Author Topic: Happy Christmas (Read 9671 times)

6pairsofshoes · « **on:** December 23, 2012, 08:00:29 AM »

Whut... no holiday thread? Here:

Beatrix · « **Reply #1 on:** December 23, 2012, 08:22:32 AM »

Merry Christmas Six

dweez · « **Reply #2 on:** December 23, 2012, 09:12:07 AM »

Happy Holidays Everyone!!!!!!

goldshirt*9 · « **Reply #3 on:** December 24, 2012, 12:36:49 AM »

or

Which ever you prefer have a merry / safe / happy Christmas. or if your a pagan,
Happy Winter Solstice and the ancient pagan Roman midwinter festivals called 'Saturnalia' and 'Dies Natalis Solis Invicti' took place in December around this date.

SACPOP · « **Reply #4 on:** December 24, 2012, 09:34:05 AM »

I LOVE that Pogues song. It's a great song to watch other people hear for the first time.

Oh yeah, and Happy/Merry Christmas

Beatrix · « **Reply #5 on:** December 24, 2012, 11:00:48 AM »

A happy life, to you all.

I've had a terrible day.

dweez · « **Reply #6 on:** December 24, 2012, 11:11:42 AM »

I first heard the Fairytale of New York when I worked at the mall. I worked in a clothing store and we had a column of TVs that aired music videos all day. For the month of December, we only had one VHS tape of Christmas videos that we had to play over and over again. This was the only one I never got tired of.

bubu · « **Reply #7 on:** December 24, 2012, 11:18:19 AM »

Merry Christmas to you all

Costalca · « **Reply #8 on:** December 24, 2012, 03:31:41 PM »

Merry Christmas

smokester · « **Reply #9 on:** December 24, 2012, 06:13:17 PM »

Merry Christmas everybody peeps!

I hope all of you have been good enough all year to warrant a Santa visit (that's me f**ked then), and that your indigestion is brief - which also goes for the hangover.

dweez · « **Reply #10 on:** December 24, 2012, 07:47:28 PM »

Beatrix · « **Reply #11 on:** December 24, 2012, 10:20:25 PM »

diiiinng fries are donee. trolling.

goldshirt*9 · « **Reply #12 on:** December 24, 2012, 11:47:09 PM »

have a great and safe day to all

6pairsofshoes · « **Reply #13 on:** December 26, 2012, 09:57:27 AM »

Happy Boxing Day.

drago6650 · « **Reply #14 on:** December 30, 2012, 03:34:39 PM »

Happy Birthday Christ

ohcheap1 · « **Reply #15 on:** December 30, 2012, 04:57:42 PM »

Quote from: dweez on December 24, 2012, 07:47:28 PM

This was my ring tone last Christmas. Ha! Hilarious clip and I really dont like that show. Well....... Im trying not too to spite my husband and daughter.

smokester · « **Reply #16 on:** January 03, 2013, 06:16:08 AM »

Quote from: drago6650 on December 30, 2012, 03:34:39 PM

Happy Birthday Christ

Best guess Christ was born sometime in July.

dweez · « **Reply #17 on:** January 03, 2013, 11:14:14 AM »

Quote from: christ on January 03, 2013, 10:15:05 AM

December.

smokester · « **Reply #18 on:** January 03, 2013, 12:33:24 PM »

Quote from: christ on January 03, 2013, 11:58:03 AM

( ... I don't know about the other bloke)

He wasn't born in December that's for sure. And oddly, that isn't even secret nor disputed.

smokester · « **Reply #19 on:** January 03, 2013, 01:47:30 PM »

Quote from: christ on January 03, 2013, 12:59:15 PM

i'm not sure that there even was a "December" a couple of thousand years ago, so it makes little difference.

The Queen has an official birthday which is not on the anniversary of her birth, so why shouldn't other folk?

All my friends who are "orthodox" something or other, rightly celebrate Christmas on the 7th of January on account of the missing 13 days.

6pairsofshoes · « **Reply #20 on:** January 03, 2013, 07:57:19 PM »

I thought December was the tenth month of the Romulan calendar.

goldshirt*9 · « **Reply #21 on:** January 04, 2013, 05:16:30 AM »

you mean there really was a Christ other than the one that appears here now and again

dweez · « **Reply #22 on:** January 04, 2013, 11:06:24 AM »

Actually, there is historical proof by secular historians proving the existence of a Jesus that lived at the time of the proposed biblical history. As to whether he was what the Bible dictates, that's up to you and your faith.

goldshirt*9 · « **Reply #23 on:** January 04, 2013, 11:14:25 AM »

proof other than the bible.
interesting, post a link

dweez · « **Reply #24 on:** January 04, 2013, 11:58:09 AM »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephus_on_Jesus

dweez · « **Reply #25 on:** January 04, 2013, 11:58:34 AM »

Also, IIRC, Jesus was a very common name back in those times.

goldshirt*9 · « **Reply #26 on:** January 04, 2013, 02:24:29 PM »

you would know more about thus subject than me

wiki is so , hmmmm alterable though.

dweez · « **Reply #27 on:** January 04, 2013, 02:35:35 PM »

It is, but Josephus is a well-renowned historian from that time period. I didn't want to divert the discussion (if you know what I mean), just wanted to point out that the existence of a person by the name of Jesus, who professed to be the Son of God, was well documented. Also, whereas I don't particularly care for "Wikipedia as proof" either, that particular page is well-footnoted.

smokester · « **Reply #28 on:** January 04, 2013, 03:49:59 PM »

I don't think there's much doubt that Jesus (of Nazareth) existed, it's just that there is no reference in the bible or anywhere else that states when he was actually born. I believe that it is celebrated on the 25th of December because of the existing Hanukkah festival, the midwinter Saturnalia and Dies Natalis Solis Invicti also around the same time, and possibly other bits and bobs to do with Mithras.

dweez · « **Reply #29 on:** January 04, 2013, 04:16:18 PM »

That sounds right to me. I don't think anyone actually believes Jesus of Nazareth was actually born on December 25th (or the same correlating date back in biblical times).

6pairsofshoes · « **Reply #30 on:** January 05, 2013, 08:51:37 AM »

Quote from: christ on January 04, 2013, 10:43:31 AM

... and the fourteenth month of the Klingon one?

dweez, I've read selections of Josephus' History of the Jews. It's a good source that gives some insights into the Roman Empire and related events that often differ from Biblical accounts. There were multiple religious festivals celebrated throughout the Empire during the winter solstice (Mithraism was especially popular among the grunts in the Roman army). There were mystery cults of Bacchus and Venus that paralleled aspects later adopted by Christianity and I suspect the Christian liturgical calendar appropriated several of their festivals.

goldshirt*9 · « **Reply #31 on:** January 05, 2013, 12:49:21 PM »

I always go with the flow of the church placed the majority of their religious holidays on top of pagan
festivals.
so now all the pagans were celebrating the churches beliefs