DC Book Fest

[lotusbiosm]

My parents are coming to visit for the DC Bookfest, because that's the kind of nerdy family we are. Alledgedly, Neil Gaiman is going to be there, so if anyone would like me to get a book signed for them, you can send me one if you already have it, or if you like, request one you don't have as a Hanukkah/Winter Soltice/Christmas/New Year's gift.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Heehee! I have a BookFest poster from when I went into the Library of Congress a couple weeks ago. Tell me again who Neil Gaiman is?

-Kellie

[lotusbiosm.livejournal.com]

http://www.neilgaiman.com/

winter type holidays that may or may not involve gift exchange

[bocceonthelawn.livejournal.com]

Does the Solstice (sorry, I had to) technically have gift giving and receiving associated with it? It would seem to me (coming from an area where people might actually be stupid-sun-worshiping-type-people) that the whole institute of gift giving and receiving would be against the whole entire concept of worshiping the sun (and therefore the winter solstice). Okay, bye.

Re: winter type holidays that may or may not involve gift exchange

[lotusbiosm.livejournal.com]

OK, first off, :P
Secondly, I don't know if pre-Christian pagans gave gifts at the Winter Solstisce, but I think that the Romans gave gifts at Saturnalia, which is around that time, and what we celebrated in Latin class. And that's my way of saying "I shall give you a gift at the winter gift-giving season that is not necessarily in celebration of the birth of a man whom I do not worship and whom you may or may not worship, so choose which ever holiday you would like said gift to be in honor of".