Comments on: And Now An Important Announcement… http://www.thestilettomom.com/2009/11/19/and-now-an-important-announcement/ Notes from a bitch on heels. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:47:01 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: bex http://www.thestilettomom.com/2009/11/19/and-now-an-important-announcement/comment-page-1/#comment-9081 bex Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:49:46 +0000 http://www.thestilettomom.com/?p=3293#comment-9081 thank you thank you thank you for posting this! very well said. thank you thank you thank you for posting this! very well said.

]]> By: Lydia, Clueless Crafter http://www.thestilettomom.com/2009/11/19/and-now-an-important-announcement/comment-page-1/#comment-9063 Lydia, Clueless Crafter Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:59:12 +0000 http://www.thestilettomom.com/?p=3293#comment-9063 Really, truly, really? A house way worse than the one pictured. I'm going to have nightmares of the suburbs at holiday time:-( Hang in there with your "dull" light display. Consider yourself eco friendly. Really, truly, really? A house way worse than the one pictured. I’m going to have nightmares of the suburbs at holiday time:-(

Hang in there with your “dull” light display. Consider yourself eco friendly.

]]> By: The Lawyer Mom http://www.thestilettomom.com/2009/11/19/and-now-an-important-announcement/comment-page-1/#comment-9061 The Lawyer Mom Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:48:20 +0000 http://www.thestilettomom.com/?p=3293#comment-9061 Hats off, girl. What with the Full Moon movie coming out at midnight last Thursday, I wouldn't have thought you'd even notice these lights! ; ) Hats off, girl. What with the Full Moon movie coming out at midnight last Thursday, I wouldn’t have thought you’d even notice these lights! ; )

]]> By: Elaine http://www.thestilettomom.com/2009/11/19/and-now-an-important-announcement/comment-page-1/#comment-9056 Elaine Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:09:09 +0000 http://www.thestilettomom.com/?p=3293#comment-9056 Oh girl, you are singin' my song! The local florist that I pass by all the time had stuff in the windows 2 WEEKS before Halloween!! Even my 5 yr old was like "why issChristmas stuff up already?" It seems earlier and earlier ever year.... Oh girl, you are singin’ my song! The local florist that I pass by all the time had stuff in the windows 2 WEEKS before Halloween!! Even my 5 yr old was like “why issChristmas stuff up already?” It seems earlier and earlier ever year….

]]> By: Lydia, Clueless Crafter http://www.thestilettomom.com/2009/11/19/and-now-an-important-announcement/comment-page-1/#comment-9055 Lydia, Clueless Crafter Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:28:13 +0000 http://www.thestilettomom.com/?p=3293#comment-9055 Living far from suburbia, NYC to be exact, these shameless displays of yuletide yelling have yet to make it to my block. I must say, though, that I miss the homey holiday decorations that remind me of my youth. Hope that house hasn't sucked all the electricity from your neighborhood's grid;-) Living far from suburbia, NYC to be exact, these shameless displays of yuletide yelling have yet to make it to my block. I must say, though, that I miss the homey holiday decorations that remind me of my youth.

Hope that house hasn’t sucked all the electricity from your neighborhood’s grid;-)

]]> By: lynn @human, being http://www.thestilettomom.com/2009/11/19/and-now-an-important-announcement/comment-page-1/#comment-9046 lynn @human, being Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:04:54 +0000 http://www.thestilettomom.com/?p=3293#comment-9046 We change the channel whenever a holiday-themed commercial comes on before Thanksgiving. CHRISTMAS IS GETTING UPPITY. or at least Christmas marketers are. I actually heard a Christmas song in Macy's the weekend BEFORE HALLOWEEN. I put down the $125 dress I was about to buy and walked out of the store. Yes, Uppity Christmas Music Before Its Time Turns Off My Shopping Gene. That's the T-shirt I'm making to wear shopping this weekend. We change the channel whenever a holiday-themed commercial comes on before Thanksgiving.

CHRISTMAS IS GETTING UPPITY. or at least Christmas marketers are. I actually heard a Christmas song in Macy’s the weekend BEFORE HALLOWEEN. I put down the $125 dress I was about to buy and walked out of the store. Yes, Uppity Christmas Music Before Its Time Turns Off My Shopping Gene.

