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22 August 2009

Seen in Pricesmart... Since there are no major holidays (besides, hello, Costa Rica's Independence Day) between now and Christmas, LET'S GET STARTED!

02 September 2009 in Festivals & Holidays | Permalink

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Nooooooooooooooooooooooo! This is why I won't turn the radio on between now and December 15, more or less. By the time Christmas actually rolls around in CR, you want to murder or destroy anything even peripherally related to the holiday.

Posted by: Erin | 02 September 2009 at 07:52 AM

Dang it you missed Dia de Negra on the 31st!!!

Posted by: Roblynn | 02 September 2009 at 01:41 PM

Yeah, that one slipped my mind.... I need those pictures!!!

Posted by: Saratica | 02 September 2009 at 08:36 PM

Let's hear those sleigh bells jingling.....

Posted by: jenfos | 03 September 2009 at 01:15 AM

The products are easy to ignore, it's that bloody awful, corny Christmas music - which we cannot ignore - that drives me nuts...

By the time Christmas Day comes along I am sick to death of the Christmas songs performed by all the "hot" young and talentless celebrity stars who can't actually sing...

Posted by: Scott Oliver | 03 September 2009 at 09:29 AM

Yes, but don't you just love all the snow?

Posted by: Bill Marshall | 03 September 2009 at 10:33 AM

I agree with the above sentiments pooh-poohing the early Xmas commercialization.

I remember as far back as '91 seeing Xmas displays in Universal in Downtown SJ as early as this so, alas, it's nothing that recent for CR.

OTOH, I remember when you used to see the wonderful traditional portales in privte homes and in some of the hotels, pensions, and public places before the Xmas commercialism set in in earnest here.

Now there are even folks who complain about them, like the one in front of the National Theater. Sounds more and more like stuff that goes on in Gringolandia these days.

And I remember some really 'inventive' portales in peoples' homes with all sorts of extraneous items in them. I recall seeing one (in a tiny village in Guatemala) with the three wise men and a toy plastic jet on a landing strip next to them. Too strange!

Posted by: Paul M. | 03 September 2009 at 09:52 PM

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