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The holidays are over, and throughout the land has descended a darkness so deep... oh, wait. It's only the start of Primary/Caucus season. My bad.
But about that light... follow me below the dingledoodlesquiggliedividerthingie fold...
The discarded, bare fir trees have found (or, in the case of Casa Brillig, will soon find) their way to the curb, ready for pickup and transformation into mulch. The lights which last week brightened many houses inside and out are once again coiled, stored with ornaments and other decorations. Everything is returning to Before, the bright and welcoming atmosphere sent back into the ordinary.
I don't like it, and rebel as long as possible. We're always one of the last houses to take our lights down, and for many years we kept an electric candle on a sensor in the attic window, a reminder of the holiday tradition of lighting the windows so prevalent here in New England and likely elsewhere. (Reminds me, I need to go check on that light, and figure out why it's not on...). We have a string of color-changing bulbs entwined in the staircase banister, for a little splash of light all year.
What, if anything, do you do to keep a bit of the light and flavor of the December holiday atmosphere alive in your home? Share with us in the comments, and brighten up the night while we cluster around the glow of the fireplace liveblog to see how the evening's gone!
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From annetteboardman:
I recommended G2geek turn this substantial comment with great reminders and advice into a diary. But in the meantime it is my nominee for top comments.
From A Siegel:
James Wells succinctly highlights (yet another) climate denier hypocrisy when it comes to gas prices.
From pixxer:
In a spot-on, brief comment on AnnieJo's top-of-the-reclist diary highlighting the Pulaski marching band's gutsy musical statement in the Rose Parade, MsLibrarian found that Don MacLean had already written about this.
In the same diary I mistyped "commentary" as "ocmmentary," following the deviant comment immediately with a "preview is your friend" apology and spelling correction. antirove had a much better idea.
From hazey:
KelleyRN2 had such a great diary (or is it post??) with Nurse Kelley Sez: The untold story of the small donor Santas. Lots of fun to relive the excitement of Saturday night and I enjoyed all the comments! But this one by Ebby is my Top Comment nomination.
From SeattleTammy:
Love Love Love this comment by Andrew C. White!
From Yours Truly, brillig:
Thanks to Meteor Blades, I now know political endorsements are worth cash! As I am currently working at home as a parent, I think perhaps Alvin K and I should start a business.
I soooo want to nominate a sentence from Hunter's diary Rick Perry thinks defeating Obama is like defeating Hitler, but that wouldn't be right, pointing everyone to the first sentence under the blockquote under the video link. Instead, I'll hold up bernardpliers' comment, instead :-).
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Top Mojo for yesterday, January 2nd, first comments and tip jars excluded. Thank you mik for the mojo magic!
1) In my opinion we're fighting about what it means by Carnivorous Plantling — 136
2) And I will rec this because by SwedishJewfish — 120
3) Specs Aside, the People Overall Have Been Losin by Gooserock — 107
4) Pretty much sums it up... by blueyedace2 — 104
5) Best. OWS. Sign. Ever. by JekyllnHyde — 103
6) Great by SwedishJewfish — 101
7) I think there's a huge disconnect between politics by FishOutofWater — 100
8) Banks, lenders, phone cos, power cos, cable cos, by Crashing Vor — 100
9) thanks. by pfiore8 — 87
10) Do whatever you can to help #OWS by Mike Stark — 85
11) Actions have consequences, young lady... by JeffW — 84
12) Rec'd for many reasons. by Crashing Vor — 83
13) Yup, making "mistakes" by the thousands is not an by MinistryOfTruth — 82
14) My impression was that Mike is talking by inclusiveheart — 78
15) It's. The. Supreme. Court. by Geiiga — 78
16) Sorry if it wasn't clear by Jerome a Paris — 73
17) Democracy has never been the same since JFK by FishOutofWater — 71
18) great diary - thank you! by MartyM — 70
19) oh hai by Debbie in ME — 70
20) Well, I could understand your point by elmo — 67
21) OMG that's soooooo brill! by Loquatrix — 67
22) Bwaaaaaaaaaaah! Stop being mean to me! by davidkc — 66
23) I'll be doing that too by SwedishJewfish — 65
24) You, sir, are an excellent writer! by KelleyRN2 — 61
25) Tribute to a departed friend by crystal eyes — 59
26) You are so right by cassandracarolina — 59
27) you're with us or you're with the terrorists by ferg — 58
28) Glad your cat showed up. by nancat357 — 58
29) Older Workers Are Very Stuck, Mid Age Workers by Gooserock — 58
30) I think that's going to be the theme of 2012. OWS by BigAlinWashSt — 58
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Top Pictures for yesterday, January 2nd. Thank you jotter for the image magic!