Holidays

[Jon Miller]

So I am lokoing at my Nog Silk Soymilk. And I find it a bit humorous.

"Happy Nog Days!

Peace, love and good cheer come naturally this time of year. Here are a few favorite cross-cultural celebrations:

Halycon Days, Saturnalia, Yule and Winter Solstice -
from Greeks, Romans and pagans.

Kqanzaa- a week of rememberance and celebration.
Ta Chiu- a Taoist festival of peace an renewal.

And let us all celebrate the repeal, in 1660, of the English law that made holiday celbrations illegal.
Yippee!"

Besides its annoying attempt to be cute (Yippee!??), there are a couple picks. Those are definitely the holidays I think about this time of year. And associate with Egg Nog. And how are holidays of the Romans and Greek's cross-cultural.. didn't those cultures (That celebrated them) die out over 1000 years ago? Or if not.. how are Roman and Greek celebrations cross-cultural (they might have been in the Mediterranean 2000 years ago).



JM

[Winston]

I'm always amazed at what exactly goes on in people's heads when they can't bring themselves to say Merry Christmas.

Happy Holidays, Season's Greetings.. meh.

[DaShi]

The first shots are fired on the War on Christmas.

[lord of the mark]

celebrate Hanukkah - kill a Greek

[Zkribbler]

And a Festivus for the rest of us!!!

I can't believe you guys left out the most important holiday of all!

I'll remember this when we all gather around the aluminum pole on the Night for Airing of Grievances.

[Dis]

airing of grievances.

[Ninot]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
And a Festivus for the rest of us!!!

I can't believe you guys left out the most important holiday of all!

I'll remember this when we all gather around the aluminum pole on the Night for Airing of Grievances.

My dad was born on Festivus night

[Kontiki]

I find tinsel distracting.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Winston
I'm always amazed at what exactly goes on in people's heads when they can't bring themselves to say Merry Christmas.

What's so amazing about the thoughts "I'm not Christian" or "the person I'm talking to isn't Christian."

[Dis]

because christmas isn't a religious holiday.

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by Zkribbler


What's so amazing about the thoughts "I'm not Christian" or "the person I'm talking to isn't Christian."

It's the discussion of the most limited and inconsquential holidays as being what we thinking of as the Holiday season that I find amazing.

I mean, if they wanted to say: "Here are some little known celebrations that also take place in the Holiday Season." I would have thought: "Hey, Cool.. I didn't know about that one..". On the other hand, saying that these are the celebrations that we think about this time of year either tells a lot about their clientel, or makes them look like tools.

JM

[Wycoff]

Originally posted by Jon Miller
On the other hand, saying that these are the celebrations that we think about this time of year either tells a lot about their clientel, or makes them look like tools.

JM

I think it's probably a bit of both. Afterall, you are drinking soy milk egg nog. Only a pretentious tool would drink such a drink.

[Jon Miller]

it's healthier than real egg nog

which I also drink

but I feel less guilty about drinking this.. while after drinking a small carton of eggnog I am like "What have I done??"

JM

[Dis]

I'm finishing off a thing of egg nog just today. Damn I love this stuff. How unhealthy is it really? I'm afraid to look.

[Winston]

Originally posted by Zkribbler

Originally posted by Winston
I'm always amazed at what exactly goes on in people's heads when they can't bring themselves to say Merry Christmas.

What's so amazing about the thoughts "I'm not Christian" or "the person I'm talking to isn't Christian."

Christmas is the central thing that we celebrate in our cultural sphere this time of year, so it would be natural to expect advertisers and the majority of people to wish eachother a Merry Christmas. You know, sort of like the way it was oh, 20 years ago. But more often than not, from Americans, you hear Happy Holidays. I suppose it's out of some generally braindamaged political correctness considerations; I'm just glad it hasn't spread here yet. People still know how to wish a Glædelig Jul, even though a staggering maybe 10% of the populace don't actually celebrate it. More power to them, but why on earth should my newspaper wish me a happy solstice or joyful snow season because of it?