Thursday, December 07, 2006

Merry Christmas

This great time of the year is ALL about the birth of Jesus. Thats it. Nothing more. The whole gift thing relates of course to the three kings/advisors/magi, who sought out this miraclous birth, and brought something, to give to Mary and Joseph, as an honor of their new child. Thats it. If you're a card carrying member of the ALCU, remember, its ok to say, think, sing and post Merry Christmas.

The funny thing is that lots of business people will tell salespeople, or anyone else for that matter, to "...call on me, after the new year". Or, my favorite, "...I'm too busy right now with the Holidays, call me after the New Year". Now I just told you the great truth about Christmas but remember, the "holidays" are just three days: Christmas, New Years eve and New Year's Day. Today is December 7th, the "new year" is 4 weeks away. The sad thing is that when people tell you that they are just "too busy", with the holidays, they are OVER investing into those three days. Hey, despite this rant, just have a Merry Christmas. That number again, is Merry CHRISTmas.

The Most wonderful time of the year

Yes, I am back. It is peak time of year for Fedex, UPS, USPS, and retailing everywhere including those at the mall and online. For my regular readers I work in those industries and I really appreciate the flow of stuff. To go to the airport and see the tugs hooked to dollies, filled with containers (ULDs) of stuff...Pampered Chef, Ipods, Cellular phones, Dell Computers, Flat Screens, frozen sea food, goodies from The Cheese Cake Factory, Cuddle Duds (last year it was the Ipod, THIS year, it is Cuddle Duds)...Ah....its a great time of the year! Whats great about America, is that we are consumers. We consume, we buy stuff and we keep cargo planes flying above our heads every night, filled with that stuff. I love this country.