tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post8903249836106571958..comments2024-02-27T12:41:35.811-08:00Comments on Coming to Terms...: The Ghost...Lisa :-]http://www.blogger.com/profile/02237889098638895390noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post-74559578129482180762004-12-01T02:35:00.000-08:002004-12-01T02:35:00.000-08:00We all want them back and try to recreate them. I...We all want them back and try to recreate them. I've had some doozies since childhood. My first love (who I loved with all the stregnth a 24 year old heart could have) broke up with me on Christmaas eve after three years together. Christmas has never been the same for me again. Incredible sadness would accompany it for a long time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post-23652464820300672722004-12-01T03:20:00.000-08:002004-12-01T03:20:00.000-08:00I think we want it so bad because retailers taunt ...I think we want it so bad because retailers taunt us with it. All the advertisers pull at our heartstrings and show us snippets of the "perfect" Christmas we can have with their products. We are bombarded with images so warm and heartfelt...and in this day and age, when most of us have everything BUT time...how could we not get caught up in the charm of it all. Even if you've NEVER experienced a perfect Christmas...the visuals and the music play on our emotions. We are engulfed with enchanting reminders of what Christmas "might" be from Thanksgiving on...and everywhere we look, everone is rushing around trying to achieve it. It's almost impossible NOT to get caught up in the yearning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post-44567193645965346902004-12-01T05:08:00.000-08:002004-12-01T05:08:00.000-08:00Last night someone mentioned a comment by someone ...Last night someone mentioned a comment by someone else at an "Unplug the Christmas Tree" class last week: that all of our longings get rolled into Christmas, and it's a little bit difficult to deal with wishes for world peace, nuclear disarmament, an ipod, and a new digital camera all at once. But then someone else pointed out that it's good that Christmas is so difficult -- the challenges make the real message more apparent. Hmmmm ....maybe I need a JE about that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post-67457127286827074082004-12-01T05:10:00.000-08:002004-12-01T05:10:00.000-08:00It's the "Hallmark" syndrome. TV te...It's the "Hallmark" syndrome. TV tells us it's supposed to be this wonderful perfect time. Like the commercial on TV now where this guy gives his g/f a new car then she reaches into the glove compartment and gets a ring... Oh Pulease! PFFT. The trick is to not fall into it.. and it's tough. ~SieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post-28684212309282827382004-12-01T05:51:00.000-08:002004-12-01T05:51:00.000-08:00I know alot of ppl who feel this way. I think the ...I know alot of ppl who feel this way. I think the Christmas season is so wonderful for me because I grew up a Jehovah's Witness and we didn't celebrate holidays. So now I feel all the magic every year. I am sure though that in a few more years I will be feeling the same way.<br><br>http://journals.aol.com/visionarydiva1/AVisionaryDiva<br>http://journals.aol.com/visionarydiva1/ABookClubforJLandersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post-89243816602827439312004-12-01T05:58:00.000-08:002004-12-01T05:58:00.000-08:00I've never been one for Christmas. So, there aren'...I've never been one for Christmas. So, there aren't any that I'm trying to relive. But, I hear what you're saying and hope you find what you're looking for.<br><br>Love the new pic! :-) ---RobbieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com