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Why I Hate (secular) Christmas

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by dmambo

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by firestar1

Wishing everyone a "Merry Christmas" and a prosperous new year,...and god bless us everyone. For those of you don't want this blessing, I take it back from these idividuals. I would never force blessings on anyone, but still you have my best wishes.

by maecuff

the reason, secular, non-secular whatever.. If I get a paid day off, I'm happy.

I just celebrated Christmas with my family. We made it home, relatively unscathed. My sister and I were civil to each other. My crazy Aunt and her equally insane husband were low key. AND..my least favorite Aunt and her equally vile husband weren't there because my sister forgot to invite them. Merry Christmas to me!

Next week, it's Christmas with the Clampetts..then New years at home!

by jdclyde

the majority of the people that DON'T celebrate Christmas are not going to break down in tears just because they get Christmas off.

NO ONE out there is saying (to my knowledge) "On general principles because I do not believe in Christmas, I can not take this day off".

The vocal few that are crying about the name need to get knocked on their A$$e$ and go drink some eggnog! :p

And the people that try to come back with " what is the big deal about calling it "happy holidays"" , I counter that with, there isn't a big deal about doing it, which is EXACTLY why we shouldn't.

by maecuff

(excluding the eggnog bit) Christmas is Christmas. We celebrate Christmas, if you don't want to, fine. If you want to say Happy Holidays, fine. It's just a damn word. People need to stop getting their panties in a bunch over every little thing. Except eggnog. There's something to get upset over. Or at least something to get an upset stomach over.

by Member 25348569

to wind you up a little.

I have been exploring other cultures. In order to be politically correct and multicultural, I think you should try some North Korean New Year Ancestor Worship this year. New Year's day is called "seol" or "seol ral". "Seol" means 'to be careful', or maybe 'sadness', or perhaps 'to be unfamiliar'. [i]Unh??[/i] New Years's day can be called "Won Dan", "Won Il", "Shin Won" or "jung wol cho harut nal".

Second thoughts, stick to "Merry Christmas".

Follow the rules below:

When offering to ancestors, transparent liquor is served and peaches are not included among the fruits offered. [i]So, Tequila is alright then! But no Guinness? Certainly no bloody egg-nog![/i]

Fishes with the name ending in "chi" like kong chi, kal chi are not used. [i]As if we would dare![/i]

Vegetables may include ko sari, doraji, sookju namul. The broth is made of mussels, shrimp and pulp or squid fish. [i]No Brussel's sprouts! Hoorah![/i]

The deceased ancestors must be well nourished so they have enough energy to give many blessings to their descendants. [i]Sounds logical to me![/i]

Going to give it a try?

:p

by dmambo

From your description of the offerings to the ancestors, it's no wonder they're dead. Who else but zombies could stand that crap?

Happy Boxing Day.

by jck

Ni me shi me nuhn il bon chon haam ey soo yong het nuhn dae. :^O

I'd get vile, but I'm afraid that someone at TR is Korean and will ban me.

I'll just say...Merry F***ing Christmas to you all...from... Mi chin nom

by jck

I found it ironic for the Christian loonie right-wingers to claim the tree for Christmas...when, Christmas is about the birth of Christ.

It's like they don't want Jews and Muslims and others to have a tree unrepresentative of someone else's religion?

Like trees sold after Thanksgiving and Christmas Day can only be labelled "Christmas Trees".

Seems to me they're more worried about pushing a name on a tree in self-interest, rathere than showing compassion and warmth and love during the holiday that is most holy in regards to their religious beliefs...i.e.-hypocritical...and loonie.

If I remember right, the druids were worshiping trees and nature long before Christianity came to exist.

Guess the Christians lose their right to the tree under grandfathering :^O

Merry Christmas... (btw...I have 2 trees in my house) :^O

by Member 25348569

Much as I hate to say this to a relative, but the Christmas tree is of, I think, 17th century German origin. I know this because it came over to the UK with the Hanover dynasty and it went over to the USA with German immigrants.

The ancient Germanic types and Scandinavians had the yule log and the druids worshipped the oak and the holly. As far as I can find out the only thing that was done with trees at Mid-winter was to hang a few enemies off one.

I don't have much work to do this week so I'm wandering the threads and sniping at anyone...

Merry Christmas, Son.

:D

I must admit, though, the link from a tree to Jesus is a bit tenuous... :p

by jck

At this point in life, I'd hang a few people right now...

I'm not posting much...because I'm learning exactly how pitiful T-SQL is.

I want real SQL...not Bill Gates' crap.

BTW, the Germanics worshipped the evergreen in ancient times if I remember correctly...and, some German married royal girl who was Christian and he put the tree up in the house.

At least, that is what I read...Christianity adopted it from pagans.

No matter what though...still has nothing to do with Jesus or his birth...which is what Christmas is supposed to be about.

Buncha religious nuts fussing over what a tree is called at Lowe's and Target.

If I get any more pissed and grinch-ish, I might start considering really nasty acts.

This one's for you, Dad....
BAH....FRIGGIN....HUMBUG :^O

I'm gonna go now...before I hit someone...or something.

Advice: Don't let your boss have you developing/maintaining 9 projects by yourself...it gets stressful. :(

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