Happy X-day.

[bjjones37]

Happy X-ween.
Have a good X-adan.
Good X-terans day.
Happy X-giving
Happy X-year.
Good X-ther's day and X-ther's day.
Happy X-ukah.
Happy X-ster.

Oh and Finally Merry CHRISTmas. :-D

Just had to address some of the extreme hypochrisy being shown here in the US over a Christian Holyday. :-)

[whabang]

lol

Merry Christmas to you too! :-)

[KennyR]

Hypocrisy? You mean like complaining about people renaming the festival of Yule that was already renamed by Christianity? ;-)

[cecilia]

Festivas for the Rest of Us!
:roflmao:

bjjones37 wrote:
Happy X-ween.
Have a good X-adan.
Good X-terans day.
Happy X-giving
Happy X-year.
Good X-ther's day and X-ther's day.
Happy X-ukah.
Happy X-ster.

Oh and Finally Merry CHRISTmas. :-D

Just had to address some of the extreme hypochrisy being shown here in the US over a Christian Holyday. :-)

I'm sure you meant the Pagan Holy Day that celebrates the Winter solstice?

LEANDER WHERE ARE YOU?

[bjjones37]

KennyR wrote:
Hypocrisy? You mean like complaining about people renaming the festival of Yule that was already renamed by Christianity? ;-)

Oops, sorry.  Missed one.

Happy X-ule day. :-D

[bjjones37]

mdma wrote:
I'm sure you meant the Pagan Holy Day that celebrates the Winter solstice?

LEANDER WHERE ARE YOU?

I know, Jesus was probably born some time in June. Catholicism borrowed upon many pagan traditions and many of these traditions have crept into Christendom.  But Jesus was born nonetheless. There are only 365 days to choose from and most of them have been used for something or other over the past thousands of years. And I am content to use December 25th for that day as has been traditionally done within the US for a couple hundred years.  I know that I personally am celebrating his birth, so, Merry Christmas. :-)

[X-ray]

Gimme a present and it'll be happy X-ray  :-P

bjjones37 wrote:

mdma wrote:
I'm sure you meant the Pagan Holy Day that celebrates the Winter solstice?

LEANDER WHERE ARE YOU?

I know, Jesus was probably born some time in June. Catholicism borrowed upon many pagan traditions and many of these traditions have crept into Christendom.  But Jesus was born nonetheless. There are only 365 days to choose from and most of them have been used for something or other over the past thousands of years. And I am content to use December 25th for that day as has been traditionally done within the US for a couple hundred years.  I know that I personally am celebrating his birth, so, Merry Christmas. :-)

Merry Christmas to you too Brian.  :pint:

[Dan]

KennyR wrote:
Hypocrisy? You mean like complaining about people renaming the festival of Yule that was already renamed by Christianity? ;-)

What renaming?
Jul är Jul.
It´s all about pigslaughter away.

[Doobrey]

Dan wrote:
It´s all about pigslaughter away.

I`ll have to spend Xmas in Sweden, sounds like more fun  than than watching the all the bloody repeats that make up the BBC Xmas schedule..

[Dan]

Doobrey wrote:

Dan wrote:
It´s all about pigslaughter away.

I`ll have to spend Xmas in Sweden, sounds like more fun  than than watching the all the bloody repeats that make up the BBC Xmas schedule..

Ohhh, we watch tv too...
It´s just that Jesus never was important, it was always the food.Xmas is very much an attempt to eat a whole pig in one holiday :lol:

The swedish thing to do at christmas is eating, eating, eating, being at home with the family and watch tv.
You know you aren´t allowed to open the Christmas presents until you have watched Donald Duck on tv at three p.m. Holidayopen shops close 14.30 at christmas eve so that the employes get home in time.

A swedish comedy bought it up once:
-But dad we always do the same thing every christmas.
 Conservative middleclass dad:
-But that is the meaning of christmas, it´s traditonal.

Now the christmas episode of that comedy has become a christmas tradition as well. :-P

Swedish christmas is very much about tv.

[Wilse]

@Dan:

You know you aren´t allowed to open the Christmas presents until you have watched Donald Duck on tv at three p.m.

You mean Her Majesty's speech is broadcast in Sweden?

:lol:

[Doobrey]

Wilse wrote:
You mean Her Majesty's speech is broadcast in Sweden?

Does that explain why Prince Charles has Mickey Mouse`s ears  :-P

[the_leander]

@MDMA

I AM HERE, HAVE NO FEAR :-D

Seriously though, Winter Solstace (Yule) is December 22nd, but yes the Catholics did exactly what was described by others here - they moved the birth of their saviour closer to the pagan tradition so as to fit in more with the locals and gain more members.

But today I think I would speak for nearly all neo pagans when saying the following:

I don't care that you shifted your holiday to the date you did, so long as you are generous and kind to those around you during the holiday, preferably carrying on this spirit as best you can throughout the rest of the year. I know I shall try to.

I hope you all have a good Solstace one and all :-)