'A Hole in the World'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
The post office drama, for those who have been following, has come to a close! I take back everything bad I said about them yesterday, because the mailman just came by to deliver a package. On a Sunday. Which is also Christmas.
Oh my word. Yes, Jessica, there is a Santa Claus.
Hooray for beyond-the-call-of-duty mailmen! That sounds wonderful.
We are slounging, and may at some point get dressed. Have talked to both families (who called within seconds of each other. I think they plan these things.) My major accomplishment of the morning: taking the roast out of fridge so that it can reach room temperature. FEAR ME.
Happy Chrismukkah, all!
(I mean, this being New York, chances are good that he's not Christian, but still. Wow.)
(The mailman, not Santa Claus. Who probably is Christian.)
(I mean, this being New York, chances are good that he's not Christian, but still. Wow.)
I suspect it would still be his day off, if he were inclined to take it!
(The mailman, not Santa Claus. Who probably is Christian.)
In a more or less pagan way, yeah.
Last year I got a Christmas Day delivery from a postal worker, and was suitably gobsmacked. She cheerily told me she was getting double or triple pay (it was a year ago, I don't remember) and didn't seem the least bit put out.
The lines are tied up to Jamaica, so can't get through to Daddy. Will sip coffee instead.
Perkins--I can grab you some pies if you want. I wasn't thinking yesterday.
In a more or less pagan way, yeah.
He's Christian now. Like the tree.
I also must squee a little about the card that came with the gift, which is a Christmas card (lovely -- white with a three-tree cutout design) with "Happy Hannukah!" handwritten across the front. On the back, my grandparents added "PS- Sorry for the mixed messages."
They're so cute.
They are very cute. Can I adopt your grandparents? I'm clean out.
(I mean, this being New York, chances are good that he's not Christian, but still. Wow.)
(The mailman, not Santa Claus. Who probably is Christian.)A tiny (or not so) Jewish Santa. In the flesh. Under clothing, of course.
In a more or less pagan way, yeah.How so? I'm not Catholic, so I don't have much experience in hagiography, but I'd never heard this. I know many/most of the Christmas traditions of Europe were first part of the celebration of solstice, but as far as I knew, Nicholas is a Christian saint.
(The mailman, not Santa Claus. Who probably is Christian.)
I think Santa just checked the "Christian" box to make it easier to get through customs.
ION, from Jessica's link:
To paraphrase Stephen Stills, shalt thou not get the crap you want, want the crap you get.
Heh.
Hooray for the kindly postman!