I am both Jewish and European Orthodox around this time of the season. The reason is simple but not always apparent. Why would a normal person with very little disposable income and a family of twelve want to spend a dollar on something they can purchase for 50-80 percent off the next day? You have a very large segment of the consumer marketplace that often begin before Thanks Giving and park their cold butts on a sidewalk in front of a store to be the first of 100 to purchase something with no warranty and surely will break in less then 100 days. Yep, props to the Jews and Eastern Europeans that celebrate after we do and of course get that huge discount on top of it. Where the civil logic in the hole thing. Last year I got a boat load of cards and wrapping paper for 95 percent off the next day. Who really cares if the holiday is the 25,th 26 th or 8 days later in January. Not me. Happy Holiday and Merry Christmas to all those who insist on paying full price... and then some. Best Wishes In a message dated 12/24/2010 9:21:11 P.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
wow you are a quad w/ no patience how does THAT happen? Eric W Rudd [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) ----- Original Message ----- From: _Lori Michaelson_ (mailto:[email protected]) To: _quad-list_ (mailto:[email protected]) Sent: Friday, December 24, 2010 8:33 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] Christmas origins... I usually do not have the time or the patience or inclination to watch many online videos but I think the numerous videos available to watch below on the many origins of Christmas and Christmas traditions are really fun to watch as well as informative! As everybody knows, there were Christmas festivities that we enjoy today long before CHRIST-MAS! _http://www.history.com/topics/christmas_ (http://www.history.com/topics/christmas)
