"THE" Merry Christmas Thread

[Skanky Burns]

http://www.samsungexplore.com/playing/games_arcade/AdventCalendar/day24.html

[chequita guevara]

"And there were in the same country shepherds, abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them! And they were sore afraid ... And the angel said unto them, "Fear not! For, behold, I bring you tidings of great joy, which shall be to all my people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ, the Lord."

"And this shall be a sign unto you: Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger." And suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude of the Heavenly Host praising God, and saying, "Glory to God in the Highest, and on Earth peace, and good will toward men."

"That's what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown." - Linus Van Pelt

[MrFun]

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

[mrmitchell]

MERRRY CHRISTMMAS

[MrFun]

1 And it came to pass in those days, a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the inhabited world should have itself registered. 2This registration happened before Quirinius governed Syria. 3And all journeyed to have themselves registered, each to his own town. 4And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth into Judea, into the town of David that is, called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, 5to have himself registered with Mary, who was betrothed to him, being with child.

6And it came to pass while they were there the days of her giving birth were fulfilled, 7and she gave birth to her firstborn son, and she wrapped him up with cloth bands and laid him in a manger, because there was for them no place in the inn.

8And there were shepherds in the same region staying out in the fields and keeping watch at night over their flock. 9When an angel of the Lord stood by them and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were afraid with a great fear. 10 But the angel said to them, "Do not fear, for behold I proclaim the Good News to you of a great joy that will be for all the people, 11 for there has been born for you today a Savior, who is Christ the Lord, in the town of David. 12And this will be for you the sign, you will find the baby wrapped up in cloth bands and lying in a manger. 13And suddenly it came to pass with the angel a great company of the heavenly army, praising God and saying,

14"Glory in the highest to God, and on earth peace among men of his favor."

15And It came to pass when the angels departed from them into heaven, the shepherds repeatedly said to one another, "Let us go over then as far as Bethlehem and let us see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us."

16So they went with haste and they discovered Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in the manger; 17and having seen them, they made known about the word that had been spoken to them about this child. 18And all who heard it marvelled at the words that had been told by the shepherds to them; 19but Mary treasured all these things, pondering them in her heart. 20And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it had been told to them.

[notyoueither]

Merry Christmas.

[Agathon]

Merry Xmas to you and yours.

X is how the Greeks referred to Christ... X-mas = CHRISTmas...

Really? I didn't know that. Source?

The fish thing is cool though (Gr. ἰχθύς ICTHUS) - it stands for Iesus Christos Theos Huios Soter - Jesus the anointed, Son of God, Saviour.

[Hercules]

Nollaig Shona Agaibh

[Locutus]

In spite of what happened earlier in the thread I'll just say what I always say around this time of the year:

Happy holidays to all (whatever and whenever they may be)!

[ajbera]

Originally posted by Agathon
Merry Xmas to you and yours.

X is how the Greeks referred to Christ... X-mas = CHRISTmas...

Really? I didn't know that. Source?

"How did Christmas become Xmas?

It's Greek to us — literally. The Greek word for Christ is Xristos. That's where the X in Xmas comes from. There's a Christian website called www.xristos.com. Here's what it says:

Xristos is a transliteration of the New Testament Greek word for Christ "criston." The Greek letter Chi 'c' was retained to insure a connection to the roots and original texts, as well as visually represent the centrality of the cross in all. The visual symbol Chi-ro is also employed at various places by Xristos, recalling one of the earliest practices of the Christian community.

So referring to Christmas as Xmas is no sign of disrespect, as many people believe. But it helps to know its origins."

http://www.nationalreview.com/miller/miller200412230918.asp

Merry Christmas! Happy Hannukah! Joyous Kwanzaa, Yule, Festivus, whatever it is you prefer, have a happy one!!!

[Mr. Harley]

Merry Christmas.

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by Ming


Then just ignore the thread... Don't be such a grinch.
Because if you are going to be a grinch about it, I'll just make sure you can't do it here until after the holidays

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!

This is another reason I like Ming..very simple and to the point in his responses..

"ya dun like, dun come here"

Merry Christmas to all

Gramps

[Agathon]

It's Greek to us - literally. The Greek word for Christ is Xristos. That's where the X in Xmas comes from.

Well... considering the fact that Christos starts with the letter Chi (Greek ch) and not Xi (Greek X), that's pretty weird, even though we now use the letter for Chi as our X.

[Tingkai]

Merry Christmas everyone

[Soltz]

Merry Christmas