Merry Christmas

[tandoc]

I felt like starting the thread...

and its the 24th here...

Merry Christmas to all the members of FWS.net, except for those of you who gave me bad reputation this year :classic2:

and to all you atheists, have a nice day :fork:

Have a banana :banana:
or perhaps some leftover jack-o-lantern from Halloween pumpkin2
and a nice cold coke (it's summer here ya'know) :drink:
and who needs a turkey, we have roast beef :cow2:
and a nice big :kiss to all the nice ladies on the forums (this one's for you Jan)

:snowchris :madchrist :santa:

[LockerGirl]

Merry Christmas all... :) Its the 24th here also.

[aki]

come on , its 3.14am in the morning here in sweden and i haven't slept yet !?!. Merry Christmas. i wish a........a....a

[CAWUnited.com]

Merry christmas everyone.. although it's not quite the 24th here yet.. only 9:13 PM

[rhianna]

Merry Christmas
:snowchris :snowchris

[Dean]

It is 0 days, 21 hours, 25 minutes and 1 second until December 25, 2004, at Midnight(UTC time)

[trenzterra]

It's the 24th here as well.

It's summer here as well :p

[rhianna]

It's still the 23rd where I am :santa:

What a windy & rainy day we had! It was the type of wind that turns your umbrella inside out :biggrin2:

[tandoc]

it's meant to be summer here, but its about 15C and it rained earlier...

[rhianna]

it's meant to be summer here, but its about 15C and it rained earlier...

Are you in Australia or New Zealand or where?

[tandoc]

I'm in Australia D:

[rhianna]

I'm in Australia D:

A girlfriend of mine from college went to Australia, fell in love, and now she is married and lives in the Northern Territory :-)

I have Internet pals from Brisbane :-)

[Blank Verse]

Yeah, an early Merry Christmas to the FWSers. May your Christmas be festive and your New Years fall down drunk.

By the way, I don't consider Christmas a religious holiday at all. I've never thought about it as the birth of Christ, just more of a goodwill holiday. What else do you have to say about us atheists, andy? :p

[tandoc]

Not much, I'm Cathlolic myself but I'm not really the church-going type, the only 2 times I was at church this year would be when my brother was christened, and tomorrow, after all the pressies :)

[LeX]

I've never thought about it as the birth of Christ
I always thought it was Jan 1st.... :o (Because B.C. = Before Christ)


I don't celebrate Christmas. Not because I'm not religious, but simply because I don't know what they're celebrating.

[Dean]

The actual thing happened around September 4-7AD (Anno Domini/Latin:the year of the Lord).

BTW B.C= "Before the common era."

[Blank Verse]

Easter is to commemorate the death of Christ. The records are so ancient and muddled that no one could ever accurately predict when he was born. The 25th is essentially an arbitrary date we've picked.

[simonsoft]

Merry Christmas

[Jan]

Have a great Christmas guys and gals :santa: :madchrist :snowchris

[tandoc]

Blank: "Christmas is a time when people of all religions come together to worship Jesus Christ." - Bart Simpson

there is also..

"Aren't we forgeting the true meaning of Christmas? You know, the birth of Santa." but that makes less sense...

[Dean]

http://www.redbay.com/ekklesia/birth.htm

[Peo]

Merry Christmas everybody! :snowchris

[Hoth]

BTW B.C= "Before the common era."

No it doesn't, that's B.C.E. and it was just invented recently as an odd and really quite pointless attempt to replace "Before Christ." I say quite pointless, because "common era" is utterly meaningless and it still begins at the date which is meant to be the birth of Christ (even if that date happens to be off by 4 years or so).

Well, I'm off to celebrate atheist Christmas (though with Catholic grandparents) in another hour or so. Merry Christmas eve/day to everyone depending on time zone.

[rhianna]

Easter is to commemorate the death of Christ. The records are so ancient and muddled that no one could ever accurately predict when he was born. The 25th is essentially an arbitrary date we've picked.

Easter commemorates the Resurrection.

[Robert]

The actual thing happened around September 4-7AD (Anno Domini/Latin:the year of the Lord).

BTW B.C= "Before the common era."
Before the common era was a term developed to replace the term Before Christ because some people didn't want to use the term "Christ" when describing B.C. I still say B.C. and not B.C.E.

[gazal]

Merry chirstmas everyone..


Alan

[Decker]

Merry Xmas (http://www.ctrl-alt-deli.com/xmas.html) - best wishes. http://www.ctrl-alt-deli.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif

Best Regards and Warmest Wishes for the Season
All at Ctrl-Alt-Deli.com

[Curtis H.]

Happy Holidays. Enjoy and be safe. :-)

[rhianna]

I always thought it was Jan 1st.... :o (Because B.C. = Before Christ)

I don't celebrate Christmas. Not because I'm not religious, but simply because I don't know what they're celebrating.

Try http://www.christmasincyberspace.com/index.shtml

[Blank Verse]

Well, regardless, Merry Christmas to those of you who are celebrating it for whatever reason you're celebrating it :)

[darkcurves]

Merry Christmas everyone!

[DJsexie]

Merry Christmas to all!

and happy birthday to santa?

:)

[Blank Verse]

Dude's getting old :p

[Conscript]

Merry CHRISTmas! Jesus is the reason for the season.

[jmiller]

Well, now that it is in fact Christmas here..

Merry Christmas, everyone. :)

[Wojtek]

Ho! Ho! Ho!

[Daniel]

It's been Christmas for 15 hours and 38 minutes! Yay!

[notnamed]

By the way, Christmas has not always been celebrated on December 25th. The early church decided to move the celebration to December 25th to coincide with the cheifly British and Scottish (and possibly other European) "pagan" celebrations of the winter solstice. Like many Christian holidays, moving the day of Christmas to the day of a "pagan" holiday was meant to make the transition to Christianity easier for those used to their old holidays.
(Partially from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas )