Comments on: Santa Blue http://www.griph.net/2009/12/santa-blue/ Voyages of a Culture Cosmonaut Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:53:34 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: elly http://www.griph.net/2009/12/santa-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-12231 elly Tue, 21 Dec 2010 09:58:39 +0000 http://www.griph.net/?p=3361#comment-12231 The moment I saw that photo of Ded Moroz and Snegurochka I felt Iam looking through the eyes of the small girl,which I was 20 years ago!My nationality and religion is not of importance here,I am a slavonic and also grew up with this mix of slavonic myths and komunism.The point is that we still believe and want to believe in s.th,that bring us joy,happiness,faith in the good will.Because all thiese Santa Claus, all the candles of Hannukah,Snegurochka,all the dwarfs,all the candles of the Christmas...they are our will to survive and to share with the others our love and support.Life is beautiful,if we make it beautiful,right! The moment I saw that photo of Ded Moroz and Snegurochka I felt Iam looking through the eyes of the small girl,which I was 20 years ago!My nationality and religion is not of importance here,I am a slavonic and also grew up with this mix of slavonic myths and komunism.The point is that we still believe and want to believe in s.th,that bring us joy,happiness,faith in the good will.Because all thiese Santa Claus, all the candles of Hannukah,Snegurochka,all the dwarfs,all the candles of the Christmas…they are our will to survive and to share with the others our love and support.Life is beautiful,if we make it beautiful,right!

]]> By: ehhh http://www.griph.net/2009/12/santa-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-1001 ehhh Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:12:03 +0000 http://www.griph.net/?p=3361#comment-1001 The purple, brown, and red plush panel-looking squares in the corner, and the apparent rising elevation of people going back, combined with Mr. Frost's grasping of the microphone makes it look like he is on the set of a daytime talk show. The lady beside him is host of the hour, making sure to look interested without letting loose an opinion. I can't know what the old bearded fellow is saying, but I reckon it relates to somebody on the stage thinking they all that but not, in fact, being all that. The man off to the left is there to tackle people in case a fight breaks out. The purple, brown, and red plush panel-looking squares in the corner, and the apparent rising elevation of people going back, combined with Mr. Frost’s grasping of the microphone makes it look like he is on the set of a daytime talk show. The lady beside him is host of the hour, making sure to look interested without letting loose an opinion. I can’t know what the old bearded fellow is saying, but I reckon it relates to somebody on the stage thinking they all that but not, in fact, being all that. The man off to the left is there to tackle people in case a fight breaks out.

]]> By: Max http://www.griph.net/2009/12/santa-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-981 Max Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:14:36 +0000 http://www.griph.net/?p=3361#comment-981 heh, Grandfather Frost sounds cool. I don't really celebrate the holidays at all myself. I have long despised Christmas. I am also Jewish and while I like to sometimes believe, the truth is I would be considered a Secular Jew by most peers. After a brief stint as a young child I pretty much stopped looking at Chanukah as something really worth caring about. These days the fact that its quite obvious the holiday has been elevated to ridiculous heights within our national perception as a means for consumer culture to co-opt it sort of makes it downright unappealing. Its not even a major holiday (and in truth Purim is much more fun). I suppose I'd enjoy New Years Eve if it weren't for the fact that it compete with my birthday. Oy. heh, Grandfather Frost sounds cool. I don’t really celebrate the holidays at all myself. I have long despised Christmas. I am also Jewish and while I like to sometimes believe, the truth is I would be considered a Secular Jew by most peers. After a brief stint as a young child I pretty much stopped looking at Chanukah as something really worth caring about. These days the fact that its quite obvious the holiday has been elevated to ridiculous heights within our national perception as a means for consumer culture to co-opt it sort of makes it downright unappealing. Its not even a major holiday (and in truth Purim is much more fun).

I suppose I’d enjoy New Years Eve if it weren’t for the fact that it compete with my birthday. Oy.

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