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| OmegaDog 1397th Post
 
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|  "Re(4):NO" , posted Fri 17 Dec 11:26:
Despite the fact that there's normally a lot of tension in waiting for how well I did academically in the preceding semester, I actually like the season overall. I like it more, though, when I actually have an opportunity to go outside and enjoy the festivities. Much as I like the warm indoors, staying inside can be a drag for me when I'm missing all the outdoors festivities.
(It's even better during those years that I have the time to volunteer to participate in those festivities, instead of simply watching 'em.)
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I think next year...everyone should shoot to have a Dracula Christmas.
Hrm... for those that don't like the season -- this line has provided an idea, for those that might be inclined to do so.
Grab Halloween decorations and put 'em up! You might even choose to add Christmas-style decorations to them (like paper santa hats & such).
On Christmas Eve, sit down and watch Nightmare Before Christmas. Or, the socially-inclined might even throw a themed party that night, of a mash between Halloween & Christmas. How one would do that exactly -- I'm dry on ideas.
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| Juke Joint Jezebel 3233th Post
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|  "Re(4):YES" , posted Sat 18 Dec 06:15
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Okay, so we all know how much of the Cafe seems to hate Christmas. My only question is why? You have to hate it for a reason. You can't just hate for the sake of hateing. What is it about this time that bothers you so much?
And I agree with Lupin. If just plain ol' hate your family then you can't really blame the holiday as you're bound to see them at Easter, Thanksgiving or any other holiday.
by the way, just because i'm having fun at everyone else's expense, it doesn't mean that i like the holiday. this time of year always makes me depressed
this fucking season, like everything else, just completely sucks for most of us. but make the best of it and quit your whining. we've already got onsy for that. the reason behind this Christmas hate, i think, is pretty simple. if you can't figure it out for yourself, i'm not gonna waste my time to explain it to you, and i doubt anyone here's going to admit to it
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| HAYATO
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| "Re(1):Re:the truth..." , posted Sat 18 Dec 06:52
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Okay, so we all know how much of the Cafe seems to hate Christmas. My only question is why?
repressed anger and frustration from childhood anxieties that we never got that particular toy we've been nagging at our parents for years.
So if people just got their Battle Damage He-Man years ago they wouldn't be so bitter? Go figure...
Also, the birthday of Jesus isn't known. "Christmas" was a pagan winter festival before the Church got a hold of it in order to convert the Pagans in to good Christians. Pagans said they wouldn't give up their celebrations to be Christian so the Church said fine and Christmas was born in order to convert the heathens. I think anyway. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
Jesus' birthday was supposed to be around August 2 or 3 AD, according to the date when King Herod (Herodias?) enacted the edict about taking a census in his Kingdom, and compensating the all-known Gregorian calendar errors. Randel, you are right about the goal which believers wanted to achieve migrating the celebrations to winter, but if I'm not much mistaken, the one who made it effective was the Emperor Constantine (although he also acted in the name of the Vatican).
I don't have it totally clear, so if anyone wants to correct me or explain it better, feel free to post...
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| Juke Joint Jezebel 3240th Post
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| "let's religion!" , posted Wed 22 Dec 12:11
that reminds me, i saw this PBS special about the Magi. i was pretty fucked up from lack of sleep/heavy medication, but i got a little bit out of it. they were using historical references to try to figure out exactly what happened. it was pretty interesting what they came up with
according to them, the Magi were ancient Persians that were into Zoroastrianism. i think they were priests. everyone regarded them highly, etc. the program went into that whole thing about where the name magician comes from and shit. it was cool
then there was some prophecy about the King of the Jews being born, so the Magi went on their way to give him gifts: gold (an earthly king), frankincense (a something king), myrrh (something else i forgot). depending on what gift he accepted, it'd decide what kind of king he was. greedy kid took them all. anyways, that whole thing about gifts on Christmas comes from the gifts that the Three Wise Men gave to Jesus
they don't know exactly when Jesus was born, but that star the Magi were following was most likely the eclipse of Saturn (or was it Jupiter?) by the moon. i forgot what they said about it exactly
there was some other stuff, like Jesus actually being a small infant (two years old) when the Magi arrived, but i was kinda drooling on myself by the end of the program, so i didn't really absorb that much out of the latter half. look for the program if you're even remotely interested. it was pretty awesome. there was also some stuff about King Herod and all the horrible shit he did. i wish i had this thing on tape
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"Re(4):Christmas is alright." , posted Sat 18 Dec 11:36
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