“Christmas is a deeply religious time we observe by going to the mall of our choice”
American author and humorist Dave Barry wrote about Christmas shopping for a newspaper column in November 1981:
“Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice.”
The one-line saying has made several Christmas quotation collections.
Wikipedia: Dave Barry
David McAlister “Dave” Barry (born July 3, 1947) is a Pulitzer Prize winning American author and columnist, who wrote a nationally syndicated humor column for the Miami Herald from 1983 to 2005. He has also written numerous books of humor and parody, as well as comedic novels.
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29 November 1981, Detroit (MI) Free Press, “Chrstimas shopping: go knock yourself out” by Dave Barry, Magazine, pg. 26, col. 1:
Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice.
Google Books
Shopping: Christian Explorations of Daily Living
By Michelle A. Gonzalez
Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press
2010
Pg. 51:
Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice.
Dave Barry
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Keep Calm at Christmas
By Ebury Publishing
New York, NY: Random House
2011
Pg. ?:
ONCE AGAIN, WE COME TO THE HOLIDAY SEASON, A DEEPLY RELIGIOUS TIME THAT EACH OF US OBSERVES, IN HIS OWN WAY, BY GOING TO THE MALL OF HIS CHOICE
Dave Barry
Google Books
The Best Joke Book (Period):
Hundreds of the Funniest, Silliest, Most Ridiculous Jokes Ever
By William Donohue
Avon, MA: Adams Media
2014
Pg. 60:
“Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice.”—DAVE BARRY
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The Holiday Season: a deeply religious time each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice. - Dave Barry
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