Comments on: In Light Of Christmas Spirit

By: shealyisnottheantichrist

shealyisnottheantichrist — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:26:21 +0000

Well done!
You entertain as well as inform.

By: Cyclops

Cyclops — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:17:51 +0000

Crystal! They may not be real dogs, but they are kind of cute.

By: Vieve

Vieve — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:45:54 +0000

Jim, it’s Mrs. Guardian who has the foo-foo dog. The foo-foo dog has the Guardian. Clear?

By: dog

dog — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:56:07 +0000

Great picture Guardian. Scenes like that make me want to go caroling and sing Silent Night. You should come to my neighborhood and go down X-Mas Alley and see the lights and all manner of inflatable X-Mas icons. You can listen to competing electronic X-Mas music piped into the street. Americans really know how to put the X in
Christmas. Thanks Wal-Mart, for helping make Christmas American.

By: Treva

Treva — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:23:45 +0000

That was too funny, Guardian. I laughed so hard my husband came from the next room to check on me. Great picture, by the way.

Regarding Quail Ridge: if Mrs. Guardian is in such good shape (or Mr. Guardian – except that I don’t think so) that she could ride a bike up Quail Ridge, I would really like to hire her as my personal trainer so that I can actually fulfill one of my perennial New Year’s resolutions of shaping up.

While such displays are definitely pretty and happily not paid out of public funds, it does seem a bit much – kind of like that 10,000 square foot house in the same vicinity.

We actually put up a little homemade wooden sign in our front yard that says “North Pole” just to get in the spirit of the season. The money we saved we gave to our kids so they could pay some of their bills, holiday or otherwise.

By: Meridian Mike

Meridian Mike — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:10:48 +0000

A true, humor-filled, and observant story of the advances that have made possible our modern day Christmas! And what did our nineteenth century ancestors do to create such an entertaining Christmas? Probably sat in the dark…..watched the shimmering stars and listened to the quietness of a world asleep. A night so silent that if a neighbor approached along the salmon-bearing Boise River (still free flowing to the ocean in those days), they would be heard. Oh yes, and, they kept foo-foo as close as their loved ones so she didn’t get eaten by a prowling wolf! Best wishes this holiday season!

By: Sisyphus

Sisyphus — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:05:44 +0000

My pagans sure know how to do up Christmas.

By: Cyclops

Cyclops — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 08:20:27 +0000

I must admit, I have never had enough Christmas spirit to start putting lights up in September!
We used to have a retired Idaho Power exec aroung the corner and he would start right after Labor Day. The rag once said he put up 1/4 million lights! Very pretty and enjoyed by many, but I used to wonder how much he dreaded Jan. 2nd.
Having two foo-foo’s myself, you should know Guardian that it is ALWAYS their fault.
Merry Christmas to all!

By: slim jim

slim jim — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:36:54 +0000

great photo, fun story about why we need more and more and more electricity in the valley. did not know you had a foo-foo dog.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:02:43 +0000

Yep, shoulda taken bicycles!