When greeting strangers, it’s polite to not assume they celebrate Christmas. Just like we should get in the habit of not assuming everyone is straight, white, male, and American
So is have a pleasant winter solstice. The season is the reason for the celebration. Its been the reason in all cultures throughout history. Independent of religion of any kind. Its the CINO’s who have a problem with that.
my dad (who is a believing christian and teaches christianity at a high school) today asked me and my siblings why it’s called chrismas, to then laughingly tell us, it’s because you get stuff on christmas (it’s a pun that does not work in english)
i like my dad :3
I gotta say, the folks putting up the “Put The Christ Back In Christmas” signs during the holiday season are some of the least festive and most Grinchy on the block.
My understanding is that phrase is used to push against people using “x-mas.” If that’s the case for those neighbors, sit them down for a PowerPoint on the Greek letter chi and it’s use.
They’re also wrong. Christmas is just Saturnalia rebranded/appropriated. Christ wasn’t even born in the winter according to scripture.
Santa is the reason for the season. And consumerism! And lights!
From the hotel bookings, I’d say he was born during the World Cup.
We don’t seem to have that movement here (Germany), so I’m wondering is it really about Christ or is it only against other religions or Atheists? What I mean is: Santa Clause isn’t Christian, are they against it too?
It’s against secular Christmas, which is a major holiday in America. It’s the difference between nativities, hymns, and a certain Turkish bishop with a penchant for necromancy vs decorated trees, holiday themed pop music by Jewish singers, and a neo odinic figure with flying caribou.
Also yeah they’re mad atheists and other non Christians have a happy time at the holidays.
Hey now dont do my boy Saint Nicholas dirty like that, he was an Anatolian Greek. The Turks were still firmly in central Asia during his lifetime, though Anatolian Turks are a mix of the of the nomadic Turks and Anatolian greeks it’s one of those things where the distinction is notable. It’d be like calling Vercingetorix French, like it’s not technically wrong from a regionalist perspective and his people did help form the French but it’s still wrong on a lot of levels.
Also fun fact Saint Nicholas punch Arius in the face at the council of Nicea. Also his bones are now leaking and have been for awhile, though it’s probably two different things being merged into the same myth, they used to put certain oils into sarcophaguss back in his lifetime and it probably became a pilgrims tradition later on and his modern sarcophaguss in Italy probably works as a condenser for water.
Thank you.
If you really want to scare a German with Santa Claus, tell them he’s Turkish.
Am I supposed to pick up a the birthday cake or something? Is it cheating if I use the number candles?
Being a religious fanatic is a joyless existence.
I say Happy Holidays, and I’ve got a total of 6 trees in my house not counting the ones without lights, outside lights, I don’t know how many nutcrackers. I must give the MAGAs serious confusion.
I say Happy Holidays because somebody’s gotta be on the other side and I’ve been auto-assigned to that team.
Merry Christmas: no alliteration❌
Happy Holidays: has alliteration✅
Conclusion: Happy Holidays > Merry Christmas
happy jollydays is not an alliteration
but its jolly :3
“Happy Yule then”
Not gonna play my harmonica
