Happy Christmas everybody

[Niner]

bah-humbug

 

[Random Hero]

bah-humbug

:CStern

 

[Tsar Fire]

Merry Christmas, even to all you dorks who are gonna act all snotty about it.

God bless you too.


:bitchez:bitchez:bitchez:bitchez

 

[Horizon]

If Christians continue to wish me a "merry christmas", then I will wish them a happy ramadan in a few months.

Merry Christmas?

 

[Enishi]

Happy Holidays!

 

[Niner]

:CStern

awesome, because giving all the bad kids on earth flammable rocks is a great idea :CHappy

 

[Jaqen H'ghar]

Merry Christmas, even to all you dorks who are gonna act all snotty about it.

God bless you too.


:bitchez:bitchez:bitchez:bitchez

And may the Gods watch over you as well.

For this christmas year, i have the story of the bastardization of an actual holiday.

Jesus was born in the spring time. Most christian theologians agree on this. The catholics took what should be a sacred and immovable event, and moved it to the same time as the biggest pagan festival in northern europe to help convert them, which was Yule.

Yule was a 12 day festival. (12 days of christmas) Where you would sing (Yule-tide carols) dance, celebrate the passing of the old year, and look forward to the new. Make Vows and pledge oaths (both of which were sacred) for the coming year (new years resolution).

An Evergreen fur tree would be decorated (christmas tree) with various things, and candles would be lit around it. (christmas lights, also the tree and candles symbolized life, which continues onward and endures through hardships.) and gifts would be given, but not in abundance. The gifts would mean something special to the individual, so that thought rather than greed was of importance. At the end of the festival they would bring out the tree from last year, and burn it as it had been preserved. (Yule log) to symbolize the passing of the old year. That years tree would then be taken down and preserved as well.

The protestants continued the bastardization of the holiday, despite the fact they had "grave disagreeableness" with the catholics. Not enough however to have their lords birth moved to the correct and propper sacred time, however.


And that's how christmas came to be. Happy Yule everyone.

 

[Zach]

And may the Gods watch over you as well.

For this christmas year, i have the story of the bastardization of an actual holiday.

Jesus was born in the spring time. Most christian theologians agree on this. The catholics took what should be a sacred and immovable event, and moved it to the same time as the biggest pagan festival in northern europe to help convert them, which was Yule.

Yule was a 12 day festival. (12 days of christmas) Where you would sing (Yule-tide carols) dance, celebrate the passing of the old year, and look forward to the new. Make Vows and pledge oaths (both of which were sacred) for the coming year (new years resolution).

An Evergreen fur tree would be decorated (christmas tree) with various things, and candles would be lit around it. (christmas lights, also the tree and candles symbolized life, which continues onward and endures through hardships.) and gifts would be given, but not in abundance. The gifts would mean something special to the individual, so that thought rather than greed was of importance. At the end of the festival they would bring out the tree from last year, and burn it as it had been preserved. (Yule log) to symbolize the passing of the old year. That years tree would then be taken down and preserved as well.

The protestants continued the bastardization of the holiday, despite the fact they had "grave disagreeableness" with the catholics. Not enough however to have their lords birth moved to the correct and propper sacred time, however.


And that's how christmas came to be. Happy Yule everyone.

Yay, tell us another one, Uncle Sheo! :D

 

[Jaqen H'ghar]

Yay, tell us another one, Uncle Sheo! :D

There once was a man from nantucket....

 

[Phil]

My dad came down today since he could not be with us on Christmas Day. So... me and my dad and sisters ended up making a rather... huge banquet for us, Grandmother, sister's boyfriends, and cousins. Prime Rib with home made glaze, garlic cheese mashed potatoes, ajus sauce, corn, aspargus, galic bread with home made garlic spread, shrimp and noodles AND for desert, apple pie and chocolate pie.


Makes me wonder what we'll eat Christmas Night...

 

[Denzein]

Happy christmas foo's! :CRawr:CRawr:CRawr

 

[Mr. Crunchy]

Merry christmas dears.

 

[Zen]

Merry Christmas.

 

[Lavi]

Merry Christmas.

 

[Mike]

happy christmas =)

 

[Horizon]

happy christmas =)

Merry...

Merry...

MERRY...

 

[The Lionheart]

MERRY
CHRISTMAS

:bitchez:bitchez:bitchez






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[Ping]

Merry Christmas.

 

[Jaqen H'ghar]

Merry Christmas.

day late and a dollar short. :CHappy

 

[Brandon Rhea]

I hate when people get like Sin.

Christmas has become much more of a cultural holiday than a religious one, so why people bitch about it and demand freedom from religion is beyond me. If you ask a kid who the main focus of Christmas is, they'll tell you Santa Claus, not Jesus Christ.

People who want to celebrate the religious aspects do. People who don't want to celebrate the religious aspects don't. Therefore, **** off with the whining about Christmas, because it's a cultural holiday too.