1984Echoes Posted Monday at 06:07 PM Posted Monday at 06:07 PM 15 hours ago, papalawrence said: Don't forget Festivus!! I'm going to create a new holiday on the eve of the shortest day of the year and call it... Solstice-amas. Adorned evergreen tree, no Jesus. Father Time (Santa if I can't let go of old custom) and Frosty the snowman are allowed however. As is gift-giving and overall good feelings towards others... Quote
Shades of Deivi Cruz Posted Monday at 07:17 PM Posted Monday at 07:17 PM 1 hour ago, 1984Echoes said: I'm going to create a new holiday on the eve of the shortest day of the year and call it... Solstice-amas. Adorned evergreen tree, no Jesus. Father Time (Santa if I can't let go of old custom) and Frosty the snowman are allowed however. As is gift-giving and overall good feelings towards others... IMO, gift giving is (by far) the worst part of the holidays. Quote
Motor City Sonics Posted Monday at 08:15 PM Posted Monday at 08:15 PM 57 minutes ago, Shades of Deivi Cruz said: IMO, gift giving is (by far) the worst part of the holidays. Having a birthday on the same day as Christmas is worse than that. Quote
theroundsquare Posted Monday at 08:32 PM Posted Monday at 08:32 PM that's what jesus always says 5 Quote
Shades of Deivi Cruz Posted Monday at 08:47 PM Posted Monday at 08:47 PM 31 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said: Having a birthday on the same day as Christmas is worse than that. Mine is only six days prior. Quote
1984Echoes Posted Monday at 10:03 PM Posted Monday at 10:03 PM 2 hours ago, Shades of Deivi Cruz said: IMO, gift giving is (by far) the worst part of the holidays. I love the spirit of giving during these holidays... Not even gifts... But the giving of warmth and kindness, patience, love to family and friends, hugs and kisses... So the gifts are just a part of that (to me) and it doesn't even have to be big things... just something small in a "thinking of you" manner. Also, I don't believe in an all-consuming everybody, only those closest... outside of that it has to be an agreed upon thing... So... I never want to overdo it... But I do enjoy a few small gifts, giving and receiving, with closest friends and family. More than anything else... I enjoy all the smiles and happy spirits/ times... 2 Quote
Edman85 Posted Monday at 10:37 PM Posted Monday at 10:37 PM 1 hour ago, Shades of Deivi Cruz said: Mine is only six days prior. Happy belated Quote
casimir Posted yesterday at 01:48 PM Posted yesterday at 01:48 PM 15 hours ago, 1984Echoes said: I love the spirit of giving during these holidays... Not even gifts... But the giving of warmth and kindness, patience, love to family and friends, hugs and kisses... So the gifts are just a part of that (to me) and it doesn't even have to be big things... just something small in a "thinking of you" manner. Also, I don't believe in an all-consuming everybody, only those closest... outside of that it has to be an agreed upon thing... So... I never want to overdo it... But I do enjoy a few small gifts, giving and receiving, with closest friends and family. More than anything else... I enjoy all the smiles and happy spirits/ times... Oh, stuff it. 2 Quote
1984Echoes Posted 22 hours ago Posted 22 hours ago 2 hours ago, casimir said: Oh, stuff it. Under my pagan evergreen tree? Quote
Tenacious D Posted 19 hours ago Posted 19 hours ago 1 hour ago, Edman85 said: Mattison back an an NRI. Not a big surprise. Hope a year post-surgery helps—was on a nice trajectory Quote
IdahoBert Posted 18 hours ago Posted 18 hours ago One of my best friends is born on December 7, “a day that will live…“ Quote
Edman85 Posted 14 hours ago Posted 14 hours ago I came across a fanblog article on Mattison using it as a jumping off point for how cheap the Tigers are. This is no such example. In every case of the non-tender and re-sign, the player is brought back for more on the Major League and minor league split than they would have gotten if tendered. It is why they usually accept. This is not a case of the team being cheap. 2 Quote
casimir Posted 12 hours ago Posted 12 hours ago 10 hours ago, 1984Echoes said: Under my pagan evergreen tree? Don’t pagans have their own shrubbery to decorate? Like a maple tree or hydrangea or something like that? Quote
gehringer_2 Posted 12 hours ago Posted 12 hours ago 6 minutes ago, casimir said: Don’t pagans have their own shrubbery to decorate? Like a maple tree or hydrangea or something like that? Pagans were already into pine trees in the OT. Quote
1984Echoes Posted 11 hours ago Posted 11 hours ago 1 hour ago, casimir said: Don’t pagans have their own shrubbery to decorate? Like a maple tree or hydrangea or something like that? Annual Winter Solstice festival. Celebration of... from going into the darkness (shortest day of the year...) to earth being reborn (days get longer after the winter solstice/ more sun = earth has renewed itself...) Evergreen pine or spruce because they never die, they are green all year round. What better way of defeating darkness than a green-all-year-round tree? A festival that is approximately 3000 years old. Christians were smart, in order to coopt paganism they needed to usurp all pagan holidays with religious ones... Hence, at the biggest pagan feast/ celebration of the year, Christians would need to find a substitute big enough to usurp... so, they decided Jesus was born on December 25th. The bible says the animals came in from the fields I believe? That would be springtime, or later, not December 25th. So the PAGAN evergreen tree, is now Christianity's. Smart move. But the "Christmas tree" is PURE, and still, pagan. Sorry. Quote
1984Echoes Posted 11 hours ago Posted 11 hours ago 1 hour ago, gehringer_2 said: Pagans were already into pine trees in the OT. Errr... yeah, this. Short version. Quote
Cruzer1 Posted 6 hours ago Posted 6 hours ago 5 hours ago, Tiger337 said: Let's get this thread back on track: What did Jesus make? Quote
casimir Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago 9 hours ago, 1984Echoes said: Annual Winter Solstice festival. Celebration of... from going into the darkness (shortest day of the year...) to earth being reborn (days get longer after the winter solstice/ more sun = earth has renewed itself...) Evergreen pine or spruce because they never die, they are green all year round. What better way of defeating darkness than a green-all-year-round tree? A festival that is approximately 3000 years old. Christians were smart, in order to coopt paganism they needed to usurp all pagan holidays with religious ones... Hence, at the biggest pagan feast/ celebration of the year, Christians would need to find a substitute big enough to usurp... so, they decided Jesus was born on December 25th. The bible says the animals came in from the fields I believe? That would be springtime, or later, not December 25th. So the PAGAN evergreen tree, is now Christianity's. Smart move. But the "Christmas tree" is PURE, and still, pagan. Sorry. Sigh.... I'm just trying for a little light hearted and terrible humor. I'm not here to learn nothing. But while we're at it, I hate the application of the tree. I hate dropping the money on it. I hate decorating it, I hate undecorating it, I hate taking it out afterwards, I hate cleaning up all of the damn needles afterwards. I kind of like the lights. But essentially since the woman to whom I'm related by marriage wants a live tree, I'm forking over $100 to be annoyed. And think about it from the tree's perspective. If they're getting chopped down, you know damn good and well they would prefer to sacrifice themselves to become a baseball bat over anything else. 1 1 Quote
casimir Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago 4 hours ago, Cruzer1 said: What did Jesus make? Hello, water into wine. And he took a stale half loaf of bread and some fish sticks and turned it into a Long John Silver's. Am I the only one that remembers these teachings from Catholic school? Quote
casimir Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago 9 hours ago, Tiger337 said: Let's get this thread back on track: Bless you, Lee. Quote
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