What does Christmas mean to you ?

EamonnMc


Joined: 18/06/2010
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Message Posted:
10/12/2011 02:20

Is it the traditional celebration of the birth of Chris and/ or the opportunity to gather together with family and friends , or is Christmas a time of sadness for you ? perhaps remembering the passing of loved ones or the pain of being alone ? Many love the Christmas celebrations but sadly, for some, it is a time of sadness and regret . I would urge those who can, to reach out to those who need a helping hand and by doing so, to really participate in the spirit of Christmas !

EamonnMc


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Posts: 1019

Message Posted:
10/12/2011 02:23

Sorry, of course it should read the birth of "Christ ".

Trevturk


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Message Posted:
10/12/2011 07:04

Really nice posting thank you...

Groucho



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Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
10/12/2011 07:32

Chris was getting all excited!

We have a lovely Christmas - away from nearly all the peer-pressure of an acquisitive Christmas as was in the UK. I love preparing Christmas luncheon so we get exactly what we want to eat without going bananas. We play what games we want, listen to what we want, watch what we want, laugh at what we want, cry at what we want. We don't have time for listening to HM QEII telling what an annus horribilis she's had as we know plenty of people who have had a worse time and we think of them.

Our hearts, thoughts and good wishes go out to folk whose lives have been shattered by illness and tragic events. Keep the faith!



Oh and..... Ho! Ho! Ho! (Who'd Be A Turkey At Christmas)

martinD41


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 3001

Message Posted:
10/12/2011 11:22

In the Uk ,It means overindulgence in practically everything,and an " obsequious "level of well wishing amongst those who during the rest of the year barely speak to each other..For me it is a time of reflection,and the realisation that for a huge number of people in the world it is just another day of suffering..



I wish you All a happy Yuletide...







Rob

EamonnMc


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Message Posted:
10/12/2011 12:45

Msg 5, martinD41.



How true ! I think many of us get a kind of fever around Christmas time and waste money buying things we don't really need and sometimes will never use . I see people in the supermarkets buying goods like they were stocking up for a war ! It's an easy trap to fall into !

blade


Joined: 19/06/2010
Posts: 1286

Message Posted:
10/12/2011 15:11

Christmas makes me sad, i do miss my family and friends in other places.

Then we work so hard at this time of year i don't have time to think let alone feel sad.

Always busy and having lots of fun with the dogs.

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
10/12/2011 17:46

"Christmas" always reminds me how around the year 500 the Catholics hijacked this pagan celebration of the shortest day - to turn it in "the birth of Christ" - what a joke. Ho ho ho, sorry, I mean Ha ha ha...

EamonnMc


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Posts: 1019

Message Posted:
10/12/2011 17:53

Happy Christmas, Hans ! but surely it was a Christian hijacking !!!! Was the ransom ever paid ? How How How..Much ...

Ed1957


Joined: 03/09/2011
Posts: 377

Message Posted:
10/12/2011 17:55

More of the same boring commercialism and false cheer



humbug yes

dekski


Joined: 08/11/2008
Posts: 142

Message Posted:
10/12/2011 18:01

DID YOU KNOW?

Christmas has been celebrated on December 25 since 336 A.D. The tradition started as a Christian holiday honouring the birth of Jesus and has evolved into an international holiday that embodies family togetherness and good cheer.

Christmas gets its name from "Christ," meaning "Messiah" or "Anointed One," and "Mass," meaning "religious festival." Jesus, born in Bethlehem to the Virgin Mary, was given the title of "Christ" because he was regarded as a great king who would protect people from all wrong and evil.

DutchCrusader



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Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
10/12/2011 18:02

Forget to mention "... around the year 500 in England, where the Northern European tribes from (now) the Lowlands, Northern Germany, Denmark and southern Norway/Sweden (Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Frisians and many other minor tribes) ruled after invading the island" etc.

Christmas? If you have the time read a good history book about England and Catholicism at "Christmas".

DutchCrusader



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Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
10/12/2011 18:08

@ msg 11, dekski: (...) Christmas has been celebrated on December 25 since 336 A.D. (...)



▶ But not in England. In 336 the Britons still had their own often secret celebrations of a handful of local and wider known gods, though cruelly suppressed by the Romans.

dippersgirl



Joined: 04/05/2010
Posts: 795

Message Posted:
10/12/2011 18:17

We want to spend the time with friends and family and as they can't come all to us here, we have to go to England to see all. David is also pining for a good English pint of beer and that's his chance to enjoy it.

We are not into commercial christmas, but give each other small fun stocking type and home made presents. We ask everybody what they want to eat and then we share out the cooking of it all. We love to play games and go for good walks visiting friends.

EamonnMc


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Posts: 1019

Message Posted:
10/12/2011 18:29

Great idea, Dippersgirl....Enjoy it !

EamonnMc


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Message Posted:
10/12/2011 18:33

Msg 11,



Dekski, Thank you for the informative post ! It's a long tradition isn't it !

paddywack


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Posts: 959

Message Posted:
10/12/2011 18:39

One of religions big cons.

canada


Joined: 17/05/2011
Posts: 195

Message Posted:
10/12/2011 19:07

since the death of my mother and twin boys it means absolutely nothing but a drunken night

sorry

EamonnMc


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Posts: 1019

Message Posted:
10/12/2011 19:46

I am sad for your loss, Canada ! and thank you for your honesty ! Be gentle with yourself !

martinD41


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Posts: 3001

Message Posted:
10/12/2011 19:50

msg 13, in Hebrew he was also known as the "False Messiah" or "Moshiach"...personally I think he was a forerunner of Che Guevara................,A rebel of his time..





A merry Yuletide to all...

walkerscott


Joined: 13/08/2009
Posts: 901

Message Posted:
10/12/2011 19:53

Humbug!

I celebrate every day, don't have to wait until Christmas to let people know that I love them or dish out presents. I gift when I feel like it and actually mean it!

Humbug, Humbug, Humbug!!!

martinD41


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 3001

Message Posted:
10/12/2011 20:00

Chin up Canada, I to have had similar tragedies ..peace to you and yours ...

martinD41


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Message Posted:
10/12/2011 20:02

msg 21 ...Absolutely Sir.....

Quarmby


Joined: 15/09/2008
Posts: 975

Message Posted:
10/12/2011 20:09

It means absolutely nothing to me.

EamonnMc


Joined: 18/06/2010
Posts: 1019

Message Posted:
11/12/2011 18:25

Msg 24,



Everyday should have a meaning, Quarmby, or else what is the point ? Christmas is just another day for some but a special day for many ! Whatever it brings, I wish you a good one !!