On Dec 16, 11:58*am, Gene wrote:
On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:55:04 -0500, I am Tosk





wrote:
In article b120cbbf-39a0-4876-96de-4263f1f761f3
, says...

On Dec 15, 6:45*pm, Gene wrote:
On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:59:12 -0500, John H
wrote:

Christmas, and the fact that so many people get so much enjoyment from
the season, must really **** off the atheists.

Not only that.... it really ****es off a lot of Christians, because
they know it is celebrating a Pagan holiday with a ton of Pagan
trappings.... and they will do anything to prevent being guilty of
idolatrous worship....

... there are a lot of Christian children around here that will get no
presents and wouldn't want them, if they did.... *there are Christian
homes with absolute prohibitions against anything associated with
Christmas.... no trees, no 12 days, no Yule log, no parades, no
exchanging gifts, no ornaments, no mistletoe, no green, no red, no
presents, no Santa, and *certainly* no eggnog. *And you'll NEVER catch
THEM saying, "Merry Christmas."http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/Psychology/xmas/celeb.htm

Don't be so quick to paint all Christians with that broad brush.
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Gene, I don't think most people here get the fact that the way we
celebrate Christmas in modern times has just about NOTHING to do with
Christianity.

You feel that way because you see Christmas as a tree and presents. You
are not qualified to judge Christians on this particular issue really,
your rhetoric along with Harry and Gene make clear that you don't
understand. Cool, no problem, next why don't you three old white guys *
get together and solve that whole reproductive rights issue snerk

You know, John starts this crap every Christmas and you guys
mindlessly chime in with the soprano me-too chorus.

Today, Christmas is Christmas because there are Christmas trees, 12
days of Christmas, A Yule log, Parades, exchanging gifts, ornaments,
mistletoe, green, red, Store Santas, Christmas Cards, and Big Box
Stores.

You left out the divinity, carmel corn, penut brutle, fruit cake, and
last but not least, EGG NOG, Gene!