{"id":540,"date":"2008-12-08T14:35:28","date_gmt":"2008-12-08T14:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/switchingtime.wordpress.com\/?p=540"},"modified":"2008-12-08T14:35:28","modified_gmt":"2008-12-08T14:35:28","slug":"karen-answers-a-reformed-scrooge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/?p=540","title":{"rendered":"Karen answers a Reformed Scrooge"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/switchingtime.wordpress.com\/2008\/12\/08\/karen-answers-\u2026formed-scroogekaren-answers-a-reformed-scrooge\/\">Comment by Reformed Scrooge on December 7, 2008 <span style=\"color:windowtext;\">12:12 am<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;\">Hi Karen,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;\">This is a shitty time of year, don\u2019t you agree? I hate the holidays, the people, the decorations, the false smiles when unnecessary gifts are exchanged and the annoying carols in every frickin store you enter. I bought your book to read something depressing. Yeah, cheerful me! But do you know what? I found myself not so crabby and excepting of all the people and things that annoy me. I am glad you don\u2019t know me cause youd probably think I\u2019m insane but the Christmas story about the damn tie made me cry. No one, I repeat, no one, no book, had ever made me think of anyone other than myself but Switching Time. I switched into a human. Therefore I am. I think?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;\">Well, Merry Christmas to you and your shrink from a reformed scrooge.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;\">Dear Reformed Scrooge,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;\">Wow! I transformed a Scrooge? <span> <\/span>How nice of you to think so! <span> <\/span>However, I believe you transformed yourself because you were really nice all along. <span> <\/span>Maybe you just\u00a0needed a gentle reminder, and in reading <em>Switching Time<\/em>, you found it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;\">I can understand your pessimism about the holidays. <span> <\/span>It\u2019s a very stressful time for many of us. \u00a0I find myself trying my best to stay cheerful despite the many sad thoughts that come my way. <span> <\/span>I\u2019m glad the part of my story regarding the Christmas tie my alters gave Dr. Baer touched you. <span> <\/span>It&#8217;s one of my favorite memories of the alters and how much they cared for Dr. Baer. <span> <\/span>To think, if seventeen alters could come together and agree and find joy in this season of giving, after all the horror they&#8217;d experienced, then I believe any one can.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;\">Thank you for making a difference and changing your thoughts about the uniqueness we all share as individuals. Some of us may be funny, annoying, or may even apprear to wear a mask during the holidays, however, that is what makes us each special.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;\">Merry Christmas to you! I am glad to hear from you, especially today, on St. Nicholas\u2019 day! <span> <\/span>This is like a gift to me. I wish you peace and happiness as you find joy, not only in this season,\u00a0but always.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;\">Karen <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comment by Reformed Scrooge on December 7, 2008 12:12 am Hi Karen, This is a shitty time of year, don\u2019t you agree? I hate the holidays, the people, the decorations, the false smiles when unnecessary gifts are exchanged and the annoying carols in every frickin store you enter. 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