I have just noticed nobody has commented in any discussions in December and its the 11th already!
Should we discuss this?

this is probably because we are all busy with Yule preparations. Maybe we could continue this discussion topic (In not more that 7 words) with thoughts on what those preparations currently consist of.

I will start the ball rolling

Home made Christmas card project in tatters.

Win

trying to pretend christmas does not exist

Working to pay for it!

What are you giving me for Xmas Lollo-love?
Don't answer that!

merry syphilis and a happy gonorrhoea-tee hee! and oh yeh-oh-oh-oh
-if gonorrhoea,s spelt wrong-consider crabs!

7 words or less Mr Paul (Admin). From Mr Winston (Admin) !

remembering the poor oppressed Palestinians in Bethlehem

Overwhelmed by paraphenalia, at Solstice, stillness descends.

Lives shorten as the days get longer

Give of yourself and share the love : )

Let the Christmas spirit enter you.

Why seven words or less Winston (admin)?

About this entering you business... Isobel, can we have a quiet word...


Santa x
Rudolf xxx

As usual, you've broken all the rules Gus - that was 12 words if you exclude Santa and Rudolf.
Three kisses off a reindeer, and only one off Santa - I'm wondering what your filthy camels might give me...

Why seven words or less Chris?

Probably to save valuable time and space. Not to mention long drawn out life stories.
Yes i know i broke the rules too!

Had a mince pie for my breakfast!

Well, I had a thought (without saying it) that this discussion thread... consisting of 7 word lines would make an interesting piece if compiled! A christmas poem by WOL regulars with a line each! I chose 7 words as a random brief amount. It will also be easier to compile than "Bone dry" For those who remember it and contributed to it (That one was quite a task)

Just a bit of fun (and all the aother subjects seem to have dried up)

Come on Gus have another go

P.S. My fave so far is Mr Paul (Admin) (2nd attempt)

Win

Winston, currently busy, stuffing my Christmas bird.

...having already deep filled Ann's mince pie.

Oh my god six days to go !

seasonal snow, we dont want rain, dears!

A few beers and fresh baked dough.

Write Out Loud party, thirteen heroic poets!

Maybe because the roads are ice rinks...

Thirteen is one of my favourite numbers ; )

I love to skate! And party too : )

all art is ridiculous

ART, in all it's forms and concepts is essential to life.

with art life can be very boring!

Just joking! Was going to put "sometimes" but then it would have been eight words and I would have been excomunicated! (see previous comment)

And what's this got to do with Christmas? (Damn - that's eight words again! Maybe I can only think in eight word sentences!)

The cat has pissed on the tree!

...still, all art IS ridiculous.

Perhaps... It all comes down to perspective ; )

de Kooning, Pollock Archipenko genii and a hundred thousand others; but all art is...

Back to Xmas....(oops,sorry,CHRISTmas!-saw a poster down Newtown referring to the true meaning Of Christmas,saying CHRIST is the meaning of Christmas!)

So....xmas or CHRISTmas? waddya think?

back to reality...what use is art?...show me the beggar with a phd in art and i'll show you the veggie burger with an attitude.

Possibly the only word that
rhymes with 'linoleum'...?
I've just got back,
and had a craic
from seeing The Ashmoleum.

: )

Jx

I lay on the purple linoleum
sniffing a can of petroleum
after one single whiff
my fingers went stiff
and I found I could play the euphonium

I lay on the purple linoleum
Saw my stockings had got a big hole in 'em
When he saw my midriff
Santa's fingers went stiff
And he had such a hard time controlin 'em

Don't like purple - so pink linoleum please
Noticed that I was such a tease
Playing with heart and mind
Though never truly unkind
I found him on his knees... ; )

On a pink lino strip she teased
Had poor Santa reduced to his knees
Now he's on his way back
Cos he's emptied his sack
For this woman
was too hard
to please...

You know it !!!!!
LOL

Post deleted for reasons of taste and decency...Rachel's pissed!

picking up jonboy's point, I would just like to say happy birthday to Mithras who was celebrated on 25th December by the Roman legions in honour of the undying sun. and happy yuletide to everyone else.

Husbands wait outside whilst wives grab bargains.

Dear all,
I have tried to draw together the comments from the blog topic below and have come up with the following incoherent piece.

Trying to pretend Christmas doesn’t exist,
overwhelmed by paraphernalia.
Home made Christmas card project in tatters.
Working to pay for it and paying to make it work.


At Solstice, stillness descends.
Give of yourself and share the love.
Remember the Palestinians in Bethlehem.
Lives shorten as the days get longer

Quite coherent, Winston, or it would be if you put a colon on the end of the first stanza and take out the other full stops, as the whole stanza does not appear to contain an active verb (or is it the absense of a subject?)so is one long pre-amble for the second stanza. Sorry if that sounds picky.
I do think it works- in a rag bag way.

Christmas 2010 anyone? PLEASE NOOOOOO!

Christmas lights shine bright all over town.

Here comes snow to knock them down

glad when it's all over

Grand-Theft Xmas

What a load of miserable old baskets!
I love Christmas - after summer (when the sun shines) and spring (when it comes at the right time) and autumn (when the leaves aren't on the track), it is my favourite time of year.

Bah, handbags!

Totally agree with Isobel. I also like that funny time at the end of summer which is quite autumnal. And the point in late Spring when things feel summery. And the way snowdrops insist winter is nearly over. There's a couple of days in January which aren't so great but basically it's pretty good being alive.