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Post by snsurone on Jan 2, 2018 14:23:01 GMT
HALLELUJAH! IT'S OVER AT LAST!!
Now, life can get back to normal. We can watch good programming on Hallmark Network, now that its annual nausea-fest is done for another year.
Of course, not everyone is happy; it's back to school and daily routine. Having been a kid once myself, I can empathize. :-D
The next national holiday is Martin Luther King Day on Jan. 15. IMHO, that is far more meaningful than Christmas has become!
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Post by mattgarth on Jan 2, 2018 15:41:16 GMT
I'm feeling so guilty -- I had a terrific Christmas (family, friends, gifts, meals, etc.). What have I done wrong?
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 2, 2018 16:46:34 GMT
I'm feeling so guilty -- I had a terrific Christmas (family, friends, gifts, meals, etc.). What have I done wrong? It's possibly simply that you don't take those Cranky Pills that are all the rage in some circles. One to share : ok ... one more !
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Post by snsurone on Jan 2, 2018 17:23:20 GMT
I'm feeling so guilty -- I had a terrific Christmas (family, friends, gifts, meals, etc.). What have I done wrong? I'm truly happy for you, Matt. And I hope all your holidays are just as terrific.
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Post by mattgarth on Jan 2, 2018 17:27:06 GMT
Why thanks, snsurone -- and to you and yours as well.
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Post by snsurone on Jun 30, 2018 2:02:24 GMT
UPDATE:
Hallmark Channel is already plugging its 24/7 vomit fest! It starts October 26.
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Post by snsurone on Oct 29, 2018 23:51:11 GMT
One last thing:
Letters to advice columnists about the holidays and families have already begun See Arcamax.com.
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Post by snsurone on Mar 18, 2019 14:31:35 GMT
Believe it or not, to this day there are still letters to advice columnists describing family tensions and disharmony during the holidays!
And Hallmark is still airing those horrible movies! Luckily, they're on only Friday nights when few people even watch TV.
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Post by snsurone on Sept 9, 2019 19:01:39 GMT
...as snsurone so eloquently put it, a 24/7 puke-a-thon of movies on the Hallmark Network, movies which are really just two-hour commercials for the obscenely overpriced stuff that is peddled at Hallmark stores. Well, it's the Hallmark channel, so I don't know what anyone can expect. I occasionally DVR something from it, like the odd Perry Mason movie or episode of Diagnosis Murder, and it seems like the other nine months of the year that they're not flogging Christmas, they're flogging insipid romances about cosmetically perfect women finding the cosmetically Perfect Sensitive Guy and/or their weddings. And just who the hell is Lacey Chabert, anyway? Have you noticed that in all these Hallmark movies, the characters are rich suburban WASP's? Why are there no movies about Christmas in "da hood"? Or in a homeless shelter? But, of course, these people could not afford the "obscenely overpriced stuff peddled at Hallmark stores" as marianne said. Sorry for the late reply.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Sept 9, 2019 19:09:14 GMT
Well, it's the Hallmark channel, so I don't know what anyone can expect. I occasionally DVR something from it, like the odd Perry Mason movie or episode of Diagnosis Murder, and it seems like the other nine months of the year that they're not flogging Christmas, they're flogging insipid romances about cosmetically perfect women finding the cosmetically Perfect Sensitive Guy and/or their weddings. And just who the hell is Lacey Chabert, anyway? Have you noticed that in all these Hallmark movies, the characters are rich suburban WASP's? Why are there no movies about Christmas in "da hood"? Or in a homeless shelter? But, of course, these people could not afford the "obscenely overpriced stuff peddled at Hallmark stores" as marianne said. Sorry for the late reply. marianne48's got something there. All I know about those movies is what I saw in the promos. And they sure look alike.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 9, 2019 19:21:13 GMT
Sorry for the late reply. oh goody ! The Annual Snu's Anti-Hallmark Christmas Show Rant has been bumped with a "late reply" 2017 - 2019 late ! WTG ! I always love seeing the cartoons again ! Edit: re-reading the thread and noted that actually, except for parts of it, we turned it into a pretty good thread about enjoyable Christmas Movies .. so yay us !
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Post by snsurone on Oct 23, 2019 14:31:33 GMT
The annual puke-fest begins this Friday at 2:00 PM. I'd like to think that these awful movies would be relegated to afternoon and evening hours, enabling the fans of the classic sitcoms CHEERS, I LOVE LUCY, and THE GOLDEN GIRLS to continue airing in the mornings. But I'm skeptical. Well, we'll see how it goes.
EDIT: It turns out I was wrong. It's the same old, same old. At least there are good programs on other networks, such as MeTV. And for us die-hard fans of THE GOLDEN GIRLS, TVLand runs an 11-hour marathon every Sunday from 6:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
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Post by snsurone on Nov 8, 2019 15:24:38 GMT
I'm gratified to see that some Americans are finally appreciating the true meaning of such holidays as Veterans' Day and Memorial Day and not seeing them as just an excuse for store sales. Although there are still store sales! Now, if more people would appreciate the true meaning of Christmas, it would be great!
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Post by snsurone on Nov 21, 2019 18:20:14 GMT
Well, I see that the annual holiday complaints to advice columns have already begun. As well as commercials on TV. To tell the truth, the only Christmas ad I ever liked is the one where Hershey Kisses are "bells" ringing "We Wish You a Merry Christmas". I suppose many other people like it too, as it's repeated every year.
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Post by snsurone on Nov 25, 2019 19:00:44 GMT
Aah, that Hershey Kisses ad is still here. It's really cute, plus, there's no dialog at all. And it's only a few seconds long.
I love Hershey Kisses, but they DO melt in your hand, which is why I prefer M&M's for my chocolate fix.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Nov 25, 2019 19:06:07 GMT
The origin of the word humbug is unknown, though it is clear that it emerged in mid-18th century England. The first known use of humbug in print was in 1751 in The Student, or the Oxford and Cambridge Monthly Miscellany, which calls the term “a word very much in vogue with the people of taste and fashion.” The Universal Jester: Or, a Pocket Companion for the Wits by Ferdinando Killigrew is another early example (1754): “merry conceits, facetious drolleries, &c., clenchers, closers, closures, bon-mots and humbugs.” In the original sense from both these early sources, a humbug was a “trick” or a “hoax.”
Humbug’s sense of “deceit” associated it with “nonsense” and “bother” by the early 19th century, when Dickens was writing. With the publication of his A Christmas Carol in 1843, the most popular phrase including the word humbug became the exclamation Bah! Humbug!, the catchphrase of the miserly main character Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge’s bah is an exclamation of contempt or annoyance. Since then, bah humbug has come to invoke Scrooge’s (initial) grouchy attitude toward Christmas in other contexts.
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