That’s the T-shirt I’m making to wear shopping this weekend.

]]> By: Michele http://www.thestilettomom.com/2009/11/19/and-now-an-important-announcement/comment-page-1/#comment-9045 Michele Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:57:46 +0000 http://www.thestilettomom.com/?p=3293#comment-9045 We have a rule in our family: absolutely NO Christmas stuff before Thanksgiving. Period. (Okay, this year I violated that rule--some stuff I knew I wanted for Christmas went on sale, and then I got stuck waiting for my car to be repaired so I walked over to the grocery store, bought Christmas cards, and took care of them while I was waiting. It was really an act of desperation.) Christmas lights cost money, both to buy them and for the electricity. I guess these people have the money for it if they are turning them on early. When our family moved to upstate New York in April and we were house hunting, just about every house still had Christmas lights up. We never saw this on the west coast. All I can think of is people don't want to go out in the cold to take them down. Granted, February and March aren't exactly picturesque with the alternating snow and mud, so the Christmas lights don't really do much to harm the scenery. Our family takes the easy route: we don't do outdoor Christmas decorations. We live in the middle-of-nowhere anyway, so it's not like anyone would see them. Saves time, saves money, saves me freezing my butt off putting them up and taking them down. I just put them inside the house where I can see and enjoy them. We have a rule in our family: absolutely NO Christmas stuff before Thanksgiving. Period. (Okay, this year I violated that rule–some stuff I knew I wanted for Christmas went on sale, and then I got stuck waiting for my car to be repaired so I walked over to the grocery store, bought Christmas cards, and took care of them while I was waiting. It was really an act of desperation.)

Christmas lights cost money, both to buy them and for the electricity. I guess these people have the money for it if they are turning them on early.

When our family moved to upstate New York in April and we were house hunting, just about every house still had Christmas lights up. We never saw this on the west coast. All I can think of is people don’t want to go out in the cold to take them down. Granted, February and March aren’t exactly picturesque with the alternating snow and mud, so the Christmas lights don’t really do much to harm the scenery.

Our family takes the easy route: we don’t do outdoor Christmas decorations. We live in the middle-of-nowhere anyway, so it’s not like anyone would see them. Saves time, saves money, saves me freezing my butt off putting them up and taking them down. I just put them inside the house where I can see and enjoy them.

]]> By: The Mother http://www.thestilettomom.com/2009/11/19/and-now-an-important-announcement/comment-page-1/#comment-9044 The Mother Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:53:44 +0000 http://www.thestilettomom.com/?p=3293#comment-9044 Try being a Jewish atheist in the Bible Belt, and see how Christmas in October feels. Try being a Jewish atheist in the Bible Belt, and see how Christmas in October feels.

]]> By: Loukia http://www.thestilettomom.com/2009/11/19/and-now-an-important-announcement/comment-page-1/#comment-9042 Loukia Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:38:59 +0000 http://www.thestilettomom.com/?p=3293#comment-9042 Ha! Too funny... I have only seen a couple of Christmas lights on in my neighbourhood... but then again, for us, Christmas is the next holiday, as we celebrate Thanksgiving in October, before Halloween! ;) I wrote a post this week (or last week?) about tacky Christmas lights... GOD, sometimes it's terribly tacky! Ha! Too funny… I have only seen a couple of Christmas lights on in my neighbourhood… but then again, for us, Christmas is the next holiday, as we celebrate Thanksgiving in October, before Halloween! ;)
I wrote a post this week (or last week?) about tacky Christmas lights… GOD, sometimes it’s terribly tacky!

]]> By: Cathy http://www.thestilettomom.com/2009/11/19/and-now-an-important-announcement/comment-page-1/#comment-9041 Cathy Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:46:35 +0000 http://www.thestilettomom.com/?p=3293#comment-9041 Amen! Can't we please just enjoy fall? Of course, stores have had Halloween merchandise out since August, so there you go. Amen! Can’t we please just enjoy fall? Of course, stores have had Halloween merchandise out since August, so there you go.

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