Posted on Monday, 30th November 2009 by chrisjones

If you’re looking to kick off your Christmas season with something you’ll remember more than how many dollars you saved on that flatscreen, I have a suggestion. A very good friend of mine, one of the Group here, has been given an ultimatum by her mortgage company to raise a ridiculous sum by the middle [...]

Tags: Christmas, Olivia
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Posted on Monday, 2nd November 2009 by chrisjones

This is the fourth (fifth?) in a Series of Short Takes, commentary on salient issues of the day.  Unlike most of them, this one is neither political nor especially religious.  But like all of them, it will probably get a few people hacked off at me.  You’ve been warned. At the stroke of midnight on [...]

Tags: Christmas
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Posted on Tuesday, 19th December 2006 by chrisjones

I believe in Santa Claus. I believe in him approximately the way I believe in St. Paul, in fact. Once, there was indisputably someone named Paul that went about doing good, and there was indisputably a St. Nicholas as well, who did similar things (on a little smaller – or at least less publicized – [...]

Tags: Christmas, faith, giving, God
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Posted on Saturday, 16th December 2006 by chrisjones

A month ago we wrote in the Potty Post about how my family several years ago stopped putting tags on presents. To explain for those not on the mailing list for the Post, a few years ago we started getting worried about the tendency of our children – a tendency multipied manyfold by television – [...]

Tags: Christmas, gifts
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