http://libertine346.vox.com/library/posts/tags/christmas/page/1/ On the Prowl en Vox Fri, 26 Dec 2008 20:39:37 -0800 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss christmas http://libertine346.vox.com/library/post/after-christmas-blues.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Libertine) http://libertine346.vox.com/library/post/after-christmas-blues.html?_c=feed-rss http://libertine346.vox.com/library/post/after-christmas-blues.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 26 Dec 2008 20:39:37 -0800 I always feel let down to some degree right after Christmas, whether or not I had a good holiday. If I had a good Christmas, I want the feelings to go on, but if my Christmas sucked, I feel down because there's no hope left for recovering the holi... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://libertine346.vox.com/library/post/after-christmas-blues.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00fa9684f4fa00020109811928d2000c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> christmas rambling culture life rants http://libertine346.vox.com/library/post/christmases-past.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Libertine) http://libertine346.vox.com/library/post/christmases-past.html?_c=feed-rss http://libertine346.vox.com/library/post/christmases-past.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 25 Dec 2008 14:43:22 -0800 Both my parents grew up during the Depression. My mother was the eldest of four children and her family had an easier time of it during that time than my father, who was the eldest child in a tenant farmer family of eight children. Today, I thou... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://libertine346.vox.com/library/post/christmases-past.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00fa9684f4fa000201098118d58b000c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> christmas culture history life personal http://libertine346.vox.com/library/post/silent-night-1944.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Libertine) http://libertine346.vox.com/library/post/silent-night-1944.html?_c=feed-rss http://libertine346.vox.com/library/post/silent-night-1944.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:19:43 -0800 I found an interesting story about Christmas during World War II for one soldier that I thought my readers might enjoy. Following is the story in the soldier's own words: On 24 December 1944 I was spending my Christmas at a little place called ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://libertine346.vox.com/library/post/silent-night-1944.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00fa9684f4fa00020109d0768903000e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> christmas culture history life world war ii http://libertine346.vox.com/library/post/cat-christmas-tree.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Libertine) http://libertine346.vox.com/library/post/cat-christmas-tree.html?_c=feed-rss http://libertine346.vox.com/library/post/cat-christmas-tree.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:45:51 -0800 <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://libertine346.vox.com/library/post/cat-christmas-tree.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00fa9684f4fa0002010980c34432000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> christmas animals culture life cats http://libertine346.vox.com/library/post/bad-santa.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Libertine) http://libertine346.vox.com/library/post/bad-santa.html?_c=feed-rss http://libertine346.vox.com/library/post/bad-santa.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:22:13 -0800 When Santa Runs Out of Coal... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://libertine346.vox.com/library/post/bad-santa.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00fa9684f4fa000201098157b1a7000d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> humor christmas culture life cartoons http://libertine346.vox.com/library/post/christmas-charity-and-teenagers.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Libertine) http://libertine346.vox.com/library/post/christmas-charity-and-teenagers.html?_c=feed-rss http://libertine346.vox.com/library/post/christmas-charity-and-teenagers.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:29:31 -0800 During the Christmas season, while many people are out buying gifts for loved ones, they are also thinking of charity, what they can do to help the less fortunate during the holiday season. In my town, the Salvation Army bellringers are out at W... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://libertine346.vox.com/library/post/christmas-charity-and-teenagers.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00fa9684f4fa00020109d07520fd000e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> christmas culture life teenagers charity http://libertine346.vox.com/library/post/a-christmas-tradition.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Libertine) http://libertine346.vox.com/library/post/a-christmas-tradition.html?_c=feed-rss http://libertine346.vox.com/library/post/a-christmas-tradition.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:09:10 -0800 Every year, when it came time to decorate the Christmas tree, when my mother and, later, my father, would unpack the lights and the ornaments, they'd find light strands that no longer worked, boxes of broken ornaments, and there would never be eno... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://libertine346.vox.com/library/post/a-christmas-tradition.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00fa9684f4fa0002010980c1826e000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> christmas memories culture life personal http://libertine346.vox.com/library/post/political-correctness-gone-haywire.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Libertine) http://libertine346.vox.com/library/post/political-correctness-gone-haywire.html?_c=feed-rss http://libertine346.vox.com/library/post/political-correctness-gone-haywire.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:50:39 -0800 It seems as if the political correctness police have a new target: Santa Claus. In Sydney, Australia, department store Santas have been banned from saying "Ho, ho, ho" to the children who come to see them, being instructed to say, "Ha, ha, ha, in... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://libertine346.vox.com/library/post/political-correctness-gone-haywire.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00fa9684f4fa00020109d0f4c166000f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> christmas culture life rants political correctness santa claus http://libertine346.vox.com/library/post/the-reason-for-the-season-1.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Libertine) http://libertine346.vox.com/library/post/the-reason-for-the-season-1.html?_c=feed-rss http://libertine346.vox.com/library/post/the-reason-for-the-season-1.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:09:32 -0800 In recent years, we've heard about a supposed "War on Christmas", which is implicated as one facet of a war on Christianity in general. Some people are now offended by the long-standing greeting, "Happy Holidays", even though it's been around, wi... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://libertine346.vox.com/library/post/the-reason-for-the-season-1.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00fa9684f4fa00020109d0f3a9c0000f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> christmas religion culture politics life paganism christianity political correctness http://libertine346.vox.com/library/post/christmas-lights-white-or-multi-colored.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Libertine) http://libertine346.vox.com/library/post/christmas-lights-white-or-multi-colored.html?_c=feed-rss http://libertine346.vox.com/library/post/christmas-lights-white-or-multi-colored.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:40:49 -0800 When I was a little kid in the sixties, nearly everyone used multi-colored strings of lights for their Christmas decorating. Strands with small bulbs were used on the indoor trees, sometimes the blinking kind, while most people used the large-bu... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://libertine346.vox.com/library/post/christmas-lights-white-or-multi-colored.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00fa9684f4fa0002010980bdf38d000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> christmas memories culture history life opinion