२५ डिसेंबर, २०१९

Merry Christmas!

I hope you get what you want.

५९ टिप्पण्या:

Ignorance is Bliss म्हणाले...

Merry Christmas to all!

John Borell म्हणाले...

I turned 50 this Christmas and have what I want. Health and family. And looking back, it’s been a long, twisting road to where I am, but I couldn’t ask for more. I have about as good a life as one can ask for.

Merry Christmas, Professor, and everyone here.

Quayle म्हणाले...

A blog post by Althouse!

A blog post!

America’s Politico म्हणाले...

To all:

A very merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

My gift from the American people will come next Nov. I hope it is Warren as the POTUS.

Cheers,
Raj

FleetUSA म्हणाले...

The joy of children over even the simplest of things. I remember when my 3 brothers and I would get empty boxes to play with in the basement.

Merry Christmas to our dear Professor.

Wilbur म्हणाले...

Hey, the kid likes bananas. The best gifts to a young child are usually simple ones, like a package of balloons or a box of chalk.

Merry Christmas to everyone.

JAORE म्हणाले...

What did I get for Christmas.

Well I "get" to live in a hotel room with Ms. JAORE and two pups since our kitchen burned on Thanksgiving day. Another month to go.

Sub-optimal to be sure. But the kids pitched in with family Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Plus the long wanted kitchen update proceeds apace and we are all well.

I am blessed.

Temujin म्हणाले...

Jeez, now I feel horrible. I did not have that reaction when my wife gave me a banana for Christmas.

dreams म्हणाले...

MAGA Christmas to all.

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exhelodrvr1 म्हणाले...

Merry Christmas everyone - celebrating Christ's birth!! Had all three children and all 7 grandchildren and my mid-80s parents here last week - the first time some of them have seen the others. (Daughter has twins 11 months old, son has 3 month old.) Youngest one baptized on Sunday. Doesn't get better than that. Except that son is deploying next month.

michaele म्हणाले...

Such a sweet and a gentle reminder to count blessings in what ever way they are packaged. Merry Christmas to all. Every day on multiple occasions, our hostess or someone in the comments section gives me the wonderful gift of a surprise smile, an outright laugh or a brain tickle to think on.

Breezy म्हणाले...

Merry Christmas to all! Just the four of us here today, looking forward to the chaos and then the peace.

AllenS म्हणाले...

Since I started burning coal along with wood for heat, I was hoping for a lump of coal, but no, no one even thought about it.

Leland म्हणाले...

It's not everyday your parents give you a $120,000 gift. Merry Christmas all!

DavidD म्हणाले...

Merry Christmas Althouse, Meade, and all Althousians.

Quaestor म्हणाले...

To: America's Politico

My gift from the American people will come next Nov.

Take a look at your stocking, Raj. It's full of coals and switches again.

Condolences,

Quaestor.

sunsong म्हणाले...

Merry Christmas everyone...


hope your day is filled with love and joy

Mr. Majestyk म्हणाले...

Leland: "It's not everyday your parents give you a $120,000 gift. Merry Christmas all!"

Leland! Friend! Buddy! You know, I've been thinking, we really should spend more time together. You have such great comments here at the blog. "Gems" I call them. By the way, did you lose weight?

Fernandinande म्हणाले...

I got World Peace!

gspencer म्हणाले...

Merry Christmas, AA

iowan2 म्हणाले...

Truly blessed. Both children invited us to spend Christmas eve and day with their families, as the grandkids unloaded the Christmas tree. We were forced to choose. We ared blessed with that simple abundance. Chose one family, and with modern technology, received a pile of pictures from the other family.

Birkel म्हणाले...

I wish the same for you and yours, Althouse.

Darrell म्हणाले...

Merry Christmas to all.

Francisco D म्हणाले...

Merry Christmas everyone.

wild chicken म्हणाले...

Just another day at CNN - 2020 election security at risk!!

Lolgf.

CWJ म्हणाले...

Merry Christmas to everyone, and especially Meadhouse.

Phil 314 म्हणाले...

You can’t always get what you want, but if you try.... (you know the rest)

Phil 314 म्हणाले...

Merry (rainy) Christmas

Beasts of England म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
Meade म्हणाले...

You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes you just might find
You just might find
All you really wanted was a banana
Oh yeah

Tommy Duncan म्हणाले...

Thank you for the reminder of Christmas past. My parents grew up in humble conditions during the Great Depression. An orange or banana was considered a special treat under the Christmas tree.

My God bless all of you on this sacred day and in the New Year.

Paul म्हणाले...

Well Ann, dunno about getting what we want, but we will get what we deserve, that is for sure!

Big Mike म्हणाले...

May we get what we want, and not what we deserve!

mockturtle म्हणाले...

Great video! :-) Young children are easy to please. Teenagers, not so much.

tcrosse म्हणाले...

Have a banana
Have a banana
Have a banana
With sour cream.

mockturtle म्हणाले...

Tcrosse: Is that sung to the tune of Hava Nagila?

donald म्हणाले...

