MarquisMatsugae
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Yep bringing in the Winter Solstice is pretty special.It's amazing what crap people will dream up for how not to represent the real meaning of Christmas.
Yep bringing in the Winter Solstice is pretty special.It's amazing what crap people will dream up for how not to represent the real meaning of Christmas.
That's one theory about why December 25 was chosen in 338AD - and it's a commonly held one, although it actually has little basis, other than Saturnalia and the solstice happening to occur around the time.
It's more likely that Pope Julius I declared 25 December as the day on which the birth of Christ would be celebrated as it happened to coincide with Hannukah - the Jewish festival of light - and Christ was considered the light of the world.
I'm looking forward to this one....Oh I think Jesus The Christ was a lot less peaceful than you think.
I think you're making presumptions with no real idea about what I think...
That is certainly 'no frills'I've decided to join in the fun and invested in a festive jumper
My elbows are just above my waistWe are allowing this with a donation to the Trust charity
Basic hygiene rules such as "Naked below the elbow" still apply though
I would imagine Mary would have appreciated nappies , baby wipes and some 2month plus clothes more than what they give her.Presents are Christian - it's the Epiphany story (the three wise men bring presents to the infant Jesus). Feasting is universal, and the whole of Christianity is built around a symbolic feast. Trees and mistletoe, as Reg points out, are Victorian imports from Germany. And winter solstice festivities are universal, dating back way into prehistory.
"Paganism" as we know it today is basically a Victorian invention. It's an embellishment of a misunderstanding of Roman texts about druids applied to a word that means "not to do with a city", and came to mean simply "not Christian".
My elbows are just above my waist
Reminds me of an old one:I would imagine Mary would have appreciated nappies , baby wipes and some 2month plus clothes more than what they give her.
I would imagine Mary would have appreciated nappies , baby wipes and some 2month plus clothes more than what they give her.