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Official corporate logo for Christmas. Teh Santa Cat noes waht joo want 4 xmas!!!1! Christmas the American way.Christmas is a public holiday celebrating discounts at Wal Mart. All cultures have a midwinter festival, but Christians wanted their own name for their ritual whereby they honor the glory ====[[Birth of parking in parking lots and standing in lines. It is also the only time of the year when rape is considered legal, as long as it performed under a mistletoe. Jesus]]====
Contents Jesus was born to a virgin named [hide[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Mary]]1 The Celebration of Christmas 2 What is in the true meaning town of Christmas? 3 Replacement with "Holiday" [[Bethlehem]] around 4 X-Mas 5 Is Christmas losing its Commercial origins? 6 Santa Claus: Democrat or Republican? 7 Who is this so called Santa Claus and is he really watching us?? 8 See Also BC.
There is no real standard for the kind, amount, or number of Christmas gifts presented; the only real requirement is that one's credit card balances must have gone up by at least 165% with at least one card maxed out. If the giver hasn't achieved this, then obviously the giver doesn't love any of the people on his Christmas list and will die horribly alone and unloved in return. Remember: bankruptcy = love at Christmastime. They then gather around a Christmas tree (typically made ===Pre-Christian origins of cardboard or plastic) and sing Christmas songs, classic holiday tunes such as "Every kiss begins with Kay," "Snap Crackle & Pop", and the holiday classic, "Welcome to Chili's". Also, people sometimes decorate their homes with bright Christmas lights, usually ones guaranteed to cause seizures. As part of the Christmas cheer, these lights are put up before thanksgiving and are left on until mid-June. ====
[edit] What is Christmas has its origins in several pagan holidays. The celebration known as Saturnalia included the true meaning making and giving of Christmas?"The true meaning small presents (saturnalia et sigillaricia). This holiday was observed over a series of Christmas is going days beginning on shopping sprees December 17 (the birthday of Saturn) and watching washout celebrities sing badly ending on TDecember 25 (the birthday of Sol Invictus, the "unconquered sun").V.", says The combined festivals resulted in an expert on the extended winter holidayseason. Business was postponed and even slaves feasted. There was drinking, "But some don't see that. Igambling, and many other Christianssinging, am greatly concerned by and nudity was relatively common. It was the increasing tendency "best of days," according to honor the birth of Christ on this daypoet Catullus. Don't you people know what Christmas is all about? It's all about wrapping paper, gift bags, parking lots, and discount prices!!!"
"What Christmas is all about" is a common theme During the time in literature and arts. In which Christianity was spreading throughout the animated holiday classic A Charlie Brown ChristmasRoman Empire, the main character, Charlie Brown, is depressed because he believes Christmas is too religious, and wants to know what Christmas is really all aboutanother similar religion known as Mithraism was also gaining widespread acceptance. At the endThe followers of Mithraism worshipped Mithras, he finds out, when his friend makes a touching speechgod of Persian origin, quoting from a Wal-Mart catalogue: "'50% off on all holiday items!!!! Don't miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to SAVE, SAVE, SAVE!!!!!!!!!!!'who was identified with Sol Invictus. That's what Christmas is all aboutThe followers of Mithraism, Charlie Brown!" Charlie Brown and his friends then go to a McDonald's togetherconsequently, to celebrate adopted the birthday of Sol Invictus as the true meaning birthday of ChristmasMithras. In actuality274 AD, due to the true meaning popularity of Christmas was Mithraism, Emperor Aurelian designated December 25 as the birth festival of Santa Claus. Of course, all the preachers and clergymen like to bullshit people with all this biblical crap about Jesus and Christmas being related. Assholes..Sol Invictus. What do they know?
[edit] Replacement with "Holiday" The card market changed to be more Generic in their cards, celebrating "Holidays" now insteadThe Supreme Court has officially declared Christmas to be defunct as we all now celebrate 'Holiday'. The event is popular for celebrating the birth ====Christian origins of "Generic, nameless savior and/or prophet,", as well as the glory of "Intelligent, all-powerful being." Holiday is one of the most popular celebrations in the United States today. holiday====
[edit] X-MasChristmas The idea that December 25 is also called X-mas Jesus' birthday was popularized by fans of the X-MenSextus Julius Africanus in Chronographiai (221 AD), who celebrate the day as "International X-Men Day"an early reference book for Christians. They believe that Jesus was in fact a superheroThis identification did not at first inspire feasting or celebration. The Bible confirms thisIn 245 AD, listing such superpowers as healing, foretelling the future, heat vision, underwater breathing, theologian [[Origen]] denounced the idea of celebrating the ability to fly, super human strength and destroy evil with a wink birthday of his eye and Jesus "as if he were a thumbs upking pharaoh. Jewish and Islamic X-Men tend to believe that while Jesus was a hero" Only sinners, he was not a "super" herosaints, celebrate their birthdays, Origen contended.
