But we only have to put up with Christmas clichés once a year. In another article Stewart recommended, the writer used "reached out" to introduce the rant to introduce his essay. Now, that Clive really bothers me because it has begun to lose its original meaning– – Yes, I am old enough to remember when "reach out" became popular. There was a touchy – feely aspect to it. It him ply deed on the part of the reacher, or on the part of the reachee. It imparted the notion of giving and receiving. In the process good old words that have always worked for us got neglected. Words like "interviews" or "asked." They are old words– – not very fancy or poetic– – but they are basics that need no dressing up to get the point across.
Just thought I would share with you my own little cliche rant today. Find this fun article on Christmas cliches that are often inspired Christmas songs where they sounded just fine at: http://m.ragan.com/Main/Articles/10_clichs_to_ditch_this_holiday_season_51955.aspx.
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