Poll: Folks want traditional Christmas back

[Mr Sparkle]

And Noah didn't allow the dinosaurs on his boat because he was afraid they'd eat the others.

t: I can never wrap my head around a lion and a zebra looking all uncomfortable into the horizon.

Lion:" you know,the sea has a strange beauty george"
Zebra:" yes it does sam, yes it does....one day it'll all end"
Lion: " yes and then....I'll have to eat you george, and you will deeelish"
Zebra: "......"

 

[jaguarr]

Google is your friend.

That's not true, actually. Google lent him money that he never repaid, so yeah....Google's really not his friend anymore.

jag

 

[Memphis Slim]

Originally Posted by The Lizard
Everyone who complains about X-mas should have this tattooed on their foreheads:

"The Greek transliteration of the word Christ is Xristos, the first letter which is the Greek letter "chi". The shortening of Christmas to Xmas by educated persons who knew Greek has been common since the sixteenth century, with the "X" often symbolizing a cross. "Xmas" was an ecclesiastical abbreviation used by churchmen in tables & charts. More recently the use of "X" has been associated with irreverent commercialism, leading to the saying "Put the 'Christ' back into Xmas". The American profanity "Jesus H. Christ", may come from the second letter of "chi" ("Christos" for "Xristos"), and has been in the use in the United States at least since 1850."


Nice work Lizard. Taught this in class last year. You should have seen the eyes light up!

 

[The Lizard]

Now that is something I did not know.

Do you have a link, or should I just wikipedia it?

I need to study greek.

It's all over, but here's one source: http://www.didyouknow.cd/xmas/xmas.htm


Speaking of "traditional" Christmas stuff, I notice that the retro Christmas decorations based on 1940s-1960s designs are getting more and more popular.
My personal favorite this year is the retro-style cardboard light-up Christmas villages from the '50s and '60s. My parents bought a day-glow colored set in the late '60s when they got married, and it lasted until well into the 1990s. I plan to get one of the reproduction sets for myself...

http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/...UCT&iMainCat=488&iSubCat=490&iProductID=31458

 

[JStorm]

It's all over, but here's one source: http://www.didyouknow.cd/xmas/xmas.htm

Thanks.

 

[raybia]

That's not true, actually. Google lent him money that he never repaid, so yeah....Google's really not his friend anymore.

jag

Wow, that sucks.

Well, at least he has Tom as a friend.

 

[Kyalesyin]

You think thats bad, Leiscter [I can't spell it, but most of you don't know where it is anyway] the city has officially re-named Christmas to 'Winterval' to avoid offending its majoritavely non-christian population.

my mother-in-law lives up that way. She's going ape **** over it.

On another note, I saw a pair of Muslim women today with snowman and christmas tree pins holding their headscarves together.

 

[rdh007]

I don't see the big deal about Merry Chirstmas. I also don't see a big deal about a store wanting its employees to say "Happy Holidays", afterall Jews, Muslims, and countless other orientations patronize these stores as well.

At anyrate, who gives a ****? "The war on Christmas" is one of those issues created to distract people from real problems.

Why do you love Al-Qaeda?

 

[hippie_hunter]

Bah, Christmas is moronic holiday based on idealism and mega companies.

So what? You get a s**t load of free stuff on Christmas! So what if the corporations have control of it. I don't give a f**k!