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Christmas Commentary

Our Holiday Mailbag, Recession-Style

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 01.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Christmas, Holiday Mailbag, Recession, Xmas Cheer, Seasons Greetings, Christmas Cards, 2008 New Year, Economic Crisis, Recession Fears, Financial Crisis, Christmas Spirit, Christmas Commentary, 2009, Holiday Cards, Business News
<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

There seem to be fewer holiday cards this year, which is either a sign that every little financial outlay, even postage, must be scrutinzed, or evidence that I'm less popular than I used to be.

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The Incredible Fading Bush

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 01.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Christmas, Miracles, End of the Bush Presidency, Inauguration Day 2009, George W. Bush, Holiday Season Commentary, Christmas Commentary, Politics News
Robert S. McElvaine

Last Christmas, one of my daughters gave me a coffee mug with an image of George W. Bush with devil's horns. The image is fading and the devil Bush will have vanished entirely by January 20th.

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Santa Claus is the Quintessential Man

Alison Armstrong | Posted 02.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Santa, Holiday Season, Relationships, Romance, Christmas, Holiday Season Commentary, North Pole, Santa Claus, Motherhood, Men, Letters to Santa, Christmas Commentary, Love, Featured Contributor, Living News
Alison Armstrong

Like Santa Claus, men are incredibly generous. They have a huge desire to give. The goodness of a person inspires them to give more. Meanness makes them want to give less.

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If Christmas Were a Dream

Anne Hill | Posted 01.22.2009 | Style

Read More: Dream Symbols, Symbolism, Oscar Wilde, Dreams, Winter Solstice, Christmas Trees, Christmas, Ornaments, Dream Interpretation, Gold, Freud, Holiday Season Commentary, Dream Symbolism, Christmas Commentary, Penguin Dictionary of Symbols, Style News
Anne Hill

One of my favorite things to do is thinking about what real-life events would mean if they were dreams. So, I thought I'd have some fun analyzing some holiday traditions for their dream meanings.

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Free Fall: December 2008.

Giles Slade | Posted 01.22.2009 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Madoff, Recession 2008, The Internet, Economic Bloggers, Hanukkah, Holiday Shopping, Blagojevich, Selling Senate Seat, Economic Crisis, Holiday Season Commentary, Production, Merry Christmas, Christmas Commentary, Recession, Layoffs, Chanukah, Job Cuts, Economic Free Fall, Political Bloggers, Recession Fears, Political Corruption, Financial Crisis, Political Bribes, Financial Corruption, Holiday Sales, Business News
Giles Slade

Here, at the end of the Bush years, the bottom has suddenly dropped out of the world and Americans are in mid-fall, struggling to stay upright and wondering when it will end.

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Celebrate Anyway

Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 01.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Addiction, Holidays, Psychology, Ritual, Spirituality, Christmas, Holiday Party, Christmas Rituals, Holiday Spirit, Holiday Rituals, Budget Cuts, Christmas Commentary, Potluck Dinner, Office Party, Living News
Dr. Tian Dayton

A friend of mine works at a successful New York City advertising firm. When her firm had to make some cuts to the budget, I was impressed at how they...

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Is It True Every Time You Hear an Accordion an Angel Gets Kicked in the Nuts?

Steven Weber | Posted 01.19.2009 | Style

Read More: Holidays, Religion, Christmas Commentary, Jesus Christ, Holiday Commentary, Christmas, Holiday Season Commentary, Style News
Steven Weber

Christmas is the Dick Cheney of holidays -- it purports to be there for noble purposes but blatantly demonstrates wholly unholy ones.

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The Santa Situation

Libby Mitchell | Posted 01.17.2009 | Living

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Libby Mitchell

I am not saying that kids shouldn't get gifts on Christmas. They should. But those gifts should come from their parents, not some magical man who judges whether they have been good or bad.

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Is Rudolph a Cross-Dresser?

Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 01.15.2009 | Style

Read More: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Kris Kringle, Reindeer Sex, Sex, Santa, Reindeer Names, Sarah Palin, Christmas Commentary, Style News
Maggie Van Ostrand

While it is true that, like all females, Santa's reindeer are even-tempered, patient, and kind, it is also true that they admit to having felt a twinge of jealousy when Santa discovered Rudolph.

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Defining The Holidays By More Than Just The Economy

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 01.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Blackberry, Holidays, Depression, Economy, Ice Skating, Walks, Childhood, Paris, Skiing, Central Park, Marche D;aligre, Ex-Pat, Cooking, Christmas, World War II, Food, Holiday Shopping, Rockafeller Center, Outdoor Activities, Economic Crisis, Holiday Cookies, Christmas Traditions, Christmas Commentary, Houston, Bank Closure, Ex-Pat Christmas, Christmas in Paris, Financial Crisis, Seattle, Living News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

Turn the TV off during the next few weeks, don't check your email, and lose the Blackberry. Take a few days off and have some real vacation time.

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Ignore Your New Flat Screen. Put Down Your Wii. Use The Week After Christmas To Volunteer

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 01.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Community Service, Craig Newmark, Charity, Barack Obama, Volunteeerism, Holidays, Holiday Season, Christmas Commentary, Holiday Season Commentary, Living News
Jesse Kornbluth

I feel as if we're sitting back again, waiting for Obama to be inaugurated so he can fix it all. Did "yes we can" really evaporate that quickly?

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Christmas Letter 2008

Jerry Zezima | Posted 01.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Marriage, Poverty, Humor, Health, Careers, Cars, Christianity, Fashion, Dogs, Happiness, Holiday Season, Christmas Commentary, Tearing the Acl, Family Narrative, Christmas Letter, ACL, Family, Living News
Jerry Zezima

Since I am in the holiday spirit (and, having just consumed a mug of hot toddy, a glass of eggnog and a nip of cheer, the holiday spirits are in me), ...

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The Year in Carols

Lenore Skenazy | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Year in Carols, Rod Blagojevich, Christmas Carols, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Christmas, Christmas Commentary, Miley Cyrus Vanity Fair, Barack Obama, Politics News
Lenore Skenazy

"Buy yourself a senate seat for Christmas Line forms to the right I'll be taking bids for it all through the night."

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The Greatest Christmas Gift

John W. Whitehead | Posted 01.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Poverty, Homelessness, Charity, Recession, Compassion, Christmas, Food Drives, Soup Kitchen, Volunteer Work, Non-Profits, Homeless Shelters, Christmas Commentary, Living News
John W. Whitehead

If there is any lesson for this time of the year, it is sharing with those in need and showing compassion to our fellow human beings.

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Changing the Present

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 01.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Holidays, Wal-Mart, Shopping, Art Buchwald, Charles Fillmore, Changing the Present, Giving, Things, Personal Finance, Barack Obama, Happiness, Wal-Mart Death, Funding Non-Profits, Non-Profits, Christmas Commentary, Recession, Non-Profit Donation, Black Friday Shopping, Black Friday, Walmart Death, Living News
Dr. Susan Corso

Is anyone else having trouble shopping for the holidays this year? I sure am. I'm finding that I cannot buy things. I'm definitely in the spirit of the season, but things just aren't cutting it.

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A Kick in the Career: The Economic Downturn Holiday Songbook!

Thomas Stern | Posted 01.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Retail, Surviving the Holidays, Barack Obama, Economy, Economic Humor, Holiday Shopping, Holiday Season, Christmas Carols, Humor, Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, Christmas Commentary, Holiday Gifts, Recession, Business News
Thomas Stern

I don't know about you, but given the recent official announcement of a recession (duh), my nerves have been rather like a knotted oak lately.

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The Thin Red and Green Line: Letters from the War on Christmas

Chez Pazienza | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: War on Christmas, Bill O'Reilly War on Christmas, Fox News Channel, John Gibson, Political Satire, Christmas Commentary, Satire, Politics News
Chez Pazienza

"The last I heard, the National Guard was moving in to crush some kind of uprising that torched the Rockefeller Center tree and destroyed all the Christmas windows at Saks."

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