Comments on: The Anemic Christmas Tree http://www.commonties.com/blog/2006/12/18/the-anemic-christmas-tree/ Listen to stories on anything from honeymoons to WWII, from award-winning journalists to first-time writers alike, from anywhere in the world. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:37:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: L.R. http://www.commonties.com/blog/2006/12/18/the-anemic-christmas-tree/#comment-1329 Fri, 05 Jan 2007 01:09:04 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2006/12/18/the-anemic-christmas-tree/#comment-1329 Remember a similiar Christmas or two. What a great memory. Please pursue the writing, you have a talent. Remember a similiar Christmas or two. What a great memory. Please pursue the writing, you have a talent.

]]> by: Malachi Morden http://www.commonties.com/blog/2006/12/18/the-anemic-christmas-tree/#comment-1271 Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:19:47 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2006/12/18/the-anemic-christmas-tree/#comment-1271 Stories like this one need to be shared. Thank you, Jill. Though short I agree that this is a fantastic example of a "short-short" or just that it works remarkably in its directness. More to the point, though, a story of hope, as this one, needs to be shared because we forget all to much, these days, that life's struggles are real, and normal, and that some true fulfillment comes from not giving up, especially in families, of having faith in each other, and relishing in that true delayed gratifacation that is almost gone from our "have-it-now" society. Stories like this one need to be shared. Thank you, Jill. Though short I agree that this is a fantastic example of a “short-short” or just that it works remarkably in its directness.

More to the point, though, a story of hope, as this one, needs to be shared because we forget all to much, these days, that life’s struggles are real, and normal, and that some true fulfillment comes from not giving up, especially in families, of having faith in each other, and relishing in that true delayed gratifacation that is almost gone from our “have-it-now” society.

]]> by: Mark Ellison http://www.commonties.com/blog/2006/12/18/the-anemic-christmas-tree/#comment-1126 Fri, 22 Dec 2006 18:47:43 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2006/12/18/the-anemic-christmas-tree/#comment-1126 Very touching story, Jill. Pithy and too the point. Very touching story, Jill. Pithy and too the point.

]]> by: Jim Dwyer http://www.commonties.com/blog/2006/12/18/the-anemic-christmas-tree/#comment-1092 Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:31:56 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2006/12/18/the-anemic-christmas-tree/#comment-1092 Thanks, Jill! The music from A Charlie Brown Christmas played in my head as I read your story. Thanks, Jill!

The music from A Charlie Brown Christmas played in my head as I read your story.

]]> by: paul kozlowicz http://www.commonties.com/blog/2006/12/18/the-anemic-christmas-tree/#comment-1064 Thu, 21 Dec 2006 00:14:28 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2006/12/18/the-anemic-christmas-tree/#comment-1064 wonderful parenting and fabulous children. this illustrates that the strength of country depends on the health of the family. wonderful parenting and fabulous children. this illustrates that the strength of country depends on the health of the family.

]]> by: Lee Lyons http://www.commonties.com/blog/2006/12/18/the-anemic-christmas-tree/#comment-997 Mon, 18 Dec 2006 18:31:01 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2006/12/18/the-anemic-christmas-tree/#comment-997 Wonderful memory, wonderful parents. A well-written, delightful story that is more than a Christmas story; it gives readers a glimpse of what it is to be a good parent. I love it. Wonderful memory, wonderful parents.

A well-written, delightful story that is more than a Christmas story; it gives readers a glimpse of what it is to be a good parent. I love it.

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