-12-23T13:19:44.287-06:00Love the Hardy characters who get religion and bec...Love the Hardy characters who get religion and become worse for it.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-61142614261748910232015-12-23T12:25:01.287-06:002015-12-23T12:25:01.287-06:00On thing Jews probably don't have to put up wi...On thing Jews probably don't have to put up with are the increasingly artistic Christmas cards from people you scarcely know accompanied by long essays relating in tedious detail their year's travels, their travails, and the intimidating accomplishments of their progeny.<br /><br />Christmas music is not inherently bad. Just the repetition of over-produced renditions of the same pieces. Hate the massed forces of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir blasting at me in department stores and elevators. Love hearing the Service of Nine Lessons and Carols broadcast from Christ Church College Cambridge on Christmas morning.<br /><br />The best Christmas poem was by Thomas Hardy, about a country legend that animals kneel to acknowledge the birth of Christ. It confronts nicely the sweetness of the childhood belief with the skepticism about religious fables that is our adult portion. <br /><br /> Christmas Eve and twelve of the clock.<br /> "Now they are all on their knees,"<br /> An elder said as we sat in a flock<br /> By the embers in hearthside ease.<br /> <br /> We pictured the meek mild creatures where<br /> They dwelt in their strawy pen,<br /> Nor did it occur to one of us there<br /> To doubt they were kneeling then.<br /><br /> So fair a fancy few would weave<br /> In those years! Yet I feel,<br /> If someone said on Christmas Eve,<br /> "come see the oxen kneel,<br /><br /> "In the lonely barton by yonder comb<br /> Our childhood used to know,"<br /> I should go with him in the gloom<br /> Hoping it might be so.<br /><br />Tom Evans <br /><br /> Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-79606132684322315252015-12-23T11:49:02.358-06:002015-12-23T11:49:02.358-06:00Have you ever performed "L'Enfance du Chr...Have you ever performed "L'Enfance du Christ,"by Berlioz Nikki? Tears your heart out.<br /><br />Tom EvansTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-14478884315432393052015-12-23T11:41:04.077-06:002015-12-23T11:41:04.077-06:00Holidays are great because they bring people toget...Holidays are great because they bring people together to celebrate with food, music and remembrances. Whether the holiday is religious or national doesn't make much difference. If some people want to use religious holidays as a reason to attack or defend others, well that's their sorry business, as if they don't have anything better to do than hate. Just don't show up to our celebrations.<br /><br />The fight over public displays and symbolism is ridiculous. I'm agnostic, but setting up a large red letter "A" to stand for and defend non-believers is stupid. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04541828632284556589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-3651054487888150352015-12-23T10:55:17.308-06:002015-12-23T10:55:17.308-06:00Maybe for you. But then, you might not have the co...Maybe for you. But then, you might not have the cooks in your family that I do. I would call condemnation of things you don't like abject stupidity. Or to quote Thoreau, don't "mistake a private ill for a poisoned air." Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-46473990827202334952015-12-23T10:41:06.480-06:002015-12-23T10:41:06.480-06:00Of course Passover is depressing!
We're free &...Of course Passover is depressing!<br />We're free & so we have to eat crappy food for a week to celebrate it?<br />Abject stupidity!Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-89017678151049324572015-12-23T10:32:13.897-06:002015-12-23T10:32:13.897-06:00I agree with David Graf (9:08). The word "hat...I agree with David Graf (9:08). The word "hate" is one I try to avoid using; to me it's vile and destructive when used to attack someone or something, even when describing someone as a "hater". But that's just me. Being raised in the Christian faith (though currently conflicted and agnostic), the Christmas season has always represented a feeling of love and joy, and I'm grateful I can still hold onto that, at least. Happy Holidays to all.<br /><br />SandyKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-44701480881906412282015-12-23T10:30:01.700-06:002015-12-23T10:30:01.700-06:00Yeah, only 367 days to Christmas!Yeah, only 367 days to Christmas!tatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-58548759224139498052015-12-23T10:17:58.505-06:002015-12-23T10:17:58.505-06:00Clark: You find Passover depressing? "We were...Clark: You find Passover depressing? "We were slaves now we're free." It's the most apt thing in religion. With most faiths, it's the other way around: you were free now you're slaves. Though they don't come out and say it.Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-2612148724143040722015-12-23T10:11:50.103-06:002015-12-23T10:11:50.103-06:00A shame, looks like cool guy Jakash has decided no...A shame, looks like cool guy Jakash has decided not to join the new sign up. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-76519094704002578602015-12-23T10:03:01.026-06:002015-12-23T10:03:01.026-06:00No!
I hate them all except for Nat King Cole singi...No!<br />I hate them all except for Nat King Cole singing Mel Torme's Xmas song [Chestnuts roasting etc] & Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas] from Meet Me In St. Louis.Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-3649373133042116862015-12-23T09:10:08.401-06:002015-12-23T09:10:08.401-06:00I've always loved to play "O, Holy Night,...I've always loved to play "O, Holy Night," it's a beautiful piece for cello. One of the best renditions I've heard is by the Swedish tenor Jussi Bjorling, just gorgeous. The thing that bugs me, and this is where the "War on Christmas" should focus, is the Christmas creep. More and more stores are putting out stuff before Halloween, soon I guess some will just keep it year round. NikkiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15226032148784322997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-85919088884077322652015-12-23T09:08:02.949-06:002015-12-23T09:08:02.949-06:00It's ironic that a season that is supposed to ...It's ironic that a season that is supposed to be about joy, peace and love gets twisted into another reason for people to hate each other. Par for the course. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-34255034574597042782015-12-23T08:35:31.552-06:002015-12-23T08:35:31.552-06:00"Usual hate"? Cite an example or shut up..."Usual hate"? Cite an example or shut up. Some people consider it hate when people think differently and say so. If the entire culture stopped dead in its tracks for a week for my holiday, I'd show a little more consideration for the underlings who don't celebrate it, don't share my religion, and yet manage far more grace, without a God, than you can manage with one.Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-59872313803052033372015-12-23T07:18:37.393-06:002015-12-23T07:18:37.393-06:00Clark get to youtube and have a listen to Otis Red...Clark get to youtube and have a listen to Otis Reddings bluesy version of White Christmas and you might change your mind. Or the Temptations Silent Night or David Bowie's Drummer Boy version. It's a lot better than boring Bing on his own. Also try the Drifter's version of WC.Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.com