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niyad

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6. I love pointing out to the little fundie nut jobs that this holidy they revere so much that they

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Thu Dec 5, 2013, 12:46 PM

Dec 2013

DEMAND that everybody call it by THEIR chosen name, was stolen from the pagans, including all the "traditional" elements of the celebration. so much fun watching their teeny weeny widdle heads explode.

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It's a Pagan Tree... [View all] Playinghardball Dec 2013 OP

It's a Solstice Tree. Jackpine Radical Dec 2013 #1

And whilst on the subject - do not use lights on a Christmas palm tree. dipsydoodle Dec 2013 #2

Wheeeee GladRagDahl Dec 2013 #3

Loved that the first time I saw it. malthaussen Dec 2013 #4

oh my gosh, I just took a good look at this!!! niyad Dec 2013 #18

Our Agnes laughed so hard she spilt her tea; PDJane Dec 2013 #22

Hehehehe sakabatou Dec 2013 #26

It took all weekend, but I finally got the tree up: CrispyQ Dec 2013 #5

you must not have any cats nt LiberalElite Dec 2013 #25

I love pointing out to the little fundie nut jobs that this holidy they revere so much that they niyad Dec 2013 #6

De riguer for them... Wounded Bear Dec 2013 #8

DO you, now? Do you also love pointing out to A-A's that Kwanzaa is a totally made-up WinkyDink Dec 2013 #10

I don't notice anyone getting in my face and insisting that I celebrate kwanzaa, or insisting that niyad Dec 2013 #12

Is anyone denying that it originated in the 20th century? eShirl Dec 2013 #19

A rather ascerbic friend of mine, walking into the company Christmas party, PDJane Dec 2013 #11

I am so glad I wasn't drinking my coffee!! niyad Dec 2013 #14

General hilarity ensued.......... PDJane Dec 2013 #15

More accurately, it's a historical concept known as acculturation LanternWaste Dec 2013 #17

it was the policy of the church to slap a new name and meaning on old local customs eShirl Dec 2013 #20

They should also start celebrating Jesus' birth in the late spring as well. NuclearDem Dec 2013 #7

Oh, BFD. WinkyDink Dec 2013 #9

Really. Mariana Dec 2013 #13

More technically, it's a plant... everything else is either cultural symbolism or individual petulan LanternWaste Dec 2013 #16

"It's just a plant!" He said before it nearly destroyed the top secret government facility: freshwest Dec 2013 #23

Even more specifically, it's fake. n/t Orsino Dec 2013 #21

Christmas, Xmas, Winter Solstice, Holiday, Meh. Have a good time, no matter what you call it... freshwest Dec 2013 #24

people put too much thought into these things Niceguy1 Dec 2013 #27