I got to take my nephew to Joshua Tree yesterday. The idea (For me of course). was a half day Gram crash course but he doesn’t give a crap so we just hung out. He’s never seen anything in that scale and did totally dig Cap Rock. I explained to him that if I ever just disappeared, I’d be my bones will be out there somewhere. He’s the one I’ve chosen to tell. He’s a good kid. Now we’re in Palm Springs, had the best Mexican food I ever had last night. I’m gonna take him
Over to the Salton Sea this morning, then on to my buddy Jim’s for Christmas dinner today. I’m a pretty empty guy, this is the best one in a while. Didn’t have to be the broken widower everybody wants to buck up. Which is nice.

Dust Bunny Queen म्हणाले...

Yes. We did get what we wanted.

I decided that I wasn't going to stress out about buying gifts for my husband and that he should NOT buy me any gifts either. At our age, we have just about everything we need. When, in the past, searching for something for each other, it usually turned out to be something that we just didn't want, need or use.

Waste of time and energy. This year: He picked out a retro looking radio and new speakers for his 1969 C2500 flat bed truck. It still had the original radio! I would have no idea how to pick one out. I got a new computer with a gaming keyboard and mouse. He would have zero idea on what specs I needed in a computer.

Bought a bottle of Black Label scotch, a prime rib roast and made a nice dinner for ourselves. Watched John Wick, not your traditional Christmas movie, but we had never seen it :-D Sat back and admired our tree.

We are both happy.

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

"Great video! :-) Young children are easy to please. Teenagers, not so much."

That's why Christmas presents are for children. Once that joy in a banana spirit is lost, there should be no more presents.

Dust Bunny Queen म्हणाले...

Since I started burning coal along with wood for heat, I was hoping for a lump of coal, but no, no one even thought about it.

America's Politico did.....he wants to give you Elizabeth Warren.

Francisco D म्हणाले...

We made Korean BBQ, drank wine and played Crimes Against Humanity with my MIL, stepson and next door neighbor (whose husband is in Iraq).

The game was hilarious although a bit much for my prudish stepson and MIL.

AllenS म्हणाले...

I wonder if Elizabeth Warren got a new pair of black pants for Christmas.

Jeff Brokaw म्हणाले...

Wishing a very merry Christmas to Ann and Meade and all the interesting, funny commenters here! A cool place to hang out online.

Thanks for running the place for 15 years!

Andrew म्हणाले...

Merry Christmas, to Ann, Meade, and commenters! I'm grateful for this blog and the community which has developed here. My office always has CNN on in the entrance lobby, and numerous liberals and socialists at my work place never shut up, so I frequently come here to avoid losing my mind. Thank you for all the great discussions on so many topics (political and otherwise). As Bork said of the Supreme Court, it is an intellectual feast. Have a blessed day!

My favorite Christmas song (but those for whom Christmas is not a holiday will still enjoy the music):

https://youtu.be/MS3vpAWW2Zc

Clyde म्हणाले...

Well, that's off the wall. Hopefully Mama didn't spend $120,000 on it!

alanc709 म्हणाले...

If Raj gets his wish, and Warren is elected next year, I'm moving to Venezuela. It won't be difficult, since with her in charge, I won't have to leave my neighborhood to be in Venezuela......

AllenS म्हणाले...

Warren's polling percentages have been steadily falling. Very few people like a fake Indian with only one pair of black pants.

JML म्हणाले...

Mom is Hillary and the MSM, the banana is Trump and the kid is America. Merry Christmas to all!

Rick.T. म्हणाले...

Merry Christmas to everyone. I’m grateful for this blog and the commentators. Through the first themed movie of the holiday (DieHard) and first few sips of 30 year Taylor Fladgate tawny port.

Ingachuck'stoothlessARM म्हणाले...

that kid's an art lover!!

...She just got a $120K banana (w/o the greasy black peeeel!)

tcrosse म्हणाले...

Sometimes a banana is just a banana.

Wince म्हणाले...

Clinical evidence that may explain the appeal of the Banana Man from early 1960's Captain Kangaroo?

virgil xenophon म्हणाले...

@Rick T./

Try Harvy's Bristol Cream on Christmas Eve in front of the fireplace fire while gazing at your lit decorated tree and listening to British, German, Bulgarian, Hungarian, and Polish choral Christmas music. A sublime experience..

FullMoon म्हणाले...

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah etc. And have a nice day to nondenominationals and heathens.

DavidD म्हणाले...

Tommy Duncan said...
"Thank you for the reminder of Christmas past. My parents grew up in humble conditions during the Great Depression. An orange or banana was considered a special treat under the Christmas tree."

I put oranges in my kids' stockings. And nuts. Because my siblings and I got nuts and an orange in our stockings growing up.

I said one recent summer that pecans taste like Christmas and my brother said that oranges taste like Christmas to him, since that was the only time we ever saw them.

stephen cooper म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
stephen cooper म्हणाले...

Something I want is for the new Dr Doolittle movie not to be terrible.

There are many more important things that I would like to see happen, of course.

narciso म्हणाले...

it's by Stephen gaghan , who isn't the person you ordinarily think of in directing kids films, he leans more dramatic fare,

stephen cooper म्हणाले...

love lyubov' habw'un ahav'a

(from the youtube version of "Anthem for Christmas" by Michael Smith --- with those words printed in the foreign scripts - Cyrillic, Arabic, Hebrew - that are so dear to my heart)