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by montgomery gator

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Festivus will be here soon. Anyone celebrating it? Anyone got an aluminum pole set up? In the UK and other Commonwealth countries, it is acceptable to use an aluminium pole instead. :-)

http://www.festivusbook.com/

http://www.vidlit.com/festivus/

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

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by neil higgins

Superb video.A few years ago,here in the UK,Birmingham City mafia,sorry council,decided to call Christmas,Winterval,so as not to affend anyone.They did.The church,the general public,and everyone of all faiths.Doh!!
Now it's just called Christmas again :)

by Member 25348569

The early Christians were really good at nicking pagan festivals. Herod's Census, the one that got Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem, was in October. Over here in Europe we celebrated the midwinter festival by eating lots and drinking more so the Christians just gave Jesus an "official" birthday - like the Queen - and hijacked the festival.

All I see is a case of Brum Council giving us pagans our party back.

So there.

by neil higgins

and one for pouring cider around the local chestnut tree,as a fertility right,I agree that the pagan's have had a rough press.Christianity is shrouded in myth,like the Turin shroud,King Arthur,area 51,etc.But lets be honest "Winterval" is'nt exactly interesting.Maybe if they'd called it "What a bummer",or "No more carols",then maybe the more sensitive "one's" could have had a linching party at the council house.But no,they go and spoil it by giving in to party policy.Hum bug.

by av .

not by choice, and trust me, it is much harder than making a turkey on Thanksgiving. There actually is lots of drinking involved if its done right. Oh, and don't bother cleaning up the house before you have it.

by av .

The whole family aired their grievances with each other. Whoo Hoo! It was truly an emotional experience. In one case, the host got coffee in the face and in the other, one of the "guests" got pinned instead of the host. I personally didn't get to pin anyone because others beat me to it. Not quite textbook Festivus, but close.

There were feats of strength too. Some family members actually held back from having an all out brawl.

Ah, the holiday season! Don't you just love it when everyone gets into the spirit?

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