'T is the season, and I would like to wish all of you here a merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Yule, (not placed in any order) or whatever else you or your race celebrates. :)
Darn. Duskie Poo beat me to it. :p
Those actually seem to be placed in the order of popularity, descending, and probably just the order you thought of them. I take no offense.
Hanukkah was like two weeks ago, no one celebrates Kwanzaa, and I have never heard of Yule. On Chirstmas Eve, just say "Merry Christmas".
Ducky is using in an attempt to contradict Buggy's old sig. But Yule actually refers to the Christmas Season.
Quote from: im2smart4u on December 24, 2010, 11:06:43 AM
no one celebrates Kwanzaa
Now that is just mean. All I'll say.
I think he meant no one HERE celebrates Kwanzaa.
Quote from: Pum-kin on December 24, 2010, 03:45:58 PM
I think he meant no one HERE celebrates Kwanzaa.
That doesn't matter, it's still a pretty unsavory thing to say.
Quote from: Duskling on December 24, 2010, 03:40:59 PMQuote from: im2smart4u on December 24, 2010, 11:06:43 AMno one celebrates Kwanzaa
Now that is just mean. All I'll say.
How is that mean?
Do you know anyone how celebrates Kwanzaa?
Even if you say yes, I won't believe you.Kwanzaa was only created, because black nationalist didn't want to celebrate Christmas, because they associated Christmas with white people. It is hard to respect a holiday created for the sole purpose of seperating Americans based on race.
Quote from: im2smart4u on December 24, 2010, 05:13:21 PM
Quote from: Duskling on December 24, 2010, 03:40:59 PMQuote from: im2smart4u on December 24, 2010, 11:06:43 AMno one celebrates Kwanzaa
Now that is just mean. All I'll say.
Kwanzaa was only created, because black nationalist didn't want to celebrate Christmas, because they associated Christmas with white people. It is hard to respect a holiday created for the sole purpose of seperating Americans based on race.
Be that as it may, that doesn't mean it's wrong for African-Americans to celebrate it, now, I'm not changing my first post and erasing Kwanzaa, so let's drop this, shall we?
You forgot solstice and Eid ul adha as well as the upcoming new year. Oohhh and commercialism day!
Yule is the original pagan holiday that Christians took over, and renamed as the festival of the Nativity, or equated with it. Purists from Germanic regions, neopagans, and Christians celebrate Yule.
Ever heard of a Bûche de Noël? "Yule Log".
Ever heard anything Noël? Noël = Yule.
True, and according to most religious historians Jesus Christ was actually born in late spring. Christmas was celebrated first in the winter because it coincided with Yule.
Actually, Ducky, if you translate "Noël" from it's original French into English it means "Christmas".
Who told you that one?
Go to Google Translate.
Go to translate.reference.com
Go to a French-English dictionary NOT printed by Americans.
Bûche de Noël DIRECTLY translates to "Yule Log", or "Log of Yule".
The adoption of the term Noël as meaning Christmas only can along later.
You had only stated Noël. You had not mentioned Bûche de Noël. And still, once again, if you look at the definition of Yule, two out of three of the definitions found on www.dictionary.com refer to Christmas. The only other definition refers to a pagan feast which I did not think you, being atheist and all, would celebrate.
I hadn't mentioned it; Buche de Noel was only for sake of example, and you might have heard of it -- it's a very yummy dessert.
Yes, Yule is a pagan feast, pagan meaning "non-Abrahamic" to you Christians. The people celebrating it were polytheistic, but Yule has retained its status as a CULTURAL event, not a RELIGIOUS event, and thus I celebrate it. Happy Yuletide.
"Troll we now the Yuletide carols!"
'Tis a pagan song!, call'd "Deck the Halls".
Quote from: im2smart4u on December 24, 2010, 11:06:43 AMno one celebrates Kwanzaa
Ironically, I met a girl who celebrates Kwanzaa. She convinced her parents to do it, so she gets 7 more presents.
Well, merry christmas (Or various holiday ;) )
But the presents tend to be a bit smaller... and don't people get many presents from their parents on Chirstmas Day, as opposed to 7 one-present days? So it would work out to be close to even.
Quote from: The Holy namelesskitty on December 24, 2010, 08:40:44 PM
True, and according to most religious historians Jesus Christ was actually born in late spring. Christmas was celebrated first in the winter because it coincided with Yule.
Christmas is on the December 25 because that is when the Magi (also known as the wise men) arrived in Bethlehem to bring gifts to Jesus when he was a child.
Here is a sight I found interesting about the star of Bethlehem. Personally, I think the DVD is much better than the site, but oh well.
http://www.bethlehemstar.net/ (http://www.bethlehemstar.net/)
Do you have that info straight from a wiseman?
I got the information from the website and the corresponding DVD.