Comments on: The Anti-Yule (B)Log! http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/12/25/the-anti-yule-log-burns-for-you/ MovieMorlocks.com is the official blog for Turner Classic Movies (TCM). No topic is too obscure or niche to be excluded from our film discussions. And we welcome your comments on our blogs and bloggers. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:41:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: rhsmith http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/12/25/the-anti-yule-log-burns-for-you/#comment-11105 rhsmith Mon, 28 Dec 2009 04:27:01 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=17367#comment-11105 I guess I'm not cynical, Kurt - I don't see the communion that goes on during the holiday season - even with the overspending and extended vacations that you so hotly abhor - as being empty. Any time that people get together in good company, with open hearts and good will, is as close to a definition of sacred as I'll likely ever get. I guess I’m not cynical, Kurt – I don’t see the communion that goes on during the holiday season – even with the overspending and extended vacations that you so hotly abhor – as being empty. Any time that people get together in good company, with open hearts and good will, is as close to a definition of sacred as I’ll likely ever get.

]]> By: Kurt http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/12/25/the-anti-yule-log-burns-for-you/#comment-11099 Kurt Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:11:49 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=17367#comment-11099 Only one statement you made that I'd like to respond to. "Make the season your own, I say. Personalize it. Brand it." I suppose that, in our world today, you can do whatever you want with the Christmas season. Today's popular culture doesn't care, anymore. But I believe that even atheists will agree that Christmas was originally intended to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, whom many believe is our Lord and Savior. Over the centuries, as usual, men have convoluted and diluted that original intent to suit their own tastes. And most of that dilution happened in the 20th century. So, in reference to your statement, society has made, personalized and branded the Christmas season over and over again and in different ways. In most cases, it's just called the "Holiday Season." People are ALREADY making the holiday into whatever they want it to be. What started out as a birthday celebration for the most important birth in world history, has been transformed into a season of partying, gift-giving, extended vacations, greed, overspending and excessive commercialization. Some are being FIRED or expelled for even uttering the word "Christmas." But, imagine this: It's your birthday and a bunch of your friends come over to your house. The whole day long, everyone is celebrating, talking, laughing, exchanging gifts with one another and generally having a great time. Unfortunately, they are completely ignoring you, the one whose birthday they are celebrating. You don't even get an acknowledgment that you're even in the room. So, Christmas wasn't originally intended for us to do with whatever we like. Maybe it is now, but not when the term Cristes mæsse, was first coined in 1038. Call me a fuddy-duddy (which I'm not), or a religious nut (not that either), but I prefer to keep Christmas the way it was originally intended. A birthday celebration for someone who is not only important to me, but to billions of others. I believe folks would enjoy the holiday more, that way, than in the empty pursuits that they usually take part in. Only one statement you made that I’d like to respond to. “Make the season your own, I say. Personalize it. Brand it.” I suppose that, in our world today, you can do whatever you want with the Christmas season. Today’s popular culture doesn’t care, anymore. But I believe that even atheists will agree that Christmas was originally intended to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, whom many believe is our Lord and Savior. Over the centuries, as usual, men have convoluted and diluted that original intent to suit their own tastes. And most of that dilution happened in the 20th century. So, in reference to your statement, society has made, personalized and branded the Christmas season over and over again and in different ways. In most cases, it’s just called the “Holiday Season.” People are ALREADY making the holiday into whatever they want it to be. What started out as a birthday celebration for the most important birth in world history, has been transformed into a season of partying, gift-giving, extended vacations, greed, overspending and excessive commercialization. Some are being FIRED or expelled for even uttering the word “Christmas.”
But, imagine this: It’s your birthday and a bunch of your friends come over to your house. The whole day long, everyone is celebrating, talking, laughing, exchanging gifts with one another and generally having a great time. Unfortunately, they are completely ignoring you, the one whose birthday they are celebrating. You don’t even get an acknowledgment that you’re even in the room.
So, Christmas wasn’t originally intended for us to do with whatever we like. Maybe it is now, but not when the term Cristes mæsse, was first coined in 1038. Call me a fuddy-duddy (which I’m not), or a religious nut (not that either), but I prefer to keep Christmas the way it was originally intended. A birthday celebration for someone who is not only important to me, but to billions of others. I believe folks would enjoy the holiday more, that way, than in the empty pursuits that they usually take part in.

]]> By: Pierre Fournier http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/12/25/the-anti-yule-log-burns-for-you/#comment-11088 Pierre Fournier Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:42:37 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=17367#comment-11088 Merry Christmas, RHS, and TOP OF THE WORLD! Merry Christmas, RHS, and TOP OF THE WORLD!

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