[edit] Is There were Christmas losing its Commercial origins?Many people are growing concerned that celebrations in Rome as early as 336 AD. December 25 was added to the true meaning of Christmas, buying things at calendar as a discount store and then eating and drinking until you throw up, is being forgotten feast day in today's world350 AD. "I am greatly concerned by the amount of giving, caring, and honoring of God that took place this Christmas season," says Wal Mart chairperson Melville Cardboard, "All this talk about Nativity, and loving those around you, and a season of joy? Have you people forgotten the meaning of Christmas?"
these Raspberry ====Medieval Christmas Trees are popular among the red-green colorblind[edit] Santa Claus: Democrat or Republican?Often depicted as an obese man wearing a tasteless red, ermine trimmed suit, Santa Claus is a self-employed Caucasian male who's been married to the same woman for several centuries. It appears likely that he is a churchgoer, insofar as he is a Catholic saint and a former bishop. It has to be assumed here that Claus was released from his vows, or else he would not have been married. related winter festivals====
Frequent arguments have erupted over The forty days before Christmas became the political affiliation "forty days of ClausSt. Ten years ago, Dick Cheney inadvertently dealt a savage blow to the morale of the Republican Party when he misidentified the political affiliation of Santa Claus in his best-selling bookMartin, Parliament of Whores. "Santa Claus," he said, "is a Democrat." However it is perfectly obvious from his demographic profile alone that Santa is in fact a Republicannow Advent.
This assessment is often rebutted by Democrats with Anne-McCaffery counter-analysis: Santa Claus has no children. High-achieving professionals without children trend Democratic. While the Clausian canon does not specifically address the issue of Santa's children, numerous extra-canonical sources suggest that Claus didChristmas Day itself was a relatively minor holiday, although its prominence gradually increased after Charlemagne was crowned on Christmas Day in fact, reproduce. Numerous Christmas TV movie specials alone support this point800 AD.
Santa is renowned for an aggressive adherence Northern Europe was the last part to Christianize, and its pagan celebrations had a binary naughty/nice listmajor influence on Christmas. Scandinavians still call Christmas Jul (Yule), which suggests an impatience for nuanced moral positions that betrays his Republican preferencesoriginally the name of a twelve-day pre-Christian winter festival. Santa's mere willingness to define individuals along a naughty/nice axis demonstrates his indifference Logs were lit to honor Thor, the philosophical stance god ofthunder, sayhence the "Yule log." In Germany, The New York Timesthe equivalent holiday is called Mitwinternacht (mid-winter night). And note that no canonical There are also twelve Rauhnächte (harsh or extra-canonical Clausian text indicates that Santa ever attended college or, God forbid, graduate schoolwild nights).
Others still believe By the High Middle Ages, Christmas had become so prominent that chroniclers routinely noted where various magnates "celebrated Christmas." King Richard II of England hosted a Christmas feast in 1377 at which twenty-eight oxen and three hundred sheep were eaten. The "Yule boar" was a common feature of medieval Christmas feasts. Caroling also became popular, and was originally a group of dancers who sang. The group was composed of a lead singer and a ring of dancers that Mrprovided the chorus. Santa is an obvious CommunistVarious writers of the time condemned caroling as lewd, largely due to overtones reminiscent of the reincarnation traditions of Jesus MarxSaturnalia and Yule). In England, gifts were exchanged on New Year's Day, and there was special Christmas ale.
