Comments on: st. nicholas v. santa claus http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2005/12/14/st-nicholas-v-santa-claus/ breathless punditry and one-breath poetry with David Giacalone Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:58:52 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 By: David Giacalone http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2005/12/14/st-nicholas-v-santa-claus/comment-page-1/#comment-210018 David Giacalone Sun, 07 Dec 2008 03:19:07 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/formerlyknownas/2005/12/14/st-nicholas-v-santa-claus/#comment-210018 Santa, I thought you didn't like pretense? Well, since the verse is in the spirit of St. Nick, we'll let you spread your poetic joy at this website, too. Santa, I thought you didn’t like pretense? Well, since the verse is in the spirit of St. Nick, we’ll let you spread your poetic joy at this website, too.

]]> By: santa aka david inkey http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2005/12/14/st-nicholas-v-santa-claus/comment-page-1/#comment-210013 santa aka david inkey Sun, 07 Dec 2008 01:53:51 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/formerlyknownas/2005/12/14/st-nicholas-v-santa-claus/#comment-210013 a gift for santa? i want to live in a world where the past tense, the present tense, and the future tense--all avoid pre-tense. i want to live in a world where the future protects the past... and, where, without question or doubt, the past protects the future... this may be the greatest present we may ask for. i want all of the best dreams of all ages to be the “ourstory” of the future. i want all the horrors of all our pasts to be forgiven, miscellaneous errors of ignorance................... miserably multiplied by unmitigated arrogance. i want to live in a world where no child will ever ask why did you save my life? i do not want to live in a world where children ask us, the well-fed, the educated, the healthy, the rich, the powerful, “innocent questions” for which i have no innocent answers. luv, santa aka david inkey, UNpoet@aol.com a gift for santa?

i want to live in a world where the past tense, the present tense,
and the future tense–all avoid pre-tense.
i want to live in a world where the future protects the past…
and, where, without question or doubt, the past protects the future…
this may be the greatest present we may ask for.

i want all of the best dreams of all ages to be the “ourstory” of the future.
i want all the horrors of all our pasts to be forgiven,
miscellaneous errors of ignorance……………….
miserably multiplied by unmitigated arrogance.

i want to live in a world where no child will ever ask why did you save my life?

i do not want to live in a world where children ask us,
the well-fed, the educated, the healthy, the rich, the powerful,
“innocent questions” for which i have no innocent answers.

luv, santa aka david inkey, UNpoet@aol.com

]]> By: shlep: the Self-Help Law ExPress » Blog Archive » Black Friday agita and holiday season self-help http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2005/12/14/st-nicholas-v-santa-claus/comment-page-1/#comment-12978 shlep: the Self-Help Law ExPress » Blog Archive » Black Friday agita and holiday season self-help Sat, 25 Nov 2006 18:58:43 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/formerlyknownas/2005/12/14/st-nicholas-v-santa-claus/#comment-12978 [...]   No Santa Symbol, St. Nicholas Defense Action Committees, Netherlands Notice:  This time each year, the Editor of this weblog suffers from HAH! [Holiday Agita & Heartburn], as well as BHS [Bah Humbug Syndrome], due to the excessive commercialization of Christmas and related holidays. See f/k/a, St. Nicholas v. Santa Claus, Dec. 12, 2005.  Nonetheless, in the true spirit of the Season, he offers this self-help advice to those caught up — intentionally or not — in the Christmas shopping frenzy and other schmoliday customs. [...] [...]   No Santa Symbol, St. Nicholas Defense Action Committees, Netherlands Notice:  This time each year, the Editor of this weblog suffers from HAH! [Holiday Agita & Heartburn], as well as BHS [Bah Humbug Syndrome], due to the excessive commercialization of Christmas and related holidays. See f/k/a, St. Nicholas v. Santa Claus, Dec. 12, 2005.  Nonetheless, in the true spirit of the Season, he offers this self-help advice to those caught up — intentionally or not — in the Christmas shopping frenzy and other schmoliday customs. [...]

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