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Merry Christmas

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After days and days in shopping malls photographing “holiday displays” (come on, just call a spade a spade, they’re Christmas displays!) for commercial clients who’s entire business is all about decorating the malls around the country, my one wish would be that these malls install auto-power-off switches so that when I am working from 11pm until 6am in an empty mall, that I don’t hear the same songs on rotation for days on end. But, alas, when I return home, and it’s all about my daughters who are so excited to see Santa, listening to those songs takes on a different – more personal – meaning, and they somehow are not a bother anymore.

My wife asks what I want for Christmas, and I want for nothing. I am healthy, have a job I love, and a wonderful wife and two beautiful children. What more could I ask for?
  • Peace on Earth?
  • Good Will Towards Man?
  • Rights Respecting Clients?
  • Colleagues Who Value Their Own Talents and Rights As Much As Their Clients (secretly) Do?
  • A Photographer’s Union?
Come on, let’s be realistic, and just enjoy the holiday!


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Originally published on Photo Business News & Forum on December 24, 2007. Comments are closed; this post is part of the archive.

7 thoughts on “Merry Christmas”

  4. A photographers union would be great!

    Merry Christmas to you and your family.

    Thanks for all of the valuable information from both this blog and your book.
  5. I hope you had a great Christmas, and were able to spend a lot of time with the family.

    Thanks for the blog, it’s great fun and I learn things, too.

    Happy New Year, and may yours be a prosperous one as well.

    Pete
  7. What a wonderful world it would be if everyone had their health and were content with their jobs, families, and felt there was nothing more they could ask for.

    Happy Holidaze!

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