Comments on: Blending holidays http://romerican.com/2008/12/25/blending-holidays/ Dispatches from an American in Romania (was Transylvania) Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:40:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ron & Maria http://romerican.com/2008/12/25/blending-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-105713 Ron & Maria Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:02:50 +0000 http://romerican.com/?p=642#comment-105713 We have stores here, for example...the Christmas Tree Shops...that are rolling in holiday "cheer" all damn year long....we may as well just lump all the holidays together and get them overwith in just one easy day. We saw christmas decorations in walmart this yr, the first week of november. Right nest to the plastic trees and "festive" holiday wrapped candy..which was two months old before the holiday even arrived. How is it one from Brasov can determine what's going on in US department stores? Unless you have hacked into the covetted walmart security system and get your kicks out of watching America's white trash dodging falling prices...! On another note...we may only be in Bucharest for 2-6 hours on the 20th of Jan....I'll let you know what's up when we buy the tickets. Any requests of goods from the US of A? Maybe some Cadbury Cream eggs....yes they are out..I'm not kidding....unfortunately We have stores here, for example…the Christmas Tree Shops…that are rolling in holiday “cheer” all damn year long….we may as well just lump all the holidays together and get them overwith in just one easy day.

We saw christmas decorations in walmart this yr, the first week of november. Right nest to the plastic trees and “festive” holiday wrapped candy..which was two months old before the holiday even arrived.

How is it one from Brasov can determine what’s going on in US department stores? Unless you have hacked into the covetted walmart security system and get your kicks out of watching America’s white trash dodging falling prices…!

On another note…we may only be in Bucharest for 2-6 hours on the 20th of Jan….I’ll let you know what’s up when we buy the tickets. Any requests of goods from the US of A? Maybe some Cadbury Cream eggs….yes they are out..I’m not kidding….unfortunately

]]> By: American Friend http://romerican.com/2008/12/25/blending-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-105296 American Friend Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:26:29 +0000 http://romerican.com/?p=642#comment-105296 Holy crap! Easter????!!!!!????? I distinctly remember shaking my head in disgust right around Halloween as I was forced to view the Christmas-mania goods placed under my nose during shopping ventures here in Washington. Holy crap! Easter????!!!!!?????

I distinctly remember shaking my head in disgust right around Halloween as I was forced to view the Christmas-mania goods placed under my nose during shopping ventures here in Washington.

]]> By: Romer!can http://romerican.com/2008/12/25/blending-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-104767 Romer!can Sat, 27 Dec 2008 10:55:46 +0000 http://romerican.com/?p=642#comment-104767 Mihai from Brasov - Welcome to the show! Yes, I agree with you that the news in Romania and America are both full of hyperbole regarding the day's events. Minor actions become big problems, celebrity nuances become the Thing You Must Know, and the dramatically selfish power grabs of politicians are euphemized as well-meaning patriotism. However, I must stick to the facts regarding Christmas decorations appearing before Thanksgiving. And just recently starting to appear even before Halloween. That there's the cold hard truth, hoss. And now I've seen the first vestiges of holiday creep in Romania, coming from the reverse. You can dismiss the advance team as random all you like, but the larger army is still coming behind it. Stories and poetry? What, me? Ba da! Mihai from Brasov – Welcome to the show! Yes, I agree with you that the news in Romania and America are both full of hyperbole regarding the day’s events. Minor actions become big problems, celebrity nuances become the Thing You Must Know, and the dramatically selfish power grabs of politicians are euphemized as well-meaning patriotism.

However, I must stick to the facts regarding Christmas decorations appearing before Thanksgiving. And just recently starting to appear even before Halloween. That there’s the cold hard truth, hoss. And now I’ve seen the first vestiges of holiday creep in Romania, coming from the reverse. You can dismiss the advance team as random all you like, but the larger army is still coming behind it.

Stories and poetry? What, me? Ba da!

]]> By: Mihai from Brasov http://romerican.com/2008/12/25/blending-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-104611 Mihai from Brasov Fri, 26 Dec 2008 22:30:14 +0000 http://romerican.com/?p=642#comment-104611 Yep..I'm feeling like i've just read the prompter from Stirile ProTv where every wind is a "storm" and at every car crash the driver "races towards death". Obviously i dont bvelieve that "in Texas store after store rolled out Christmas light before thanksgiving". All I see in this this picture is a few bags of made for Easter Haribo(yammmi..) sitting on a display in some shop in December. That's it. Call me realistic. Blending holidays my arse. PS: now i understand why u like romania so much... romanians ar poets and storytellers just like you ;) Nothing wrong with it now. Cheers Yep..I’m feeling like i’ve just read the prompter from Stirile ProTv where every wind is a “storm” and at every car crash the driver “races towards death”. Obviously i dont bvelieve that “in Texas store after store rolled out Christmas light before thanksgiving”.
All I see in this this picture is a few bags of made for Easter Haribo(yammmi..) sitting on a display in some shop in December. That’s it. Call me realistic. Blending holidays my arse.

PS: now i understand why u like romania so much… romanians ar poets and storytellers just like you ;) Nothing wrong with it now.

Cheers

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