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"Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!"

Comment a comment by Mark Davison (jmarkdavison), published on 24 December 2005
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That’s nice and all, but when you remove Santa, trees, and your lame Internet sources, the only important part of Christmas is the birth of Jesus Christ, God’s son who was sent to save mankind. That’s what I’m celebrating, this year and every year.

Looking at Christmas from the outside, you share the perspective of another lost soul who once totally misunderstood the meaning of Christmas: Dr. Seuss’ Grinch.

Every Who down in Who-ville, the tall and the small,
Was singing! Without any presents at all!
He HADN’T stopped Christmas from coming!
IT CAME!
Somehow or other, it came just the same!

And the Grinch, with his grinch-feet ice-cold in the snow,
Stood puzzling and puzzling: "How could it be so?
It came without ribbons! It came without tags!
"It came without packages, boxes or bags!"
And he puzzled three hours, `till his puzzler was sore.
Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before!
"Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn’t come from a store.
"Maybe Christmas…perhaps…means a little bit more!"

Indeed. To all a good night!

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RE: "Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!" by LordDilly :: NR6

And with that, I couldn’t have pit it any better myself.

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RE: "Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!" by Bigdaddyray :: NR0

Not to beat this horse anymore but, well yeah, I’ll flog away.

…when you remove Santa, trees, and your lame Internet sources, the only important part of Christmas is the birth of Jesus Christ, God’s son who was sent to save mankind.

Can we actually say for certain that it was in December or anywhere near then? So really what we’re left with if you strip away the festivities and the impossible (deity breeding), you’ve got just another day. All I’m saying is that if you are willing to strip away those things with accurate historical precedence, you ought to strip away the fable as well. It can’t even be proven that it was one person.

I support your right to celebrate the way you wish. Hell, I support that you celebrate the birth of christ (everyone should have faith in something). I’ll be celebrating family, friends, O-nerds of whatever denomination or lack thereof the invention of eggnog and Winter Brews!

Posted 24 December 2005, Hide, Parent, Reply
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RE: "Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!" by Anonymous :: NR0

Didn’t you say all this here: http://www.omninerd.com/polls/poll.php?cid=408&ht=0&rt=0

‘Who gets offended anyway? Any Jewish O-Nerds that resent someone wishing them a Merry Christmas? If a Jew wished me a good Passover or Rosh Hoshanah, or a Muslim wished me happy Ramadan, I’d say thanks and wish them the same since it’s their holiday.

Is it the non-religious then? How does 1% of the population contol what the rest of us say? I bet they all buy their kids presents, too, the hypocrites!’

Looks like you don’t like hearing the origins of your holiday are wrapped in untruths and religious lies – especially that Jesus probably wasn’t even born on this date. The hypocrites are those who swear it is a religious, Christian holiday and surround themselves with elements that strict Christianity forbids. When the trees, the presents and the other stuff go away – there might be some legitimate weight to hearing the date is really about Jesus.

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RE: "Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!" by jmarkdavison :: NR5

Okay, let’s just pick another day to celebrate Christmas…how ‘bout August 7th?
Now run onto Wikipedia, type in Aug. 7th and come back with its pagan origins.
The date doesn’t matter…the event does. Maybe it wasn’t December 25th; but we’re not going to establish that either way here. Whether Dec. 25, Aug. 7, or Halloween, Jesus was born, and that’s what Christmas is all about.
I didn’t think anybody would still miss the point after the Grinch quote but, I guess even Seuss is not simple enough for some folks…
If I was a better Christian I’d celebrate Christmas (and its counterpart, Easter) every day of the year.
Merry Christmas!

Posted 25 December 2005, Hide, Parent, Reply

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