Fri. Dec 22, 2006
Happy Last Nine Days of 2006
How’s that for a completely laundered-of-meaning “Holiday” greeting? “Happy Last Nine Days of 2006.” Or maybe you’d prefer…
“Happy 4Q Sales. May You Have a Prosperous 1Q-4Q 2007.”
“Happy Health Insurance Deductible Month! Schedule Your Appointment Now, Because After 12/31/06, It’s On You Again!”
“Best Wishes for a Festive Shopping Season. Thank You for keeping America solvent (sort of).” After all, the President took the time out of his press conference on Iraq the other day to tell us, “I encourage you all to go shopping more.”
I have not obeyed our President. Not due to philosophical disagreement. Due to the fact that, after a run of good health so long I can’t even quantify it, I’ve managed to get a whopper of a chest cold heading into Christmas weekend. And having spent the last couple of weeks slammed with work, well, shopping has been low on the priority list. That’s something you can do at the last minute, right? Sure. Unless you get sick.
You know what this means. Yes, that’s right, Dear Reader. You won’t be getting a gift from me this year. Perhaps you still have time to stop the delivery of the Jaguar you were going to give me.
I also wouldn’t expect the usual “Year End Review” around here, or a collection of “Best Pixel Piles of 2006.” When I look back at this past year, for me, only a few things matter.
But I can leave you with a solid sentiment: may you and yours have a very Merry Christmas, and the best of New Years.
Published 11:32AM, Fri, Dec 22 2006
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If you’re going to steal the creative irony I spent hours crafting, and use it for next year’s Christmas card, the least you could do is go ahead and send the Jag.
But you do whatever you feel is right. I’ll wish you a Merry Christmas just the same. But I’ll hold off on wishing you “Happy New Year” until I see what’s under the tree.
If you have to park the Jag on top of the tree, that will be acceptable as well.
“How’s that for a completely laundered-of-meaning “Holidayâ€? greeting? ‘Happy Last Nine Days of 2006.’”
Bad, given the various calendars used by folks around the world who don’t go for the one invented by Pope Gregory.
This isn’t the “last nine days” according to the Hindu calendar, traditional Chinese calendars, the Hebrew calendar, and so on and so forth.
But since you celebrate Christmas, I do hope you have a merry one.
You mean my Charlie Brown Christmas Tree? I know Art. And thanks for noticing.
You may also notice it was only up for part of Christmas Eve and Christmas day itself. Because that’s what Christmas is. A day. A day and a half, tops. It is not a “season.”
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Perhaps you still have time to stop the delivery of the Jaguar you were going to give me.
Whew, just in time.
Happy 4Q Sales. May You Have a Prosperous 1Q-4Q 2007
Sweet. I’ll credit you on next year’s Xmas card.