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  • So. Other than the TV ads, its not so “in your face commercialism Christmas” here…

    the fact of the matter is – the commercialization seems to be a real “American thing” – so, closer proximity – yep, Canadians do it “big” too – and as I was there through the season – the creeping in of the holidays began before Thanksgiving, shortly after Halloween… bit by bit. Don’t get me…

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  • Maybe it is just a process… You know, like life is just a process? Reflection pools…

    Yeah, of course… it’s the memories… It seems like such a long time ago – and I was… This was representative of hope – I actually have an old VHS of this day – and it snowed, too… which was interesting, because it doesn’t snow that much where we live, in Texas… Rob was just…

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  • Christmas. This commercialism really gets old, the older you get…

    So.  Went to a Christmas Concert last night at a local Calgary University called Ambrose University.  It is a Christian school.  It had an excellent choir and a fair orchestra and the program was all in all pretty good – but it still didn’t get me there. It has been an odd year, frankly.  Being…

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