Happy Merry.

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rmslade () shaw ca>]

It seems to be getting harder to give ... greetings at this time of the year.  There's 
a bit of risk involved.  Lots of people think we are exclusive to be simply wishing 
everyone to enjoy *our* holiday.  (Of course, if you think that, you have no right 
to use the word "holiday," now, do you?  :-)

I had thought I'd made a decent attempt with "Merry Mid-Winter Party Period."  
Until Gary, Les, and others in the southern hemisphere took exception to the 
seasonal-centredness of that phrase.  

Recently one of our local columnists came up with "non-denominational-
culturally-palatable-holiday-seasonal-politically-correct-racially-inoffensive-ritual-
drained-of-all-religious-meaning-so-as-to-be-acceptable-to-every-creed-festival."

So, never mind.  Merry Christmas.  Whether you like it or not.  (If not, you can 
have a Happy New Year anyway  :-)

In keeping with Christmas itself, I wanted to give you a Christmas present.  Maybe 
a little early, but I wanted to catch you before some of you disappear into family 
time and last minute tasks for the Exmas Rush ( 
http://oxfordinklings.blogspot.com/2006/12/exmas.html ).  You don't have to wait 
until December 25th if you don't want to.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyviyF-N23A
Very cute, but possibly not completely original.  A great many people have
apparently done a "Silent Monks" version.  Still, this seems the most involved
and active.
The earliest versions I could find were from 2008:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HkXmOIwpkQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSk8h1oG8nY
Slight variation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk69F2Fg7HE

Slightly more seriously:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0WIJw8JVeU

And, in response to the commercialization of it all:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSPGJ5-XAcM


For those who want lighter fare:
http://nvdpl.bibliocommons.com/list/show/74277513_rslade/97543152_dangerousl
y_socialist_kids_movies

Or, slightly geekier:
http://owasp.blogspot.com/2011/12/12-days-of-christmas.html

Or, for those trying to keep warm:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNkj9LQINI0

Or, for those deeply into their devices:
https://diasp.org/photos/372118

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