You can say Merry Christmas to me
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Why does it matter to you….?
BB BELLA
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Christmas is a big deal, my wife spends weeks cluttering up the house with every imaginable thing she could put a lght on, she even decorates my garbage
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offended by the words "Merry Christmas" best keep it to yourself
happy early Birthday/Christmas to all! too early I guess it's a practice cheers day!
offended by the words "Merry Christmas" best keep it to yourself
happy early Birthday/Christmas to all! too early I guess it's a practice cheers day!
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You left out "Festivus for the rest of us".....
My writing "etc." covers Festivus and all else.
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I stand corrected.
NO you were not! See my posting #45.....
Back to the subject at hand......
MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone.
I feel lucky to live here in the middle of the corn patch.
Every year our school kids still have their Christmas program, they dress up and sing their little hearts out.
All the classics, Away in the manger , Silent night, Santa is coming to town, ect ect.
They close out the show with , ( We wish you a Merry Christmas ) .
I can't ever recall anyone trying to close down the kids show.
Call me a dummy lol, but heck we are driving Coon Rapids thursday eve to watch 4 of our nieces in a christmas program .
MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone.
I feel lucky to live here in the middle of the corn patch.
Every year our school kids still have their Christmas program, they dress up and sing their little hearts out.
All the classics, Away in the manger , Silent night, Santa is coming to town, ect ect.
They close out the show with , ( We wish you a Merry Christmas ) .
I can't ever recall anyone trying to close down the kids show.
Call me a dummy lol, but heck we are driving Coon Rapids thursday eve to watch 4 of our nieces in a christmas program .
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Because Christmas and Easter are the two most important Holidays to the Christian faithful. Over time December 25th, which has also been marked as the day of birth for Christ Jesus, (actual date is unknown) is a pagan holiday celebrated by giving gifts to each, and Santa Claus mysteriously bringing gifts to the children.
As a result Christmas has become the Holiday of all Holidays. To the Christian faithful it is the birth of our savior Jesus, to the pagans it is a time to celebrate good tidings and give gifts to each other.
That is why we start celebrating weeks ahead of the actual day. Myself, I prefer to see the celebration only last weeks or just the month of December. In recent times it has been commercialized to start months ahead of the actual date to capitalize on the profits of gift buying.
Big Bad Dad
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You are forgiven.
My writing "etc." covers Festivus and all else.
That pretty much covers it all. Hey wait a minute, isn't that what "Happy Holidays" does too? 
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Merry Christmas !
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Merry Christmas from our house to yours!
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Merry Christmas to everyone ..
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Best keep that wild animal fire caged up around them younguns!
No telling what it would do if it got loose...
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Sure enough, Christmas is the only one of that bunch to be celebrated as a season, as opposed to a specific event.
I often wondered about this myself in my early years - it seemed logical to me that if the Magi, the "12 days of
Christmas", takes place after the birth of Christ, then why is the "season" actually before Dec. 25th?
Lots of history and tradition - yes, including the commercialization of it - are behind that answer, no doubt...
but I was taught a bazillion years ago that the only true gift we were all granted by Him is the only one we're really
obligated to in turn give to others (Jesus).
The exchange of other, more material gifts everyone does with each other mimics that gift given to us (as well as
the gifts the three wise men brought to Jesus during the Magi).
Hey, Christmas gifts are wonderful things regardless, eh?
I can't seem to recall where I've misplaced my Arbor Day gifts....
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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