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fuck you christmas
on the horse you rode in on.
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can I get an AYYYYY-MEN?
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Personally, my family's not celebrating this year. Which is fine by me.
It's my girlfriend's favorite time of the year though so there's a bit of a conflict I guess. Oh well, I'm indifferent. I got her a bass. She got me a Boogiepop Phantom box set and John Fahey's first book. We're all happy in the end.. |
It used to be something I looked forward too way too much, and this being the second broke christmas in a row doesn't help.
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I got ultra packs of undies half-off today because they have reindeer and pingus on them. Viva la cheap holiday THROWAWAY
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"Blessed are the poor, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." this dude, whose birthday it is.  |
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Jesus was a motherfucking CAPRICORN! Know your Chris Kristofferson albums for Christ's sakes! |
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I think he liked fish and chips. |
i liek pancaeks
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Here's the lengthy Wikipedia explanation. It was actually fish and bread because chips hadn't been invented yet.
"At the feeding of the five thousand, a boy is brought to Jesus with "five small loaves and two fishes". The question is asked, "But what are they, among so many?" Jesus multiplies the loaves and fish to feed the multitude." |
in the christmas we can see how very hypocritic people are, how can we celebrate peace and love if the next day we are ready to make "war" to each other...like this thread just fuck christmas...pick a guitar and make some noise! jesus will be more happy with your screwdriver in the strings than with your yellow smile to an uncle you never talk!
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We want our fucking Christmas trees, dammit. |
Having a kid this year, I'm finding it hard to be as cynical about Christmas as I normally would be. He's so excited by the lights and the colorful packages, and the coincidental snow, and he has no clue about the theology (and we're not filling his head with it either).
We've got some major relief this year in that we're having our own celebration at home and not driving all over hell to pretend to be happy. And we didn't buy any presents for anybody but the children in our families this year, because we couldn't possibly afford to. We don't watch t.v., so none of that annoying shit has entered into our heads. I've got nothing against Jesus as one of several great symbols/role-models who's followers make a mockery of what they taught. I could really use the new computer monitor that's under the tree too. |
That sounds like an awesome Christmas.
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Christmas kicks ass, and if all you misery guts don't like it you should go live in a cupboard under the stairs with a dry biscuit until it's all over.
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Sure, especially if it appears out of nowhere stigmata stylee! |
since Christmas Eve was my mom's birthday and since my mom had passed away two years ago, I've grown up to hate this period of the year.
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But association, like slavo said, can be terribly difficult. |
sorry to hear that about your grandma, nefeli.
i agree absolutely with what you said about looking at the brighter side of things, but for me it's nearly impossible to take things this way. seeing my dad holding down tears at the christmas supper table (just the two of us, my brother no more lives with us, he's got his own family now) is something i can't really bear. but it's just one day in 365, so it always passes quickly. |
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Nefeli and Slavo, I send you my biggest hugs.
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it isn't always easy here since there is a minor fight every year over where we will spend christmas (my parents are divorced)
but i try to make the best out of it, this year i'll be at my mother's house and that's great: to her christmas is about having everyone around, eating something together and giving each other nice small things. to my dad, it's about ordering fancy food and giving money since he doesn't know what to give. nefeli and slavo, i'm sorry to hear about your negative experiences around this time of the year. hopefully things will get better soon. |
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Two years is likely much too soon for you to find a brighter side to her loss when with your father on her birthday. Hopefully, over time though, the holiday will actually become positive as it gives you a chance to remember her (perhaps in a gathering that includes both your father and your brother with his family one day). That is an incredibly hard thing to face each year. It reminds me why all holidays can be bad if we are oblivious to those who don't have any reason to be happy. |
yeah fuck you!
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My heart goes out to _slavo_ and nefeli at this time of year. Everyone else - crack open a bottle of beer or wine, drink up and celebrate the birth of a mythical being....I am of course talking about Batman.
A very happy Batmanmas to you all. |
I don't think Jesus would have liked Christmas.
He probably would have done something to the money changers again. He didn't get along well with the money changers...but why should Christianity pay attention to anything Christ had to say - they ignore him the rest of the year too. It's just another appropriated holiday anyway. |
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you know, that only applies to western christianity, where America and to a lesser extend Europe base the success of the holiday season, not on good deeds or the love of family, but on how much excessive material consumption occurs, and it if is on par or above the previous years excessive consumption... luckily for Jesus, it is still his birthday and still worth celebrating.  |
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tru dat |
I gave a hobo a bottle of champagne last night. Christmas spirit YEAH
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that is a silly misunderstanding you have there. Why do christians have to be borrowing from so-called paganism? Could not the celebration of the birth of the Light of the World also coincide with ancient celebrations of the solstice? In fact, from the Christian perspective, the solstice celebrations were an ancient precursor to the birth of Christ, and people were venerating this time of the year in thousands of years of preparation for this birth. So, the solstice is there for Jesus, not jesus added to the solstice, and regardless of your opinion, you have to give credit for the continuity of this thing, the solstice is by no means has ever been as widely venerated as Christmas has been, for at least the past 1600 years.. For example, my birthday often falls on MLK day, am I "borrowing" from Martin Luther King's Birthday in order to celebrate my own? |
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now he's dead in a ditch from liver damage jingle bells! |
this thread is sad and reminds me of some of my own issues I have with life and Christmas so I'm not going to read it anymore. My heart goes out to everyone who has lost someone close to them.
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Champagne is like 2%, 2.5% tops. Jingle Bells indeed. :) Also I think you'll find my city is fairly ditch-free. |
Fuck it dude, I'm not gonna lie. I'm excited for Christmas. Not like I used to be. It really crept up on me. Like...today's the 23rd? Already?weirdsmeout.
But yeah. I'm excited. I'm getting a few books, and maybe some concert tickets. No clue what else. |
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You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Alex's Trip again. [we've been fasting for a month, two weeks to go, I am excited about Christmas too, Ethiopian midnight mass is an ancient and mystical experience ] |
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The sooner we get this done with, the better.
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yes, that is exactly my point, it can be useful, but I think your implication was that the religion of christianity stole its use, rather than coincided with. As I said before, my birthday often falls on the celebration of MLK's birthday, but am I borrowing or stealing from the good Dr King? Quote:
12When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." (John 8:12) |
christmas is going to be weird this year since i'm a thousand miles away from my family for the first time. i think i'm getting a lee ranaldo record from my roommate since she keeps bringing it up and actually asked me if i had it. i got her a japanese good luck charm for health and "the fart party" graphic novel. i think we're going to have a tofurkey christmas dinner and watch tv or something.
i'm, also, getting money from my family, so i can put it towards a new track bike. i'm getting that next month. |
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