Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays?

[JB Books]

You've been kind of crabby lately. Better lighten up or Santa will put a lumpp of coal in your stocking.

I didn't have a tone, Mr. Meat, but I do now. I suggest you take some time to compose yourself before you address me again.

 

[RidgeHunter]

You've been kind of crabby lately. Better lighten up or Santa will put a lumpp of coal in your stocking.

Don't start getting sensitive on me. If you're going to be my e-friend, you have to be able take criticism.

And I could be chock-full of BS, too. So there's always that possibility.

ETA: Maybe it's because work has went from slow to extremely busy, and I feel better after pointing out things that annoy me on the internet. That could be why you're usually an exponentially bigger jerk than I am, you work more than I do.

 

[eby42]

Seriously? What did he say? What was your response? I can't imagine people are that prickish IRL.

I would have said "I didn't mean it anyways, you *profanity*"

Well, I should have provided context.

I was a clerk at a liquor store, and he was a particularly grumpy old drunk. It wasn't an ordinary well-adjusted individual.

He kind of gave me a cross-eyed grumble and yelled "it's 'Merry Christmas'! I celebrate Christmas!" before storming out.

No good story about a clever response...heh, that was actually pretty tame compared to a few of the regulars.

I should note, he was back well before New Year's without skipping a beat.

 

[WhiteyMacD]

And other groups will be hard-pressed to outbreed the influx of Catholics our country is seeing, if you catch my drift

The more the merrier. Gotta get our numbers up to fight protestant oppression.

 

[WhiteyMacD]

If you do your research, Christmas started in/near England long ago with the poor going to the homes of the rich. They asked for handouts and "encouraged" them by once again using hints of religion to explain that if they did not peddle their wealth to beggars that bad things would happen to them.

Dont know where you got your info, but the 25th has been the Holy day of Obligation for the feast of Christ's mass since about 300AD. And although many pagan traditions are part of the celebration of Christ's Mass, as a great man once said: "We hold this day holy, not like the pagans because of the birth of the sun, but because of him who made it."

 

[vvvvvvv]

Dont know where you got your info, but the 25th has been the Holy day of Obligation for the feast of Christ's mass since about 300AD. And although many pagan traditions are part of the celebration of Christ's Mass, as a great man once said: "We hold this day holy, not like the pagans because of the birth of the sun, but because of him who made it."

Which, by the way, is 9 months after the Annunciation on the Spring Equinox.

There are two major influences for religious celebrations: astronomical events, and a pre-existing celebration of another religion or culture.

 

[vvvvvvv]

I didn't have a tone, Mr. Meat, but I do now. I suggest you take some time to compose yourself before you address me again.

Shall I be at attention?

 

[WhiteyMacD]

Which, by the way, is 9 months after the Annunciation on the Spring Equinox.

There are two major influences for religious celebrations: astronomical events, and a pre-existing celebration of another religion or culture.

There is good reason for that too. Most of those days were picked under Constantine. Consider you are the head of one of the largest empires that just so happens to be crumbling. Lets say your empire has had more than 300 years of enslaving, torturing, and murdering Christians. In order to rejuvenate your empire, you decide that you are going to remove poly theistic paganism and make your empire Holy. How do you get all your citizens to transition quickly?

 

[stroker-c10]

I say Merry Christmas. If someone doesnt like it, no sweat off my back, I don't care about being politically correct just to make them happy.

 

[vvvvvvv]

I say Merry Christmas. If someone doesnt like it, no sweat off my back, I don't care about being politically correct just to make them happy.

Depending on the setting, "Merry Christmas" is politically correct rather than "Happy Holidaze"