Merry Christmas, Solstice, and all that other rot

[Paolo]

For all EA readers, no matter what holiday or lack thereof that you celebrate, have a wonderful one!

Personally, I'll be using the arbitrarily set date of Jesus (H)'s birth to make my grand-god-son very happy, and his parents miserable.

Had I been one of the wise men back then, I'd have brought the kid something to make his parents crazy...

I got my little angel a 20" Next Wipeout bike, green. It will go well with the deluxe wagon and the heavy snowmobile-fashioned sled from years past.

Every time it snows, I get a text saying "I HATE YOU!" from his mother.

Jesus (A) even sent gifts, which will do nicely to entertain indoors when it's too bad to go outside, too!

Thank you, Jesus.

lalala:

[tugon (imported)]

I enjoy the holiday by discussing Jesus actual time of birth and how christians adopted pagan rituals to convert non christians. I see a christmas tree and say how very pagan of you. They often just hand me a glass of wine.

My computer must have been programmed by christians because it keeps changing my small c's into capitol C's.

Oh and a happy and joyous whatever to whomever.

[C&TL2745 (imported)]

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My computer must have been programmed by christians because it keeps changing my small c's into capitol C's.

I solved that problem by spelling it with an X. There's no Christ in Xmas anyway.

Sandi

[devi (imported)]

Actually the "X" in Xmas was started by Christians and represented a "cross". Think flags that have crosses such as the Union Jack and so forth. But ironically most Christians would object to it now being ignorant.

[tugon (imported)]

I solved that problem by spelling it with an X. There's no Christ in Xmas anyway.

Sandi

Actually there is a little Christ in xmas. Of course it will sidestep autocorrect. I also share this knowledge every time someone posts "Keep Christ in Christmas".

Xmas is an abbreviation for Christmas. It is derived from the word ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ, transliterated as Christos, which is Greek for Christ. Greek is the language in which the whole New Testament was written.

Originally, Xmas was an abbreviation where the X represents the Greek letter chi, which is the first letter of Christ's name. However, because of the modern interpretations of the letter X, many people are unaware of this and assume that this abbreviation is meant to drop Christ from Christmas.

[C&TL2745 (imported)]

Actually there is a little Christ in xmas. .... It is derived from the word ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ, transliterated as Christos, which is Greek for Christ. Greek is the language in which the whole New Testament was written.....

Wow! You learn something new every day.

Sandi

[Riverwind (imported)]

Happy Yule, naked dancing starts at sundown on the solstice. Remember it starts Saturday, come as you were.

As for gifts for grandcritters, DRUMS no instructions needed.

River

[Paolo]

He got drums when he was 3 from Grandma.

[Dave (imported)]

Neil Gaiman reads Dickens -- A Christmas Carol

http://www.nypl.org/audiovideo/charles- ... y-oldfield

Takes about 86 minutes.

[Ernie of Maine (imported)]

Happy Yule Tide to every one from all of us in Maine!