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TMRNetShark:
--- Quote from: mistersampo on December 25, 2010, 03:19:11 AM ---I don't know about you guys, but this year I celebrated Festivus
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For the restivus...
No... literally... I got nothing and I received nothing. I actually bought tires, but my inspection was coming up and the old tires would not have done the job.... no sirrey.
bloody000:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_solstice#Observances
It's funny how Christmas has turned to shit in basically the entire world.
Ixarku:
My interpretation of Christmas in the U.S.:
Non-Christian: "Christianity does not have a monopoly on Christmas!"
Christian: (rolls eyes) "Yes, we do! It's called CHRIST-mas!"
Non-Christian: "Er, I meant, the winter solstice. Christianity doesn't have a monopoly on the winter solstice. We want to celebrate it, too."
Christian: "Too late. It's our holiday, we're just loaning it to you. Now put up your CHRISTMAS tree and your CHRISTMAS lights and go buy some presents."
Non-Christian: "No, you don't get it, we don't believe in your God. We don't want to celebrate YOUR Christmas, we want our own version."
Christian: "You can't do that, it's our holiday. Even the government agrees -- they gave us the day off, after all. Stop being a Grinch and get Jesus some cookies and eggnog."
Non-Christian: (exasperated) "Yes, we can. We have freedom of religion. We want proper recognition for our beliefs, too. Stop rubbing our faces in your traditions."
Christian: (pauses for a second) "Help, I'm being oppressed! My religion is under attack!"
Now I just need some comic-strip style art to go with the dialogue and I can be like Doonesbury.
rostheferret:
--- Quote from: Ixarku on December 25, 2010, 01:20:57 PM ---My interpretation of Christmas in the U.S.:
Non-Christian: "Christianity does not have a monopoly on Christmas!"
Christian: (rolls eyes) "Yes, we do! It's called CHRIST-mas!"
Non-Christian: "Er, I meant, the winter solstice. Christianity doesn't have a monopoly on the winter solstice. We want to celebrate it, too."
Christian: "Too late. It's our holiday, we're just loaning it to you. Now put up your CHRISTMAS tree and your CHRISTMAS lights and go buy some presents."
Non-Christian: "No, you don't get it, we don't believe in your God. We don't want to celebrate YOUR Christmas, we want our own version."
Christian: "You can't do that, it's our holiday. Even the government agrees -- they gave us the day off, after all. Stop being a Grinch and get Jesus some cookies and eggnog."
Non-Christian: (exasperated) "Yes, we can. We have freedom of religion. We want proper recognition for our beliefs, too. Stop rubbing our faces in your traditions."
Christian: (pauses for a second) "Help, I'm being oppressed! My religion is under attack!"
Now I just need some comic-strip style art to go with the dialogue and I can be like Doonesbury.
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Winter Solstice as a day of celebration pre-dates Christianity by a long time. Specifically, I believe it was Yule that Christians ripped off, right around the time they started burning Wiccans for being witches and perpetuating the myth that all Vikings were rapists.
What IS ironic, is that the US has a growing phobia of Arabs despite worshipping a man born in the Middle East :P
Scudworth:
merry Christmas too you guys as well. 8)
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