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Ok, let me be the first to by Grinchy about Xmas. Only another month of Xmas music to suffer through. And xmas lighting, and xmas commercials, and xmas "sales", and, and, and...... 
Fidelis et Fortis
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Then happy Hanukkah. 
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
H. L. Mencken
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Merry Christmas! Nice to see you are looking to the positive on such a "horrible" and "miserable" time of year to suffer through.
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My wife and I started dating about this time of year. We lived in Colorado so it was very festive and seasonally appropriate, what with snow and all.
It's always been good for me.
Can't speak for my wife.
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Fe Butt
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You're a mean one, Mister Rich
Now it's much too soon to b*tch,
about the Christmas season,
of which you'd like to ditch,
Mister Rich,
Now, now, what's REALLY wrong?
Did your elevator plans, (wait for it)
run into a HITCH???
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Loquacious
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Yeah Yeah, Let me be the first to say Bah Humbug!
Dinosaur.
"Oh Man I only ride 'em.I don't know what makes 'em work". Donald "Oddball" Sutherland
"Don't let the bastards get you down". Kris Kristofferson
"I am only paranoid because everyone is against me". Larry [Frank Burns] Linville
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Should be Riding
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Ok, let me be the first to by Grinchy about Xmas. Only another month of Xmas music to suffer through. And xmas lighting, and xmas commercials, and xmas "sales", and, and, and......
If you replaced the X with Christ, you may find more joy. just saying... 
Blowing gravel off rural roads
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Yep Jim, either THAT, or he needs to help his guardian angel get his wings!  (...got any bells around the house, Rich?)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Should be Riding
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Ok, let me be the first to by Grinchy about Xmas. Only another month of Xmas music to suffer through. And xmas lighting, and xmas commercials, and xmas "sales", and, and, and......
If you replaced the X with Christ, you may find more joy. just saying...
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Yeah Rich! What Jim, Soren AND Linus here are sayin'... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeVDOu2_Fuc(...though I gotta admit I'M in it JUST for the presents I get!!!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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...Linus here are sayin'...
I've always HATED that kid!
And you may see me tonight
With an illegal smile
J. Prine
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Yeah, precocious little tyke wasn't he, erle?! And that lisp...GEESH!!! THOUGH word is as an adult, he's now saving souls in a little church in the Castro area of San Francisco! (...NO word if he still carries that freakin' security blanket around with him, however)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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At the old firm, I would always volunteer to do call out on Christmas day. My reasoning was that somebody had to do it, it didn't mean much to me (still doesn't) and as I wouldn't see my daughter until Boxing day it might as well be me, rather than someone who had a family. And before you think I did it for the money, the money wasn't that great. The main reason was that if I did that day, I wouldn't have to do any other day over the holiday period, when I did have my daughter Plus I'm a Bah Humbug kinda guy 
Too old to die young, too ugly to leave a good looking corpse
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I think that's GREAT of you, Bryn ol' boy!  Only one question here though... What weight class is your daughter in? Flyweight or Welterweight maybe? And aren't ya just a bit apprehensive whenever she enters the ring??? (...yeah, yeah, I know what "Boxing Day" is to you blokes over there...but ya gotta know I couldn't pass this one up, RIGHT?!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Decide for yourself Dwight, this is us  and she beats the crap out of me  I'm still proud of her though (darn't be anything else )
Too old to die young, too ugly to leave a good looking corpse
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See's a cutie alright, Bryn!
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Ok, let me be the first to by Grinchy about Xmas. Only another month of Xmas music to suffer through. And xmas lighting, and xmas commercials, and xmas "sales", and, and, and......
If you replaced the X with Christ, you may find more joy. just saying...
I don't worry too much about it. Despite popular belief that "Xmas" is an attempt to secularize Christmas, "X" comes from the Greek letter Chi, which is the first letter of the Greek word that is translated as "Christ".
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Ok, let me be the first to by Grinchy about Xmas. Only another month of Xmas music to suffer through. And xmas lighting, and xmas commercials, and xmas "sales", and, and, and......
If you replaced the X with Christ, you may find more joy. just saying...
I don't worry too much about it. Despite popular belief that "Xmas" is an attempt to secularize Christmas, "X" comes from the Greek letter Chi, which is the first letter of the Greek word that is translated as "Christ".
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That was a very enlightening tidbit of information. I believe I may actually print out some little slips of paper to hand out to bellicose 'holier than thou' types I may encounter to confuse them and cause consternation in their lives.
I have a purpose for the Holidays.
That and repaired the two vertebrae I think I crushed on my mountain bike.
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Decide for yourself Dwight, this is us
and she beats the crap out of me
I'm still proud of her though (darn't be anything else )
You've managed to revived the long thought dead 'aww, that's sweet' gene deep inside me. My daughter owns me. Fortunately, she only uses he power for good.
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I didn't used to like Xmas but now with the grand kids I love it. Nothing like seeing the excitement and joy on their faces. I don't care if anyone does anything for me the joy they feel is enough.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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Should be Riding
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Always remember to be yourself. Unless you suck. Then pretend to be someone else.
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Thats how I feel about it. Nothing like being in retail since you were 16 to really take the joy out of the holidays for ya. Quote:
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I like this time of year. It's the only time when people don't look at me like I'm nutz when I feel like singing 'Deck us all with Boston Charley'. 
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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Here you go. Very controversial but handle it as you will.
It is what you make of it.
Crazy, reactionary, whatever else you have.
It's not up to anyone else what the holidays mean to you and your family.
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