{"id":1682,"date":"2011-12-01T14:09:43","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T19:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/?p=1682"},"modified":"2011-12-01T15:30:01","modified_gmt":"2011-12-01T20:30:01","slug":"listening-post-well-seasoned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/2011\/12\/01\/listening-post-well-seasoned\/","title":{"rendered":"Listening Post: Well Seasoned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re well into the season now\u2014the holiday season, of course. At one time this was a fairly ordinary time, punctuated by a few different and special days. But over the years those days have spread out, like sugar cookies with too much butter, until the whole baking sheet is evenly coated with gooey goodness.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1684\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1684\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1684 \" title=\"cybermonday_200\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/files\/2011\/12\/cybermonday_200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/files\/2011\/12\/cybermonday_200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/files\/2011\/12\/cybermonday_200-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1684\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;...Cyber Monday, whatever that is.&quot;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Likewise, the specific celebrations have sort of flowed together in mind, until the whole period from Thanksgiving through New Year\u2019s Day has become a time of generalized togetherness, gratitude, generosity and feasting, accompanied by a constant side-channel of vicarious ritualized sports violence, much lamentable but unavoidable traditional music, and a marked tendency toward extreme household deficit spending.<\/p>\n<p>I try to give the most egregious features of the season a miss, such as Black Friday retail shopping, as well as Cyber Monday, whatever that is. But in the end&#8211;as they say in science fiction&#8211;\u201cResistance is futile,\u201d and \u201cYou will be assimilated.\u201d True that.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1685\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1685\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1685\" title=\"pilgrim\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/files\/2011\/12\/pilgrim.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/files\/2011\/12\/pilgrim.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/files\/2011\/12\/pilgrim-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1685\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The tradition handed down.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For example, I watched Santa on TV making his official entrance during the Macy\u2019s Thanksgiving Day parade, just as I always do while cooking the\u00a0 turkey, and just like the Pilgrims did. And I\u2019ll buy a lot of stuff in stores, and online too, wrap it up in unrecyclable paper and hide it in the closet for Christmas Day, just like the other Three Wise Men. And in between, I\u2019ll go to concerts and plays and art exhibits, and I\u2019ll watch movies that end once again with a\u2014Surprise!&#8211;\u201cChristmas miracle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We never seem to tire of it, at least not before Boxing Day, and I guess that goes for me, too. If the season runs on long enough, everyone eventually joins in.\u00a0 So the season keeps expanding, lapping up against Halloween on one side, and encroaching on Martin Luther King Day on the other. Time-frugal homeowners are leaving their outdoor light displays up all the time now, just turning off the breaker during the shrinking remainder of the year. That must be where they get the expression &#8220;off-season.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re well into the season now\u2014the holiday season, of course. 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