On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 07:06:20 +0000, kachina wrote:

k2 said stuff on 27 Dec 2010:

On Dec 25, 9:50Â*am, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq."
wrote:
Christmas is a celebration of the birth of Christ so what's with this
'merry' crap?

The Online dictionary definition:

mer ry
adj. mer ri er, mer ri est
1. Full of high-spirited gaiety; jolly. 2. Marked by or offering fun
and gaiety; festive: a merry evening. 3. Archaic Delightful;
entertaining.
4. Brisk: a merry pace.

It seems to me this 'merry' Christmas crap is just another way for
non-believers to take over and Â*marginalize the true meaning of
Christm
as.
It seems to me Christ's birth should be celebrated with solemn thanks
to
our
Lord for giving his only begotten son that those who believe in Him
may h
ave
everlasting life.

Getting drunk on spirits and getting bloated on too much food is
debauche
ry.
Is it proper to gives thanks to the Lord's ultimate sacrifice by
engaging
in
sinful behavior? Making Christmas all about human vices seems to me to
be very antithetical, blasphemous and sinful and no way to get to
Heaven.

--
Gregory Hall

One would imagine your childhood Christmas time was pretty bleak.
Christmas is a great time for children, more so than adults.
Overanalyizing Christmas robs the simple joy that Christmas is for
children. Sorry yours was ****ty...

I don't know, k2. I think it might be just as great a time for adults,
for different reasons. I appreciate getting the whole family together
more than I used to.

We sat down 17 to dinner on Christmas Eve, 24 for a buffet for
Christmas. It's good to have all the kids playing together.

I used to love it when I was a kid and all the family got together and us
*cousins* could sneak off alone without the grownups and just hang. I
love, today, to see my grandkids doing the same. I think when they're
all grownup they'll be good friends. And so the tradition continues.
It's FAMILY after all.