holiday cheer–gotta get me some!
’tis the season!
for impulse shopping. getting distracted by the bling. satiating our souls at 50% off sales.
the age old wisdom, “out with the old & in with the new” has been co-opted as sales pitch. and we buy it. we buy everything. and in the process, we create a bunch of trash–figuratively & literally.
i don’t mean to sound like a scrooge.
really. i friggin’ love christmas. well, i love the holidays. i do. i just know that it sure isn’t the way i remember it. maybe it’s because i don’t have a “family” of my own. maybe it’s because my studio apartment can’t accommodate a big tree. maybe because holidays now = consumerism and i just can’t (don’t want to either) keep up with the buying madness.
what i love(d) about christmas was tradition. baking cookies with mom. decorating the tree–my brother gary hoisting me up to put the angel on top. wrapping gifts. busting out my keyboard & making everyone sing carols.
these days, tradition is being first in line at walmart on black friday. how did this come to be?
regardless of my lackluster cheer, i am finding ways to spread what little i do have, in sensitive greenie ways.
i love these christmas cards! the irony embraces my sentiments exactly this year–as what symbolizes christmas better than the barcode? this image, by steve rhodes, or any image of your own that you prefer, is printed to order via moo.com.
this online printer allows you to upload your own images and have them printed on greeting/business/postcards. they’re hi-quality–the paper is 10% recycled post-consumer fibre, and acid andC elementcal chlorine free. so, if you have a picture of your own, load it up.
i’m sticking with this fitting image from steve, though, as for every pack sold, they’re giving a buck to doctors without borders.
be merry.
be bright.
