Comments on Making a Person: A Festivus for the Rest of Us!

My family has a $1 gift exchange which is sort of ...

2006-12-09T11:15:00.000-06:00

My family has a $1 gift exchange which is sort of a funny "airing of grievances." Gifts are around $1 and are usually funny. For instance, the first year, my husband gave his dad a bag of marbles, because obviously, he had lost his. My sister-in-law had the fire department arrive while cooking once, so we got her a kiddie fireman's hat. It is so much fun, and most of us would rather just do that than the normal gift exchange.

We have an aluminum tree, too! I'm scared to use t...

2006-12-07T23:25:00.000-06:00

We have an aluminum tree, too! I'm scared to use the color wheel, though. It's a bit dodgy, being about 50 years old!
Back in the early 60s my parents used to wrap their Christmas presents in aluminum foil before they put them under their aluminum tree!
I love Seinfeld! Do you also believe in Frank Costanza's other great idea that men with man boobs should wear a "manzier?"
I think we'll skip Festivus this year and just go with the giant non-flammable straw goat.

Concerning the circ'ing, I totally respect your de...

2006-12-07T05:47:00.000-06:00

Concerning the circ'ing, I totally respect your decision and think it is a very personal thing between you guys and God. For me, after studying Romans and realizing I can't add anything to Jesus Christ's righteousness imputed to me, and that nothing physical I do can make me (or my son) in better standing with God, and reading several places that it is the circumcision of the heart that impresses God...we decided to keep Max intact. I really feel that God was setting His people apart with the circ thing in the Old Testament and that we are set apart now through the circumcision of the heart. I do have friends that beleive the circ thing is a religious and a health thing, so I can definitely see where you guys are coming from on the issue and either way (whether circ'd or not), ultimately we want our sons to fall on their faces before God and accept Christ's sacrifice and atonement.

Anyway, you can get an aluminum pole at Lowe's or Home Depot, not sure what they cost though. Or you could get a roll of aluminum foil and just wrap a roll of christmas paper with it. That might set you back all of $5.

Sounds like fun! You should totally invite your f...

2006-12-06T14:25:00.000-06:00

Sounds like fun! You should totally invite your friends for it this year. We have friends who always have a Christmas party but it is themed and you go in costume and they serve a meal that jives with the theme and we celebrate everyone's birthday that is in December. Pretty fun, but not super "chritmassy" even though it is titled "Christmas party".

Anyway, the airing of grievances, if done with some compassion and doesn't get too heated, might not be totally unchristian. I mean, we are supposed to communicate and maybe you could air grievances you have with yourself that you want to repent and turn from. "Confess your sins one to another, that you may healed."

I think it sound like total fun and you should definitely host it this year and tell us about it. As far as, putting up a tree with little ones and such, we have a table top tree (which isn't going up this year because the wombling might be born and frankly I don't want to mess with it) but last year when Max was little and busy like BOB, we had the tree on a table so he couldn't get to it. So, if you want to sit with hubby on the couch with all the lights off and look at the christmas tree and drink hot chocolate and get all smoochie and nakie and stuff, (this is your last Christmas alone)then put the tree on a table and enjoy. You'll enjoy the tree, I know you will, hubby will enjoy the s*x, and everybody will be happy!!!