The holidays are coming: order from Amazon through neo-neocon!
[NOTE: I’ll be bumping this up to the top every now and then through the holidays, just as a reminder. I’ll probably be changing the musical selections as the season progresses.]
How’s that for shameless self-promotion?
I’ve realized that yes, once again it’s November. It’s almost Thanksgiving. And that means that Christmas, Chanukah, and whatever other holiday might suit your diverse fancy are all coming up sooner than you think.
So I’m encouraging you to feel their hot breaths on your neck and solve all your gift-giving dilemmas by turning to that online colossus, Amazon.
And if you use those widgets on my right sidebar to click through for all your Amazon purchases (now and at any other time of year) you will also be giving a small but still not insignificant gift to neo-neocon (it adds up, folks), and all without spending any extra money yourself. What could be more wonderful?
I thank you all in advance.
And for those of you of a sarcastic bent about the length of the Christmas buying season, I offer you this musical expression of delight:
[NOTE: In case you have ad blocker or something of that sort, and the Amazon widgets don’t show up on your computer, go here. You can also click on any Amazon book link within a post and anything you order during that click-through gets credited to me. I believe it’s true even for things you put in your cart but don’t order till a bit later, although there’s a time limit on how long they can be there and still get credited when ordered (I’m not sure what that limit is, though, so best to order sooner rather than later).]
I want a Kindle Paperwhite for Christmas!
I’ll sit here while my wife orders one for me thru Neo’s portal (and charges it to my Amazon Rewards VISA card…)
“And that means that Christmas, Chanukah, and whatever other holiday might suit your diverse fancy are all coming up sooner than you think.”
One reason it’s “sooner than you might think” this time around (anyway) is that this year, Thanksgiving is the latest it can possibly be — it’s the fourth Thursday in November, and November began on a Friday, meaning we have to wait later than usual to finally encounter the fourth Thursday.
I now return you to your busy lives . . .
MJR:
And Chanukah is extremely early this year—on Thanksgiving Day, which almost never happens.
neo . . . hmmmm, verrrry unusual.
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For those who have become neo-neocon readers in the past year, a comment from M J R regarding Chanukah from a year ago, give or take:
M J R Says:
December 14th, 2012 at 4:36 pm
neo, you may (or perhaps may not? [smile]) appreciate this compactly written piece, from Paul Greenberg, a veteran Jewish columnist . . .
http://townhall.com/columnists/paulgreenberg/2011/12/16/what_is_chanukah/page/full/
What is Chanukah?
By Paul Greenberg
Townhall.com
December 16, 2011
Hopefully the Kindle Fire HDX I ordered through your site a few days ago got properly credited to you :- )
“Chanukah is extremely early this year–on Thanksgiving Day”
So the first candles will be lit the night *before* Thanksgiving!