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Started by Duskling, December 24, 2010, 02:54:58 AM

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Duskling

'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. :)

bugfartboy

Darn. Duskie Poo beat me to it. :p

ArtDrake

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.

SmartyPants

Hanukkah was like two weeks ago, no one celebrates Kwanzaa, and I have never heard of Yule.  On Chirstmas Eve, just say "Merry Christmas".

bugfartboy

Ducky is using in an attempt to contradict Buggy's old sig. But Yule actually refers to the Christmas Season.

Duskling


bugfartboy

I think he meant no one HERE celebrates Kwanzaa.

Duskling

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.

SmartyPants

Quote from: Duskling on December 24, 2010, 03:40:59 PM
Quote 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.

Duskling

Quote from: im2smart4u on December 24, 2010, 05:13:21 PM
Quote from: Duskling on December 24, 2010, 03:40:59 PM
Quote 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?

The Holy namelesskitty

You forgot solstice and Eid ul adha as well as the upcoming new year. Oohhh and commercialism day!
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ArtDrake

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.

The Holy namelesskitty

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.
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bugfartboy

Actually, Ducky, if you translate "Noël" from it's original French into English it means "Christmas".

ArtDrake

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.