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L. Coyote
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Sun Nov-20-11 03:39 PM Original message |
Occupy Christmas |
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dkf
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Sun Nov-20-11 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. What would you say to your kids? |
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canoeist52
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Sun Nov-20-11 04:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. "Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store." |
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KittyWampus
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Mon Nov-21-11 10:48 AM Response to Reply #11 |
24. But Christmas DOES come from the act of Giving and Receiving |
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itsrobert
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Mon Nov-21-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #24 |
36. Yeah, the attitude to give to the homeless |
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L. Coyote
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Mon Nov-21-11 10:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
20. Since when does one's children's interests collide with the general good interest? |
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KittyWampus
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Mon Nov-21-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Frankly, your dogmatic approach is the problem. Children do love receiving gifts |
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Nuclear Unicorn
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Mon Nov-21-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. But don't you see the genuis of Occupy/Boycott Xmas??? |
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dkf
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Mon Nov-21-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Yeah the kids will just love participating...I am sure it will give them joyful memories of the OWS |
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L. Coyote
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Mon Nov-21-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #26 |
33. So, make some really cool gifts. |
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dkf
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Sun Nov-20-11 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. And isn't this one reason some people are occupying? Because their kids don't get presents? |
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TheWraith
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Sun Nov-20-11 03:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Not to mention, holiday shopping employs hundreds of thousands of people. |
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Bluenorthwest
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Sun Nov-20-11 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
3. Christmas trees are a crop farmed by many family farms and |
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NYC_SKP
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Sun Nov-20-11 03:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. No matter how hard one tries, one can not make xmas tree farms a "green" enterprise. |
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Fawke Em
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Mon Nov-21-11 10:48 AM Response to Reply #5 |
25. Yes, trees need to be left to grow, but little evergreens of the |
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laundry_queen
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Mon Nov-21-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. *laugh* |
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laundry_queen
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Mon Nov-21-11 11:08 AM Response to Reply #5 |
28. By your definition |
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NYC_SKP
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Sun Nov-20-11 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
4. I support this idea and I kinda sorta do that anyway. |
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MADem
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Sun Nov-20-11 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
6. I give money at Christmas. I have no idea what people need, so that's easiest. |
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napoleon_in_rags
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Sun Nov-20-11 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. I say buy from small business, give things to poor. nt |
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Goblinmonger
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Mon Nov-21-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #8 |
37. EXCELLENT idea. |
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BeyondGeography
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Sun Nov-20-11 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
9. I love this Small Business Saturday idea |
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Sherman A1
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Sun Nov-20-11 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
10. Ya, know |
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aquart
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Sun Nov-20-11 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
12. Yes. Let's kill every American retailer depending on Xmas to pay bills. |
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GeorgeGist
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Sun Nov-20-11 04:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Fear less. |
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OtherSideTeam
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Sun Nov-20-11 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
13. One of them War on Christmas crowd, eh? |
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freshwest
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Sun Nov-20-11 09:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. We have a special sarcasm smiley! I'll put yours here. Welcome to DU. |
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KittyWampus
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Mon Nov-21-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #13 |
27. Actually, this is the sort of thread that feeds that kind of stupidity. |
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RB TexLa
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Sun Nov-20-11 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
15. I haven't spent anything on Christmass in a while, not my job to help the economy |
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The Genealogist
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Sun Nov-20-11 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
17. What I used to do for Christmas, when I had some money |
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DesertRat
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Sun Nov-20-11 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
18. Works for me |
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Brickbat
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Sun Nov-20-11 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
19. I harvest my own tree off my own land, I buy only union-made or Made in USA goods, or I buy gift- |
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appleannie1
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Mon Nov-21-11 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
21. My daughter taught her kids to make a box and take it to a poor family. That is how they |
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adigal
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Mon Nov-21-11 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
22. I am making all my gifts this year |
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KittyWampus
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Mon Nov-21-11 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
23. It's possible to spend wisely on gifts of quality/utility AND be charitable. |
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canoeist52
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Mon Nov-21-11 03:56 PM Response to Reply #23 |
39. Not possible if you barely have enough money for necessecities. |
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KittyWampus
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Mon Nov-21-11 06:35 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Look on Etsy, there's plenty of gorgeous things to make out of old newspaper. |
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roody
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Mon Nov-21-11 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
30. I've been doing that for decades. |
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datasuspect
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Mon Nov-21-11 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
31. fuck christmas |
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L0oniX
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Mon Nov-21-11 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
35. xmas = social terrorism. |
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laundry_queen
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Mon Nov-21-11 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
38. I think that's too radical for most |
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