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What is xmas?
December 26, 2015 at 11:50 am
I found this while going through some old files on my computer and thought it might be of interest to some.
Quote:Every December we experience the greatest media blitz of nonsense and balderdash
outside of a presidential election. Newspapers and broadcasters repeat their obligatory
editorials about the deplorable "commercialization" of Christmas. They moan that "we
seem to have lost the true meaning of Christmas and perverted it into a pagan holiday,"
and so on.
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RE: What is xmas?
December 26, 2015 at 11:56 am
Christmas is a pagan holiday i find it funny how people attach geebuss to it like it's his birthday.
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RE: What is xmas?
December 26, 2015 at 12:42 pm
Lots of people celkebrated the winter solstice before christianity came along. Jesus' birthday was moved there to help bring converts. This is common knowledge to most people outside christians. The Christmas tree is such an icon of the holiday that people will complain about stores not putting it up, despite the fact that decorated trees have jack all to do with Jesus. It's the same thing with Easter. Pagan symbols and traditions have been so ingrained in christian holidays that we hardly think of what plants and rabbits have to do with Jesus and his teachings.
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RE: What is xmas?
December 26, 2015 at 2:38 pm
(This post was last modified: December 26, 2015 at 2:39 pm by robvalue.)
Well, I heard the song by Boney M:
"Long time ago in Bethlehem,
So the Holy Bible say,
Mary's boy child Jesus Christ,
Was born on Christmas Day."
BZZZT incorrect. The bible says no such thing. Give me all your royalties.
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RE: What is xmas?
December 26, 2015 at 3:33 pm
It's the one day you wait for all year because the day after everything is 50 to 75 percent off.
Got my credit card, I'm off.
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RE: What is xmas?
December 26, 2015 at 4:10 pm
News flash: Christmas is not, and never has been, a pagan holiday.
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RE: What is xmas?
December 26, 2015 at 4:12 pm
No. It is a christian holiday that was moved to the same time as other holidays, and incorporated pagan symbols and traditions like the tree, logs, and such, in order to help win converts. The bible never says when Jesus was born exactly, and christmas has little to do with him. Especially nowadays.
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RE: What is xmas?
December 26, 2015 at 4:16 pm
(December 26, 2015 at 4:12 pm)Chad32 Wrote: No. It is a christian holiday that was moved to the same time as other holidays, and incorporated pagan symbols and traditions like the tree, logs, and such, in order to help win converts. The bible never says when Jesus was born exactly, and christmas has little to do with him. Especially nowadays.
Bingo lollipop.
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RE: What is xmas?
December 26, 2015 at 4:30 pm
An x-rated mass?
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RE: What is xmas?
December 26, 2015 at 5:07 pm
Xmas: The wonderful excuse for gratuitous gifts and spending time with the family, that often ends with emotional flatness, headaches and having to get your routine back on track.
I had fun on Xmas but I do feel worse now than I did before it. At least today.
