Comments on: Christmas in New York City

By: Zeno

Zeno — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 22:54:13 +0000

Merry Christmas, neo-neocon.

By: Mark H.

Mark H. — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 04:01:56 +0000

Yes Merry Christmas Neo-NeoCon!

I’ve enjoyed your essays over 2006 and look forward to more reading in 2007 and beyond.

By: Cranky Greg

Cranky Greg — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 04:45:20 +0000

Merry Christmas from California, Neo-neocon! NYC is now America’s city after 9/11. Visited there in April and NYC looks better than ever. I bet it’s great at Christmas.

Merry Christmas!

By: Danny Lemieux

Danny Lemieux — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 05:28:51 +0000

Merry Christmas, Neo-con, from Fly-Over country (that’s the space between LA and NY). :-).

By: Al Fin

Al Fin — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 05:55:12 +0000

San Francisco
Seattle
Boston
Portland OR
NYC

Those are my top 5 US cities for Christmas or otherwise. LA doesn’t even make the top 50.

By: John Ruberry

John Ruberry — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 08:58:33 +0000

Merry Christmas, Neo. Not very Christmas-like weather here in Chicago, either. Mid ’50s too.

By: Harry

Harry — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 09:25:51 +0000

Merry Christmas, Neo. Thanks for the good wishes.

By: Ariel

Ariel — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 09:43:32 +0000

Merry Christmas to you and all.

By: Robert Schwartz

Robert Schwartz — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 12:40:28 +0000

A therapist in mid-career, moving? What gives?

By: Danny Lemieux

Danny Lemieux — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 19:33:23 +0000

The New Yorkers I know love sleek, sophisticated Minneapolis/St. Paul, especially when St. Paul holds its winter festival. Believe me, the clear, sunny, cool winters there are far preferable to the grey damp-cold of NYC. Also highly recommend Chicago, Denver, Albuquerque for Christmas.

By: harry

harry — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 01:22:13 +0000

Mery X-mas to you neo, and to all the little brown people all over the world living under the opressive jack-boot of America’s imperialist domination.

By: Bert

Bert — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 00:19:46 +0000

Denver - son’s home; daughter and husband here, too - 4 grandkids –2.5 feet of snow everywhere — a BEAUTIFUL Christmas

By: Jen in NY

Jen in NY — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 04:49:53 +0000

Personally, I find the smell of roasting chestnuts really cloying, and since they are ubiquitous in NY this time of year, it starts to get to me.

Other than that though, I adore NYC all dressed up and sparkly for Christmas! I love the spirit of it all, even if it is primarily commercial. It just feels even more exciting than usual.

By: Galley Slave

Galley Slave — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 16:15:27 +0000

I lived for a while, part-time, in rural NH. I needed to be far away from the lefties in MA (the Mass-holes) and the lefties of Vermont (the Ben and Jerry clones).

Being a Jew, I was a stranger in a strange land, but found the living to my liking. After a while, though, I yearned for things more Jewish—culturally and religiously. In NH I felt as if I was a welcome outsider in a friendly, beautiful place—but still an outsider.

In spite of its issues, I feel more at home in the suburbs of Philadelphia, PA. I need the Jewish connection of people, places, things. I need the synagogues—those to join and participate in—and those to criticize. Choice is grand. I think it was Jackie Mason who said that when the town has two Jews, they need two synagogues—including one that you would NEVER join.

Anyway, I see Christmas as a wonderful time—in many ways similar to Thanksgiving—in which (if you look hard enough) you can find a message buried beneath the presents and sales. A message that good has its place, and that we as Americans (including Jewish Americans) have created an imperfect but wonderful land. While this land is constantly under attack by evil forces—from without and within—we have a present and a future.

I enjoy the tacky and the precise vanilla Christmas decorations, and am pleased that I, the Jewish child, have no duty to fully jump in —head first–to the craziness.

I spent my Christmas Day, with my Jewish sweetheart, at the Atlantic City casinos—not gambling, but resting, dining, hugging/kissing, watching the crowds, and having a pleasant day —among the Jewish, Asian and Hindu gamblers; the lost souls; the degenerate gamblers; and those who had to work on Christmas Day.