Family & Relationships No christmas

[TheLoungeLizard]

I hate Christmas

 

[Morganashlee]

But then just in the last 30 mins my good friend (ex partner from years ago) rang me from Brisbane and asked what I was doing for Xmas (she had a suspicision I was likely to be doing nothing as she knew I was staying in Melbourne) and she told me that our ex-housemate posted on facebook about an open 'orphans' xmas bbq lunch at her place so I gave her a ring and there is going to be punch - I'm sold - So yes after all that I will be spending xmas with other human beings...

Also got an invite to an Orphan Xmas on fb, great idea for people who are away from family or would just rather not deal with them over Christmas

 

[ep2018]

I see Bunsen Burner has ruined another thread.

Christmas is still good but this year is the first without seeing my extended family. Will be playing Wii U and drinking for the most part.

 

[Dazb86]

The food is good and I get new pairs of socks and jocks. How can you hate on that?

 

[pjcrows]

I'm in it for the gravy.

 

[Silent Alarm]

gettin drunk on eggnog, suckin dick n ****ing dogs

 

[SizeMatters]

I ****ing hate it. only good thing is the food. hate my family, hate presents (FFS how many times do i have to say i want NOTHING... yet still get shit), hate Jesus and I definitely hate the 12 hours of standing around in 40 ****ing degrees! not looking forward to tomorrow at all.

 

[TheLoungeLizard]

I ******* hate it. only good thing is the food. hate my family, hate presents (FFS how many times do i have to say i want NOTHING... yet still get shit), hate Jesus and I definitely hate the 12 hours of standing around in 40 ******* degrees! not looking forward to tomorrow at all.

Want to meet at the pub at 12?
I like the cut of your jib.

 

[TheLoungeLizard]

Want to meet at the pub at 12?
I like the cut of your jib.

I don't hate Jesus though, in case you read this Jesus.

 

[WALDENPOND]

I always found it odd when non religious people celebrated Christmas.....

 

[ioppolo]

I always found it odd when non religious people celebrated Christmas.....

Any reason to spend and buy things.

 

[WCErevival]

I always found it odd when non religious people celebrated Christmas.....

Nothing religious about it really

 

[WALDENPOND]

Nothing religious about it really

The annual day celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ.....you maybe right though.

 

[WCErevival]

The annual day celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ.....you maybe right though.

I do realise that is what its supposed to be but considering it isnt the day he was born and it was just a made up Christian holiday tacked on to an already existing festival sort of kills it. When you add in a fat guy climbing down chimneys, flying reindeer, elves, trees indoors, eating turkeys etc its just a cluster**** of ideas that is just a day for families and friends to get together.

 

[kfc1]

I always found it odd when non religious people celebrated Christmas.....

I'm sure the pagans found it odd when the Christians started celebrating a non-religious holiday and framing it around a dude's birth on the wrong day

 

[radiojake]

in my younger, more 'militant' years, my brother and I rather successfully got a few of our family members to call it 'Family Day', rather than Christmas because none of the family were actually Christians....

also tried asking people if they got us presents, which we didn't want, that they atleast say something like "I got this becasue I love you' rather than 'Merry Christmas'

 

[WALDENPOND]

I'm sure the pagans found it odd when the Christians started celebrating a non-religious holiday and framing it around a dude's birth on the wrong day

I do realise that is what its supposed to be but considering it isnt the day he was born and it was just a made up Christian holiday tacked on to an already existing festival sort of kills it. When you add in a fat guy climbing down chimneys, flying reindeer, elves, trees indoors, eating turkeys etc its just a cluster**** of ideas that is just a day for families and friends to get together.

I agree with both... I've never celebrated it. But I still think its odd that people with no beliefs parade around this date.

 

[kfc1]

imo it has transcended Christian religion to become a secular cultural tradition in most western countries

 

[Bomberboyokay]

You'd be pretty dense not to understand it's been co-opted by Western culture as a general holiday of happiness.

Santa, reindeer, elves, Wham! songs: these have nothing to do Christianity.

Christians are usually the ones "hur hur"-ing this, like they've kind of made a good point but not really.

 

[Sydney Bloods]

You'd be pretty dense not to understand it's been co-opted by Western culture as a general holiday of happiness.

Santa, reindeer, elves, Wham! songs: these have nothing to do Christianity.

Christians are usually the ones "hur hur"-ing this, like they've kind of made a good point but not really.

well they co-opted it from the pagans first so you know what goes around comes around.

also MERRY CHRISTMAS HATING MOFO'S!

 

[Dan Cooper]

I hate Christmas

Why?

Like most things Christmas is what you make of it. If you don't like the way it's working for you make some changes.

 

[Piss Poor]

I love Christmas, and I'm also not a miserable son of a bitch, who would of thought that, guess that's why most here hate Christmas, so many miserable sons of bitches these days. Give you guys some advice on how to enjoy Christmas, the answer is don't be a miserable son of a bitch and you'll likely enjoy the day.

Thank you and goodnight[emoji4]

 

[ep2018]

I do realise that is what its supposed to be but considering it isnt the day he was born and it was just a made up Christian holiday tacked on to an already existing festival sort of kills it. When you add in a fat guy climbing down chimneys, flying reindeer, elves, trees indoors, eating turkeys etc its just a cluster**** of ideas that is just a day for families and friends to get together.

Damn you stole my thunder, I was going to write something similar.

Basically it started off as a clusterfeck of traditions (winter solstice etc), then Christianity added the Christ bit to it, then the Europeans added St. Nick and thus Santa Claus, and then people just kept adding to it until Christmas is what it is today. A holiday which brings people together. You don't have to be religious or non-religious to celebrate on this day. I always liken it to a giant snowball rolling down a hill, picking up things as it rolls down and getting bigger.

in my younger, more 'militant' years, my brother and I rather successfully got a few of our family members to call it 'Family Day', rather than Christmas because none of the family were actually Christians....

I think people already do this, they call it Xmas instead of Christmas.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

In the year 3000 Christmas will be exclusively called Xmas and Santa will be an evil robot (and real).

 

[Simple Jack]

I think people already do this, they call it Xmas instead of Christmas.

Wikipedia, but:
"Xmas" did not originate as a secular plan to "take the Christ out of Christmas".[117] X stands for the Greek letter Chi, the starting letter of Χριστός, or "Christ" in Greek.[118] The use of the word "Xmas" in English can be traced to the year 1021 when "monks in Great Britain...used the X while transcribing classical manuscripts into Old English" in place of "Christ".[117] The Oxford English Dictionary's "first recorded use of 'Xmas' for 'Christmas' dates back to 1551."[119]