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December 9, 2004 at 8:42 am #15247ys8er2323Member
Which Holiday do you celebrate?
December 9, 2004 at 12:01 pm #108135MartinBradleyMemberChristmas.
Why? That’s how I’ve been brought up.
December 9, 2004 at 6:11 pm #108140gossipingraeMemberChristmas. My family is Christian.
*fun holiday fact: Many people abbreviate Christmas with X-mas. I always thought that it was kinda tacky, seeing as the holiday is celebrating Christ’s birth. However, X is the Greek capital letter, chi, which is Greek for Christ. So really, I guess it isn’t a bad thing!*
We know that princeG is Greek. If I am wrong, please correct me, thanks prince!
December 9, 2004 at 11:35 pm #108134FaizanMemberNew Year.. 🙂
December 9, 2004 at 11:54 pm #108136DaJMan1800MemberChristmas, because i’m Mormon. Everyone always says “Well Mormons aren’t Christian, so why do you celebrate a Christian holiday?”, but let me tell you before you say that, that yes, Mormons are infact Christian.
December 10, 2004 at 1:18 am #108137TigerbladeParticipantQuote:quote:Originally posted by gossipingrae*fun holiday fact: Many people abbreviate Christmas with X-mas. I always thought that it was kinda tacky, seeing as the holiday is celebrating Christ’s birth. However, X is the Greek capital letter, chi, which is Greek for Christ. So really, I guess it isn’t a bad thing!*
i still think its rather tacky. is it really that much extra effort to write out those extra few letters? while that may or may not be true (i’m not doubting you, but its possible), its still disrespectful and mostly just downright lazy. I think people may have just come up with that to excuse the fact.
its kinda like the fact that beethoven’s Fifth Symphony starts with notes that are SHORT SHORT SHORT LONG, which is morse code for the letter V, which is roman numeral for the number 5. did beethoven intend that? of course not, he died long before morse code, or the need for it, were even considered. odd coincidence? absolutely.
myself, I celebrate christmas, mostly cause i’m christian and that’s how i’ve been brought up. but I dont like the whole gift thing, its a waste of my time. I kinda like the term I saw in a commercial the other day, “Happy Christmahanukwaanzaka” – that pretty much sums it up
December 10, 2004 at 4:43 pm #108141gossipingraeMemberQuote:quote:Originally posted by TigerbladeQuote:quote:Originally posted by gossipingrae*fun holiday fact: Many people abbreviate Christmas with X-mas. I always thought that it was kinda tacky, seeing as the holiday is celebrating Christ’s birth. However, X is the Greek capital letter, chi, which is Greek for Christ. So really, I guess it isn’t a bad thing!*
i still think its rather tacky.
Tiger, I myself take the time to write the entire word out, however, I was just saying that it isn’t as bad as some people make it out to be. I could be wrong, you never know, but from what I heard, it still has a meaning, in this case, just a shortened version.
December 11, 2004 at 3:42 am #108138RabidKittenParticipantI do the Xmas thing…*shrug* Why? Because my mom does and because Jesus wasn’t born December 25th so even if it’s celebrating his birth it’s still the wrong day. Well…that and because my tags are too short to write the whole thing out on packages.
Personally I picked Other for the poll. I do go to my family Christmas Gatherings and the like and we do keep a christmas tree (even though the tree itself has pagan roots as do the colors green and red…*restrains self from going on a rant*), but personally I celebrate Yule, the Pagan winter holiday. And no, I will not be stripping down to my underoos and jumping over a fire this holiday, it’s too darn cold outside! *laughs*
December 11, 2004 at 3:47 am #108139colinMemberChristmas for me. I am Christian, and we that is what we celebrate, Jesus’ birth.
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