tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691183065268280579.post1946688179252247144..comments2024-03-22T12:47:13.633-06:00Comments on Reluctant Rebel: Christmas Past, Christmas PresentFrankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04058312079036935995noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691183065268280579.post-55226613665776559032010-12-27T07:15:52.609-07:002010-12-27T07:15:52.609-07:00Thanks for the feedback, guys. I really appreciat...Thanks for the feedback, guys. I really appreciate it.Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04058312079036935995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691183065268280579.post-45595519285560154092010-12-26T23:32:28.915-07:002010-12-26T23:32:28.915-07:00Thoughtful/thought-filled/thought-provoking post. ...Thoughtful/thought-filled/thought-provoking post. Thanks for sharing this. By the way, just seeing how you describe yourself in your brief profile bio made me interested in reading what you have to say.Moving with Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954028272162285597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691183065268280579.post-57320936447286413642010-12-26T13:15:44.945-07:002010-12-26T13:15:44.945-07:00Stopping by... Thanks for the good wishes for the ...Stopping by... Thanks for the good wishes for the holidays...<br /><br />Now, even though i think religion, as we know it, to be riddled with holes, i place a lot of stock in Spirituality.<br /><br />MauroReality Observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18238703754933152975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691183065268280579.post-45768070412036844822010-12-26T09:52:13.628-07:002010-12-26T09:52:13.628-07:00I absolutely loved this post. I am myself struggl...I absolutely loved this post. I am myself struggling with religion and appreciate reading the views of as many others as I can.Cubbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12659801291785890663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691183065268280579.post-7930871192891877742010-12-26T06:37:14.413-07:002010-12-26T06:37:14.413-07:00Grandma said the Pope's brother was a fisherma...Grandma said the Pope's brother was a fisherman, so several days, in addition to every Friday, were set aside as meatless days. The whole culture of holidays centered around food and family - and large extended families. My father had 6 siblings, my mother had 10. So holidays were gatherings of aunts, uncles, cousins, great aunts/uncles, second cousins etc. 30 or 40 people at my (maternalFrankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04058312079036935995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691183065268280579.post-81385798219290054662010-12-25T19:11:53.017-07:002010-12-25T19:11:53.017-07:00Great post, so many things I could respond to here...Great post, so many things I could respond to here - like no meat on Xmas Eve? But seven kinds of fish? Here in TX it's a sin *not* to have meat on the table. But I do get the point of having traditions to cherish and pass along: lovely links in the chain of memory.<br /><br />And on the theological/ mythological points you make, we are probably on the same wavelength there, though Russ Manleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691183065268280579.post-8432665948548765102010-12-25T17:32:10.723-07:002010-12-25T17:32:10.723-07:00I enjoyed this post a lot. Some things you say I s...I enjoyed this post a lot. Some things you say I see differently but as a whole, you have reached some of the same conclusions I have.<br /><br />Happy holidays and hope the new year is much better than this one for all of us.<br /><br />saludos,<br />raulitoraulitohttp://fromtop2bttm.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com