Whatever he does should be seen as working at the Presidency and if he goes to Colorado for Christmas, it should be for a minimum amount of time, the family tradition and family get-together aspect emphasized, and it be seen as a working vacation.
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Last year, (the team) went with her for a long stretch just after Christmas.
The same issues which are depressing the consumer confidence numbers are going to depress holiday sales, ... Christmas is going to show up this year as it shows up every year. The question is, how generous are people going to be Are they going to go whole hog and return to the decadent spending levels of three or four years ago No, clearly not. People are going to be buying toys, but how many presents they buy, how wide that circle of gift giving is really is in question.
I think the one thing you can say about Christmas is that it always comes, ... We think it will be a good Christmas.
The percentages say that the day after Christmas, the market goes up. Eighty percent of the time, stocks rise.
All those foreign players will be moaning about the amount of games they have played over Christmas. Richard is 37 and he's played four in a week. He was magnificent.
The week after Christmas in our business is virtually as good as the week before Christmas. In the last couple of years, the retail business between Christmas and Jan. 15 is much greater than in previous years because of the redemption of gift cards.
I have a wrapping fetish, and so I always come out the day after Christmas so I can stock up for next year.
Traditionally, Christmas Day is the busiest day of the year at 7-Eleven. A majority of our customers are men, and many have come to depend on another holiday tradition -- 7-Eleven being open round the clock on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Much of the recent team success comes from David and Diane knowing how to deal with kids going away and shepherding kids through the Christmas period,
I played with all of their tractors, and I wanted one so bad that when I got home I told my dad about it and he promised me one for Christmas.
Like 'The Nightmare Before Christmas,' writing songs for 'Corpse Bride' was a real treat. Tim's visuals make the perfect complement for the kind of stuff I love doing most. These wonderfully fun, dark, offbeat tales are the perfect platform for me to write odd, slightly twisted, obscure styles such as my favorite musical era... 1930s jazz. I only hope we get to do more in the future
The players responded magnificently. Two days after Christmas, they have given everything for the club - you cannot ask for any more than that.
Ultimately it will be Kenny's decision. We'll review the situation at Christmas. He has been a fantastic servant for us and Ireland and he is good enough to carry on after this season.
I am the Ghost of Christmas Present, said the Spirit. Look upon me
It's an uncomfortable forecast to the extent that nothing else seems to be going the right way for the economy, and ultimately, how can that support a decent-to-okay kind of Christmas ... That's the question. Four percent is not aggressive, but it does suggest improvement over last year.
The story had held us, round the fire, sufficiently breathless, but except the obvious remark that it was gruesome, as, on Christmas Eve in an old house, a strange tale should essentially be . . .
We knew we wouldn't see the same team tonight that we saw in the Christmas tournament. The sad thing is they didn't, either.
The thing I don't like about it is, it takes away Christmas. That break is refreshing for players and coaches to spend a couple days with their families, without basketball. I know the conference is real sensitive to that, as well.
One great advantage (of deploying together) was being able to help mentor him and see his accomplishments, such as getting his warfare pin and putting on third class. Another advantage was having family with me during Christmas and New Year while deployed. I think the experience was great for both of us.
It was good weather, good wrestling ... what else can you ask for on Christmas break
I just thank God that I made it to see her have a nice Christmas.
We had a lack of pressure on them in the second half, which let them stick around. I will be happy when the Christmas break is over and we can get back to the real world of basketball.
Winning the Christmas tournament was great. That really seemed to spark us.
The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game. It's part of our culture like turkey at Thanksgiving and lights at Christmas, and like those holidays beyond their meaning, a factor in our economy.
With the two- and three-year-old talent that I have now, it should make things interesting around Christmas.
Dad bought me a toy drum one Christmas, and I eventually destroyed it. I wanted a real drum and he bought me a snare drum. Dad continued to buy me one drum after the other.
I thought it was a Christmas present from Santa, a Russian Santa.
Clearly the last 10 days before Christmas were very strong and allowed retailers to achieve their sales plans for the month despite the lack of aggressive promotions we saw in 2002.
Chicago just got Christmas early.
I have had a big problem with my back since Christmas. Doctors gave me some infusions but it did not help me a lot. I started with special exercises but doctors do not recommend a long flight.
When I was growing up, our whole family used to get together at Christmas, but we hadn't done that for some 30 years, ... Some of us got together in North Carolina last year, but this is the first time everyone's come up here. Everybody wants to see the game.
Christmas is a holiday that persecutes the lonely, the frayed, and the rejected.
We all take pride in what they've been able to do we feel like we were part of it. I still consider them my closest friends. They're the guys you talk to on Christmas Day. It's the closest staff I've been a part of in 22 years of coaching.
As January data are inflated by a growing tendency towards gift vouchers over Christmas, which are then turned into purchases afterwards, a return to normal in February is likely to show up in more subdued sales.
I think the people who are making Christmas-themed movies today feel that people are more cynical about Christmas. There's more of an edge.
My mother was a professional sick person; she took a lot of pain pills. There are many people like that. It's just how they are used to getting attention. I always remember she's the daughter of alcoholics who'd leave her alone at Christmas time.
After Christmas, we won four in a row. But three of the games we had lost (on the season) were on last-second shots. Plus we had a double-overtime loss and an overtime loss. So it's not like we weren't playing well.
Phase one at least met very modest expectations. It came late and it was uneven. Now, we are in phase two, which is taking on a different character. It could make a modest Christmas into a much better Christmas.
The only freezing was before Christmas. Farmers like to see 14 days of really cold weather to help trees set a good bloom. A good bloom leads to a good crop.
You have to pick things that people will like around Christmas.
We didn't find out until December, and the students were preparing for the Christmas program then. When they came back from vacation, the kids really worked hard and focused. They did a nice job. They have a big performance contest in April, and not much time to prepare for it. This caused them to have to peak early, and they will have to peak again, but they were up to the challenge. They did very well.
Windows are as essential to office prestige as Christmas is to retailing.
We all four haven't been together at Christmas since 2002. This will be a very special Christmas for all of us.
It was an emotional roller coaster -- going from Christmas, then your aunt dies, and then all the stats come out and you might get all these records. I've been asked, 'How do you feel' Tired. I'm really blessed we do have this week off where I can kind of grab a hold back to reality.
Charlie Brown's message, decrying the commercialization of Christmas, is even more relevant today than it was in 1965.
It's an extremely sad day for us, because Christmas is a family holiday. Since our husbands are not with us, our families cannot be complete.
What we're really looking for is a Christmas miracle. And that's what we're trusting is going to happen.
And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.
We've been planning on that, too, for a few years and that hasn't happened. We did a Christmas CD in 2004.