<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28551297.post6183852869853378424..comments</id><updated>2009-11-04T08:01:59.020-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on My Musings: Ready or Not, Christmas is Coming.</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nicks-musings.blogspot.com/feeds/6183852869853378424/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28551297/6183852869853378424/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nicks-musings.blogspot.com/2009/11/ready-or-not-christmas-is-coming.html'/><author><name>Nick</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05248144883873770896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28551297.post-6199585191184460913</id><published>2009-11-03T06:31:14.277-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-03T06:31:14.277-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Such is the schizophrenia that any of us have who ...</title><content type='html'>Such is the schizophrenia that any of us have who take the deeper message of the holiday to heart yet who must live in this materialistic and commercialized world.  Every year I have promised myself that &amp;quot;this year will be better&amp;quot;, but for the most part it is not.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was the Christmas after the last of my parents had died and I felt that intense loneliness of being without them coupled with economic circumstances that left me nearly penniless - it was *that* Christmas that came closest to being the happiest, most fulfilling Christmas in my life.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28551297/6183852869853378424/comments/default/6199585191184460913'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28551297/6183852869853378424/comments/default/6199585191184460913'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nicks-musings.blogspot.com/2009/11/ready-or-not-christmas-is-coming.html?showComment=1257247874277#c6199585191184460913' title=''/><author><name>Lemuel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15397995062492531171</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://nicks-musings.blogspot.com/2009/11/ready-or-not-christmas-is-coming.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28551297.post-6183852869853378424' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28551297/posts/default/6183852869853378424' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28551297.post-3040753101925649019</id><published>2009-11-02T23:54:59.046-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-02T23:54:59.046-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I wish I had your cheer
When I think of Christmas ...</title><content type='html'>I wish I had your cheer&lt;br /&gt;When I think of Christmas coming, all I get is dread; for the obligations to do and the surge of drama at work.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28551297/6183852869853378424/comments/default/3040753101925649019'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28551297/6183852869853378424/comments/default/3040753101925649019'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nicks-musings.blogspot.com/2009/11/ready-or-not-christmas-is-coming.html?showComment=1257224099046#c3040753101925649019' title=''/><author><name>Ur-spo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04237644452200889946</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://nicks-musings.blogspot.com/2009/11/ready-or-not-christmas-is-coming.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28551297.post-6183852869853378424' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28551297/posts/default/6183852869853378424' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>