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ORIGINAL: corysub

Merry Christmas to all....It IS Christmas time and we celebrate the birth with the traditional tree, gifts and, of course, a huge meal on the Eve and Christmas Day.  It IS my tradition..."Happy Holiday" does not work for me..."HappyChrisKwanka" or whatever, does not work for me either...that's not my holiday.  If you believe in the old testiment, the Koran, Saturnia, festivis, Budha..or whatever, enjoy your holiday or whatever it is you celebrate.

Every year assholes make fun of Christians, their traditions, and their celebrations. I'm a terrible Christian but the holidays we celebrate bring back lovely memories of past days and a childhood that will never be seen again.  It's a time for families to gather
and, even if for a day, get along and share the love.

To the "politically correct" folk who are trying to find a reason for life...I wish you well but you are totally irrelevant.

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ORIGINAL: corysub

Merry Christmas to all....It IS Christmas time and we celebrate the birth with the traditional tree, gifts and, of course, a huge meal on the Eve and Christmas Day.  It IS my tradition..."Happy Holiday" does not work for me..."HappyChrisKwanka" or whatever, does not work for me either...that's not my holiday.  If you believe in the old testiment, the Koran, Saturnia, festivis, Budha..or whatever, enjoy your holiday or whatever it is you celebrate.

Every year assholes make fun of Christians, their traditions, and their celebrations. I'm a terrible Christian but the holidays we celebrate bring back lovely memories of past days and a childhood that will never be seen again.  It's a time for families to gather
and, even if for a day, get along and share the love.

To the "politically correct" folk who are trying to find a reason for life...I wish you well but you are totally irrelevant.

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ORIGINAL: pixidustpet

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ORIGINAL: corysub

Merry Christmas to all....It IS Christmas time and we celebrate the birth with the traditional tree, gifts and, of course, a huge meal on the Eve and Christmas Day.  It IS my tradition..."Happy Holiday" does not work for me..."HappyChrisKwanka" or whatever, does not work for me either...that's not my holiday.  If you believe in the old testiment, the Koran, Saturnia, festivis, Budha..or whatever, enjoy your holiday or whatever it is you celebrate.

Every year assholes make fun of Christians, their traditions, and their celebrations. I'm a terrible Christian but the holidays we celebrate bring back lovely memories of past days and a childhood that will never be seen again.  It's a time for families to gather
and, even if for a day, get along and share the love.

To the "politically correct" folk who are trying to find a reason for life...I wish you well but you are totally irrelevant.

i'm sorry if that's how you took my rant.  i'm not making fun of christians, i'm grumbling about those people who want to include every winter holiday into one.  its just silly.

i refer to the mass unwrapping of gifts in *our* house as the present orgy.  why?  because we dont do christian traditions, and that's what it is.  we unwrap the gifts we got for one another.  another tradition we have is that the stocking presents are from santa and the presents under the tree are from family and friends.

what i was trying to say (quite possibly badly) is that everyone should celebrate their own religious (or not) traditions, cherish their friends and family, and be at peace with themselves instead of being all PC about the whole thing.

christmas day?  i'll probably be up around 2 am crying.  why?  cause for me its just the second anniversary of fallcon dying.  we'll have the family dinner with the imp on the 28th when he's here.

kitten.

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Why is Christmas celebrated in late December?Jesus' birthday appeared on Roman calendars after the Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity. But despite Constantine's conversion to Christianity the church was still embattled: There were plenty of pagans around. The December date wasn't the result of careful historical research; it was chosen because there was a pagan tradition of feasting and celebration around this time. The church fathers wanted to offer an alternative to it. (Not everyone agreed to celebrate the birthday. Many members of the Eastern Orthodox Church delay celebrations until Epiphany, their commemoration of Jesus' baptism.)
The pagan celebration in question was Saturnalia, an ancient Roman holiday honoring Saturn, god of agriculture. You might wonder who would celebrate agriculture in the dead of winter when nothing is growing. The answer is--lots of people. Late December is the winter solstice, the time of year in the Northern Hemisphere when the night is longest and the day is shortest. It is therefore one of the year's pivotal points. From this moment, darkness and death begin to ebb; light and life begin to rise. No wonder most cultures celebrate the solstice in some way. To paraphrase Bette Midler, they are celebrating the seed that in the spring becomes the rose.

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ORIGINAL: GreedyTop

*hugs KItten*  

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ORIGINAL: corysub
Not a problem... I probably over-reacted.  It's just that I'm so damn tired of people picking on christians, making fun of them and some of the rituals that christians do, particularly those that are born again.  At this time of year there are always stories about some individual or small group that is suing the community because a creche that has been on exhibit for generations somehow threatens their rights.  America was founded by christians who have been the most tolerant of other peoples religions and welcomed everyone with an opportunity to create a better life, and I am probably too sensitive to the ridicule of my religious beliefs.  Again, was my incorrect  interpretation of the thread....sorry for my post.    cory

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ORIGINAL: Vendaval

  heh...when discussing tacky Christmas decorations a local landmark deserves a special mention here .  The whole place is pink and white and big stones for the architecture to begin with and during the winter hollydays it literally explodes with giant elves and gift boxes and lights and trees and bows and....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Madonna-inn-xmas-MCB.jpg
 
http://madonnainn.com/events.php