[Noisebridge-discuss] Christmas tree (against)

[jim]

   i agree. if there is some holiday decoration, 
i hope it's a hack, not anything in the usual 
domain. (might be too much to ask for sarcasm 
in the design.) 




On Sat, 2010-12-04 at 13:59 -0800, Rachel McConnell wrote:
> Xmas is not everyone's holiday and I'd just as soon Noisebridge not take
> sides, as it were.  I know that non-Christians in the USA are pretty
> inured to Xmas (and Easter) if only out of self-defense, but I hope that
> Noisebridge will not force a holiday on people who prefer not to
> celebrate it.
> 
> <curmudgeon>
> Also. Can't we keep ONE place free from Xmas crap?  NB is a place to
> work and do projects, not be bombarded by Holiday Cheer.  There is
> plenty of that EVERYWHERE ELSE.  And who will clean it up afterwards? We
> have plenty of difficulty cleaning up the regular messes without making
> special holiday messes.
> </curmudgeon>
> 
> Rachel
> 
> girlgeek_wt wrote:
> > One possibility - pine greenery smells good, can be put in a vase to be 
> > kept fresh, (if we can find vases), and can be decorated.
> > -Claudia
> > On 12/3/2010 10:41 PM, Patrick Keys wrote:
> >> I second the festivus pole.
> >> http://www.festivuspoles.com/
> >>
> >> After the holidays, we can use it for dancebridge.
> >>
> >>
> >> Patrick
> >>
> >>
> >> On 12/3/2010 10:28 PM, Shannon Lee wrote:
> >>> Perhaps we should have a Festivus pole.
> >>>
> >>> --S
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 10:23 PM, Alex Handy<alexhandy at gmail.com
> >>> <mailto:alexhandy at gmail.com>>  wrote:
> >>>
> >>>      Might I suggest using circuit boards to build some form of wreath?
> >>>
> >>>      They are green, and plentiful. Also, is mistletoe acceptable? It's
> >>>      all about sex, really.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>      On Dec 3, 2010, at 10:16 PM, Michael C. Toren wrote:
> >>>
> >>>       >  On Fri, Dec 03, 2010 at 10:10:01PM -0800, Josh Myer wrote:
> >>>       >>  Last year, we did have some reasonably neat holiday lights, but the
> >>>       >>  relay box which drove them has gone missing.
> >>>       >
> >>>       >  We still have the relay box (owned by Jonathan Foote) and the
> >>>      associated
> >>>       >  electrical cables on my shelf, but the mini-PC (also owned by
> >>>      Jonathan)
> >>>       >  and the webcam (owned by me) sadly disappeared.
> >>>       >
> >>>       >  -mct
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