All of this is not to say that corporations won’t make money on Black Friday and that people are done Christmas shopping. Quite the opposite. Companies have slickly entered the market place of ideas in the tech era, making often even larger profits than when we all got in cars and went to malls. But what we will lack are the fun images.. the frivolity of fights and battle scars cash register wars. Those days are gone.
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We have chosen the hard coal Christmas songs to light up your holiday season. Partially based on what you listen to — and us, as well.
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War.. pestilence. Pollution. Vanity. Selfishness.. cruelty. Bullying.. Are we guilty? Do we deserve the sharp fangs and the whipping of bird branches from his sack, maybe even being drug into the underworld?
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Yes.. here we go again. Another nostalgic Coal Speaker post about the ‘malls’.. The nonstop posts. The memories. The melodrama that is the shiny halls of yesteryear.
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We have been informed by sources that overall belief in Santa is hitting an all-time low. Officials report that children, most under 10 years of age, are still able to believe but doubt Santa at a much earlier age as time goes on. By 11 or 12, they are completely done with leaving cookies and milk and instead think their parents or guardians leave gifts under the tree..
Hopefully we can out some facts out there about this waning tradition.
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Kids of today will never experience the excitement of a fully stocked toy store at Christmas…
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