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The war on Christmas
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RE: The war on Christmas
A) If there is a war on christmas, it is clearly winning since you can barely enjoy Halloween anymore without Christmas rearing its head (one person here local had their christmas tree up before Halloween with orange lights on it), and Thanksgiving is just "Christmas: Part I, the day before Black Friday." And never mind the BS of "Christmas in July" where networks play christmas specials over and over again.

B) Christmas has only to do with Christianity in its name (unlike Easter which has nothing to do with it since they didn't even change it from its pagan namesake, Eostre). The tree? Pagan. The wreath? Pagan. Exchanging gifts? Pagan. The predecessor to the bastardization of Saint Nicholas into Santa Claus who gave gifts to kids? Pagan. Mistletoe? Pagan. The date? Pagan. There isn't anything "Christian" about it anymore. (Not that I would have said that as a believer)

C) I love Christmas and this time of year leading up to it. People get a little happier, it gets colder, it snows. Then you get to give gifts, get gifts, and watch the Christians try and come up with an excuse for the points in B.
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The war on Christmas - by Jacob(smooth) - November 13, 2013 at 10:48 am
RE: The war on Christmas - by Bad Wolf - November 13, 2013 at 10:50 am
RE: The war on Christmas - by Jacob(smooth) - November 13, 2013 at 10:55 am
RE: The war on Christmas - by Bad Wolf - November 13, 2013 at 11:04 am
RE: The war on Christmas - by Anomalocaris - November 13, 2013 at 11:04 am
RE: The war on Christmas - by Jacob(smooth) - November 13, 2013 at 11:14 am
RE: The war on Christmas - by Doubting Thomas - November 13, 2013 at 11:21 am
RE: The war on Christmas - by Napoléon - November 13, 2013 at 11:21 am
RE: The war on Christmas - by Walking Void - November 13, 2013 at 4:09 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Minimalist - November 13, 2013 at 11:22 am
RE: The war on Christmas - by Jacob(smooth) - November 13, 2013 at 11:23 am
RE: The war on Christmas - by Doubting Thomas - November 13, 2013 at 11:45 am
RE: The war on Christmas - by Jacob(smooth) - November 13, 2013 at 12:00 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Clueless Morgan - November 13, 2013 at 12:15 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by henryp - November 13, 2013 at 12:31 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Faith No More - November 13, 2013 at 11:33 am
RE: The war on Christmas - by Jacob(smooth) - November 13, 2013 at 11:41 am
RE: The war on Christmas - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 13, 2013 at 11:38 am
RE: The war on Christmas - by The Reality Salesman - November 13, 2013 at 12:03 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Jacob(smooth) - November 13, 2013 at 12:07 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by The Reality Salesman - November 13, 2013 at 2:46 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Fidel_Castronaut - November 13, 2013 at 12:21 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Tonus - November 13, 2013 at 12:24 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Jacob(smooth) - November 13, 2013 at 12:33 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by freedomfromforum - November 13, 2013 at 12:47 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Jacob(smooth) - November 13, 2013 at 12:51 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Doubting Thomas - November 13, 2013 at 1:45 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by downbeatplumb - November 13, 2013 at 2:02 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Bob Kelso - November 13, 2013 at 3:14 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Captain Colostomy - November 13, 2013 at 3:21 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Ayen - November 13, 2013 at 3:33 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by rexbeccarox - November 13, 2013 at 3:52 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by The Valkyrie - November 13, 2013 at 4:03 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Crossless1 - November 13, 2013 at 4:20 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by max-greece - November 13, 2013 at 4:27 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Doubting Thomas - November 13, 2013 at 4:40 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Mister Agenda - November 13, 2013 at 4:53 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Simon Moon - November 13, 2013 at 5:06 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Jackalope - November 13, 2013 at 5:09 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Jacob(smooth) - November 13, 2013 at 5:40 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Crossless1 - November 13, 2013 at 5:42 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by rexbeccarox - November 13, 2013 at 5:42 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Jacob(smooth) - November 13, 2013 at 5:49 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Jackalope - November 13, 2013 at 5:49 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Simon Moon - November 13, 2013 at 5:55 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Jacob(smooth) - November 13, 2013 at 5:59 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Jackalope - November 13, 2013 at 6:02 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Jacob(smooth) - November 13, 2013 at 6:28 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Jackalope - November 13, 2013 at 8:07 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Jacob(smooth) - November 14, 2013 at 12:16 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by TheBeardedDude - November 13, 2013 at 5:47 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by pocaracas - November 13, 2013 at 7:23 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Clueless Morgan - November 13, 2013 at 8:45 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Neo-Scholastic - November 13, 2013 at 8:14 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Ryantology - November 13, 2013 at 8:32 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Optimistic Mysanthrope - November 13, 2013 at 8:32 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Simon Moon - November 13, 2013 at 9:34 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Minimalist - November 13, 2013 at 9:51 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Faith No More - November 14, 2013 at 1:35 am
RE: The war on Christmas - by Esquilax - November 14, 2013 at 2:29 am
RE: The war on Christmas - by Fidel_Castronaut - November 14, 2013 at 7:27 am
RE: The war on Christmas - by Doubting Thomas - November 14, 2013 at 10:14 am
RE: The war on Christmas - by rexbeccarox - November 13, 2013 at 8:23 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by pineapplebunnybounce - November 13, 2013 at 9:17 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Mister Agenda - November 14, 2013 at 12:33 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Polaris - November 13, 2013 at 9:57 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Zazzy - November 14, 2013 at 9:31 am
RE: The war on Christmas - by Esquilax - November 14, 2013 at 10:14 am
RE: The war on Christmas - by pocaracas - November 14, 2013 at 10:30 am
RE: The war on Christmas - by Doubting Thomas - November 14, 2013 at 10:23 am
RE: The war on Christmas - by Cato - November 13, 2013 at 10:26 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Owlix - November 13, 2013 at 10:38 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Bob Kelso - November 13, 2013 at 10:44 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by kılıç_mehmet - November 14, 2013 at 8:57 am
RE: The war on Christmas - by Optimistic Mysanthrope - November 14, 2013 at 9:03 am
RE: The war on Christmas - by kılıç_mehmet - November 14, 2013 at 9:48 am
RE: The war on Christmas - by *Deidre* - November 14, 2013 at 9:09 am
RE: The war on Christmas - by Doubting Thomas - November 14, 2013 at 11:22 am
RE: The war on Christmas - by Jacob(smooth) - November 14, 2013 at 12:08 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Doubting Thomas - November 14, 2013 at 1:21 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Jacob(smooth) - November 14, 2013 at 5:15 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Whateverist - November 14, 2013 at 8:42 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Neo-Scholastic - November 14, 2013 at 9:05 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Polaris - November 14, 2013 at 9:08 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by downbeatplumb - November 15, 2013 at 3:12 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Polaris - November 16, 2013 at 8:23 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Doubting Thomas - November 15, 2013 at 2:35 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by paulpablo - November 14, 2013 at 12:13 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Doubting Thomas - November 14, 2013 at 5:21 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Jacob(smooth) - November 14, 2013 at 5:34 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Neo-Scholastic - November 14, 2013 at 8:09 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by *Deidre* - November 14, 2013 at 8:11 pm
Re: RE: The war on Christmas - by TheBeardedDude - November 15, 2013 at 2:57 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Mister Agenda - November 15, 2013 at 4:05 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Trino34 - November 15, 2013 at 4:22 pm
RE: The war on Christmas - by Minimalist - November 16, 2013 at 8:50 pm

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