[edit] Who is this so called Santa Claus ====The Reformation and is he really watching us??Some believe that Santa is a kind hearted fellow who brings joy to good little girls and boys. Think about it this way: If Santa is REALLY watching you all the time, does that include when you're in the bath or the shower? And what about when little kids are changing clothes or sleeping in the nude? Santa's a pervert. 1800s====
[edit] See AlsoDuring the Reformation, Protestants condemned Christmas celebration as "trappings of popery" and the "rags of the Beast". The Catholic Church responded by promoting the festival in a more religiously oriented form. When a Puritan parliament triumphed over the King, Charles I of England (1644), Christmas was officially banned (1647). Pro-Christmas rioting broke out in several cities. For several weeks, Canterbury was controlled by the rioters, who decorated doorways with holly and shouted royalist slogans. The Restoration (1660) ended the ban, but Christmas celebration was still disapproved of by the Anglican clergy. By the 1820s, sectarian tension had eased and British writers began to worry that Christmas was dying out. They imagined Tudor Christmas as a time of heartfelt celebration, and efforts were made to revive the holiday. The book A Christmas Carol (1843) by Charles Dickens played a major role in reinventing Christmas as a holiday emphasizing family, goodwill, and compassion. AntiThe Puritans of New England disapproved of Christmas and celebration was outlawed in Boston (1659-81). Meanwhile, Virginia and New York celebrated freely. Christmas fell out of favor in the U.S. after the American Revolution, when it was considered an "English custom". Interest was revived by several short stories by Washington Irving in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon (1819) and by "Old Christmas" (1850) which depict harmonous warm-hearted holiday traditions Irving claimed to have observed in England. Although some argue that Irving invented the traditions he describes, they were imitated by his American readers. German immigrants and the homecomings of the Civil War helped promote the holiday. Christmas was declared a federal holiday in the U.S. in 1870. Irving writes of Saint Nicholas "riding over the tops of the trees, in that selfsame waggon wherein he brings his yearly presents to children." The connection between Santa Claus and Christmas was popularized by the poem "A Visit from Saint Nicholas" (1822) by Clement Clarke Moore, which depicts Santa driving a sleigh pulled by reindeer and distributing gifts to children. His image was created by German-American cartoonist Thomas Nast (1840-1902), who drew a new image annually beginning in 1863. By the 1880s, Nast's Santa had evolved into the form we now recognize. The image was standardized by advertisers in the 1920s. ====Modern times==== In the midst of World War I, there was a Christmas truce between German and British troops in France (1914). Soldiers on both sides spontaneously began to sing Christmas carols and stopped fighting. The truce began on Christmas Day and continued for some time afterward. There was even a soccer game between the trench lines in which Germany's 133rd Royal Saxon Regiment is said to have bested Britain's Seaforth Highlanders 3-2. In modern times, the United States has experienced some controversy over the nature of Christmas, and whether it is a religious or a secular holiday. Because the US government recognizes Christmas as an official holiday, some have thought that this violates separation of church and state. This has been brought to trial several times, including Lynch v. Donnelly (1984) and Ganulin v. United States (1999). On December 6, 1999, the verdict for Ganulin v. United States (1999). declared that "the establishment of Christmas carol Day as a legal public holiday does not violate the Establishment Clause because it has a valid secular purpose." This decision was appealed, and upheld by the Supreme Court on December 19, 2000.Xmas day Reindeer More recently, some Christians have protested against what is seen as a secularization of Christmas, leading some to believe that the holiday is under attack from a general secular trend or from persons and/or organizations with a deliberate or unconscious anti-Christian agenda.Sintu cloven Santaism ===[[Christmas carols]]===Frosty Christmas carols are hymns about Christmas and the Snowman birth of Christ ===Chirstmas church services===Terrorism KrismasMany churches hold a midnight church service on Christmas eve. ==Quotes== ==Links==* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas Wikipedia - Christmas]* [http://docs.google.com/View?docid=ddn4v5jr_358g73pjjk4 Sermon - The Anticipation of Christmas] {{returnto}} [[Christian Calendar]]
[[Image:Nativity scene.jpg|thumb|The nativity scene]]''Synopsis:'' Christmas(or Christmas Day) is the annual Christian holiday that celebrates the [[birth of Jesus]]. It is traditionally observed on December 25. Eastern Orthodox Churches celebrate it on January 7. These dates are merely traditional. Christmas has many aspects, both religious and secular, including the exchange of gifts, Santa Claus (or Father Christmas), decoration and display of the Christmas tree, and church services remembering [[Jesus]].
Christmas (or Christmas Day) is an annual Christian holiday that celebrates the [[birth of Jesus]]. It is traditionally celebrated on December 25th by most Christian; in the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] it celebrated on January 7. It is a time when peace and goodwill are especially called for, and a time when Christians remember that [[God]] came down as a frail human, to save us from our [[sin]]. Christmas has many aspects, both religious and secular, including the exchange of gifts, Santa Claus (or Father Christmas), decoration and display of the Christmas tree, and church services remembering [[Jesus]].
The word Christmas is derived from Middle English Christemasse and from Old English Cristes mæsse. It is a contraction meaning "Christ's mass".
The name of the holiday is sometimes shortened to Xmas because Roman letter "X" resembles the Greek letter Χ (chi), an abbreviation for Christ (Χριστός).
===History===
There are numerous predictions about Jesus' birth in the [edit[Old Testament] ], particularly in the [[Book of Isaiah]]. The Celebration story of ChristmasDevout Christians celebrate Christmas with the same rituals every year. They gather together his birth is told in a nice, cozy, warm SUV, gospel accounts of [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]] ([[Matthew 2|chapter 2]]) and drive to a parking lot, where they celebrate the joy [[Gospel of squeezing into a parking spot while screaming at pedestrians who are in their way. They then run around the store, attempting to buy as many things as possible before the store closes at midnight on Christmas Eve. After they finish buying as much as possible, they go back to their houses and eat turkey, along with drinking alcohol. They also present Christmas cardsLuke|Luke]] ([[Luke 2|chapter 2]]).