tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post822685698940079568..comments2024-03-28T01:51:22.367-03:00Comments on Not Buying Anything: Dear SantaGregg Koephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-85940646459179367302017-12-22T12:49:29.970-04:002017-12-22T12:49:29.970-04:00I think that people go consumer-mad this time of y...I think that people go consumer-mad this time of year because the darkness terrifies them. They don't quite know what to do with quiet, calm, or silence. My hope is that more and more people being to slow down, befriend themselves, and enjoy what riches they find, whether in darkness or light. -ErinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-42070152143412974882017-12-22T01:50:06.583-04:002017-12-22T01:50:06.583-04:00Hi Gregg, I have had the same experience with cows...Hi Gregg, I have had the same experience with cows in a field that I run through at times. <br />Peace,<br />AlexAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-2150269657519284212017-12-21T23:21:04.299-04:002017-12-21T23:21:04.299-04:00Alex,
Thank you, and do enjoy low key Christmas. ...Alex,<br /><br />Thank you, and do enjoy low key Christmas. I like an absence of excitement this time of year. It's too dark for excitement. Wouldn't it be great if society did renounce Consumer Christmas and return to our roots of celebrating something very real and meaningful - the return of the Sun?<br /><br />We are liking your idea of visiting a turkey sanctuary this time of year. That would be a healthy thing to do. We could start with, "we are so sorry". <br /><br />I see cows on one of my bike rides. Sometimes I stop at the fence. Being smart, curious creatures, they usually walk down the hill to come and see what I am all about. When they arrive, I tell them I don't eat them, and that I love them. I think they like that.<br /><br />Love and light.<br /><br />Gregg Koephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-4138668288112304302017-12-21T23:14:52.906-04:002017-12-21T23:14:52.906-04:00Karen,
We are excited for you and your family. We...Karen,<br /><br />We are excited for you and your family. We do not miss the craziness of Consumer Christmas. This time of year is very low key and peaceful for us. We wish that for you, too.Gregg Koephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-52425974116508689162017-12-21T23:13:30.311-04:002017-12-21T23:13:30.311-04:00Annie,
He has to put wheels on his sleigh.
Annie, <br /><br />He has to put wheels on his sleigh.<br />Gregg Koephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-39258130984049700972017-12-21T14:32:49.443-04:002017-12-21T14:32:49.443-04:00Happy solstice Gregg and all the NBA readers. Like...Happy solstice Gregg and all the NBA readers. Like Karen we are having a low key Christmas. Usual plant based food, no alcohol and the kid's had there limited presents a few weeks ago. There isn't much excitement which is nice as no one is that bothered really. As a society why bother with Christmas at all and just celebrate the solstice instead. Celebration could include mediation, fasting and talking about how great it is not to have to buy gifts anymore and that we might actually save the earth. Oh yeah people could visit a turkey sanctuary and marvel at the fact that people used to eat such wonderful birds.<br />Peace to all,<br />AlexAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-88924342234392508942017-12-21T03:48:45.546-04:002017-12-21T03:48:45.546-04:00Poor Santa indeed. This year is the last year that...Poor Santa indeed. This year is the last year that Father Christmas makes a mainstream appearance in this home. We never actually wanted him to make much of an appearance at all when we first became parents; alas grandparents and society put pay to that. Since then he's become progressively more part of our Christmas Story, albeit at times through gritted teeth on my end. With my Not Buying It challenge next year, Santa is going to have to think of new ways of interacting with us. Perhaps next Christmas he will bring a bartered orange, home made fudge or the like (either way I"m very glad we have only very small stockings to fill as one of my pet peeves are seeing the huuuuuuge sacks that you can buy for the occasion- you know,the ones that would hold 3 small children. So greedy and so unnecessary). We leave out beer and Christmas mince pies for Santa, I think he probably needs a cold one with the weight of consumerism on his mind and in his sleigh.Karenhttp://notbuyingit2018.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-61699780606811250012017-12-20T08:27:59.862-04:002017-12-20T08:27:59.862-04:00Poor Santa has also been hit hard by global warmin...Poor Santa has also been hit hard by global warming! Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00537467381822778488noreply@blogger.com