Im Waiting For The Put Christ Back Into Xmas Christmas Thread

nailit | 21:47 Mon 24th Dec 2018 | Religion & Spirituality

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kvalidir

I've said 'Christ!' a few times today if it helps?

nailit

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And as if by magic....

jno

you sound as if you're looking for a fight. Relax. Peace be upon you.

nailit

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//you sound as if you're looking for a fight//
EH?
Not me jno….

ummmm

I've said 'Jesus, Mary and Joseph' a few times today....

I've probably said much worse as well :-)

Jackdaw33

As any clergyman or anyone who has been to theological college will tell you, when taking lecture notes X is standard shorthand for Christ, so he has never been taken out of Christmas.

douglas9401

X on a bike!

woofgang

old concept too https://www.grammarly.com/blog/why-do-we-shorten-christmas-as-xmas/

Khandro

and I'm waiting for a sensible OP.

EDDIE51

We are celebrating the far older Pagan festival of Yuletide. This was a celebration of spring and fertility with much feasting and LOADS of Sex. The early Christians just took it over, but got rid of the Sex
& fertility bit! Much easier than starting a new festival.

douglas9401

To be fair to Christians, Eddie, anyone would be hard pushed to top selling ingenue impregnated by supernatural being.

Going with the let's get to the Harry Wraggin is a much easier sell to the masses, hence church only once a week and only for an hour or so.
Then pub and pump.

EDDIE51

^ also when the date got changed between the Julien and the Gregorian calendar. We 'lost' 100 days . Did you know there were actually riots over the calendar change? People were demanding ''Give us back our 100 days'' they really thought that their lives had been shortened by 100 days!

Jackdaw33

Eddie, do your research. It was 11 days. The riots were due to people thinking that they would have to pay rents and taxes 11 days before they were due. That is why the fiscal year now ends on April 6th and not March 25th as before.