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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 01:01 PM Original message |
a response to the "war on christmas" cretins |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. The Puritans actually banned Christmas. Fined people for observing it. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. Inasmuch as most people consider the "Founding Fathers" as having |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Well, here's how they felt about Christmas trees. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. New England most certainly does figure geographically with the |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 08:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Yes, the point exactly. Pagans. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. My cousin sends her kids to a Christian school |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. So what's the problem? It's a Christian school. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I have not disputed that |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. I was thinking about the term "holiday" yesterday |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. How about "Season's Greetings"? |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 10:16 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Holiday equates to vacation but the derivation is from 'holy day.' |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
4. Sometimes . . . |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. When someone wishes me a happy holiday that I don't celebrate |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 05:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. you obviously are lucky enough not to have them in your face. a dose of their own medicine makes |
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ItNerd4life (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
8. So, are you saying you are like scrooge? |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. And on that night... |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 05:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. honestly, some people just don't get it. I have no problem with "merry christmas"-- I have a proble |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
10. Is it possible, just barely possible, that the folks who are wishing a |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. okay, let's try this again. it struck me watching "christmas carol" this morning that scrooge's |
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Earth_First (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
13. Merry Christmas, niyad! |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 01:00 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. and a very merry christmas to you!! |
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