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aidan -> RE: Merry Christmas Everyone! (12/25/2007 8:10:10 AM)
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I love Christmas. That's right, I said it: I fucking love Christmas.
It's one of my favorite times of the year.
In spite of the exploitation, the confusion, the bastardization, and
the crumminess of the holiday, I still get as happy as can be when
Christmas rolls around.
You see, even if you're not Christian, if you're not Pagan or
Consumerist or anything, you can still believe in Christmas. For that
matter, in Yule, or in Hanukkah, or in Kwanza (even if it's a fake
made up holiday :P ), or any of the solstice traditions. You can
because they all have the same root, the same meaning, I think.
The winter solstice is an auspicious date in the celestial calendar.
It is the mid-winter, the shortest day of the year when (half) of the
Earth is cold and bleak and farthest from light. It is a time of
hardship, toil, and death.
And yet...Throughout all civilizations of man, it is a time for high
holy days. A time to celebrate and give thanks and bask in warmth.
It is a time when we look back to the past and remember hardships that
we have overcome and memories of joys that have shaped. It is a time
when we look around at the present, and seek to give comfort and
solace to our fellow humanity. It is a time when we look to the
future, and pledge to continue to do better.
It is a time for hope. Hope that flickers and burns in the cold, hope
that even in deepest dark, the sun will shine out all the brighter,
and we can endure. Mayhap, mayhap even for the better
Today, let us all remember that meaning, that unifying meaning, no
matter what our creed or belief. As friends, as fellows.
Happy Christmas, CollarMe.
Peace and love to everybody.
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