m II wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:

Parents don't "Owe" you anything more than food on the table, a place
to sleep and decent clothes. They may choose to give gifts, if they can
afford to, but they don't "Owe" them to anyone. If something is "Owed",
it isn't a gift, its an entitlement, like welfare.

Sheesh..talk about taking things too literally. I also said that they
'owed' you things like socks and underwear. Think of it as the cost of
maintenance of said progeny versus the optional gift giving.

Terrell? Any relatives in Calgary Alberta?

mike

I long ago grew weary of the commercialism applied to Christmas.
Every year it becomes harder and harder to fined any evidence of the
true meaning of Christmas. People tell you its our "Duty" to go deeper
into debt to buy horrendous amounts of "gifts". I heard a kid tell his
mother he was going to call the state of Florida's child welfare group
and claim he was abused if she didn't buy him a very expensive toy.

I don't hear any true Christmas music. "White Christmas", "Jingle
bells" and other secular music is not Christmas music. It is simply
politically correct BS trying to mask the fact that Jesus Christ was
born.

Sorry, I don't know of any relatives in Canada. My dad's mother died
when I was little. She was the family historian, going back four or five
generations, so very little of our family history was written down. I
was born in Kentucky, and raised in SW Ohio.

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Merry Christmas!

Take care, and God bless.
Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida