Christmas

[degsy]

Yes. My wife is one of those dodgy foreign types who is orthodox and believes that Christmas day is officially on the 7th January and that we're all in the wrong. She'd have it up until February if she could.

At least they've settled on a fixed date for easter. Not like tne Cof E and RCs
Though tbf, the Govt passed the bill standardising in 1929, then told all the churches to go away and agree a date...they're still at it.

 

[Yarrgh]

Lucky for you Brexit will be done this month and this sort of deviant behavior will be cause to call Prevent on her if she keeps these suspect practices up later in the year.

I've got Prevent on speed dial ready for that day. Get the deal done BoJo*.



*I state this for comic effect only. I don't care that the tree is still up, it's getting shipped out this weekend if I get my way.

 

[Yarrgh]

At least they've settled on a fixed date for easter. Not like tne Cof E and RCs
Though tbf, the Govt passed the bill standardising in 1929, then told all the churches to go away and agree a date...they're still at it.

At least they don't get this whole chocolate easter egg thing.

 

[davids]

Yes. My wife is one of those dodgy foreign types who is orthodox and believes that Christmas day is officially on the 7th January and that we're all in the wrong. She'd have it up until February if she could.

Wiki says "Despite the modern celebration of Christmas in December, neither the Gospel of Luke nor Gospel of Matthew mention a season for Jesus' birth. Scholarly arguments have been made regarding whether shepherds would have been grazing their flock during the winter, with some scholars challenging a winter birth for Jesus[33] and some defending the idea by citing the mildness of winters in ancient Israel and rabbinic rules regarding sheep near Bethlehem before February.[34][35][36]
Alexander Murray of History Today argues that the celebration of Christmas as the birth day of Jesus is based on a date of a pagan feast rather than historical analysis.[37] Saturnalia, the Roman feast for Saturn, was associated with the winter solstice. Saturnalia was held on 17 December of the Julian calendar and later expanded with festivities up through 23 December. The holiday was celebrated with a sacrifice at the Temple of Saturn and in the Roman Forum, as well as a public banquet, followed by private gift-giving, continual partying, and a carnival atmosphere that overturned Roman social norms. The Roman festival of Natalis Solis Invicti has also been suggested, since it was celebrated on December 25th and was associated with some prominent emperors.[38] It is likely that such a Christian feast was chosen for Christ's marked contrast and triumph over paganism; indeed, new converts who attempted to introduce pagan elements into the Christian celebrations were sharply rebuked".[39]
I blame Charles Dickens.

 

[Yarrgh]

Wiki says "Despite the modern celebration of Christmas in December, neither the Gospel of Luke nor Gospel of Matthew mention a season for Jesus' birth. Scholarly arguments have been made regarding whether shepherds would have been grazing their flock during the winter, with some scholars challenging a winter birth for Jesus[33] and some defending the idea by citing the mildness of winters in ancient Israel and rabbinic rules regarding sheep near Bethlehem before February.[34][35][36]
Alexander Murray of History Today argues that the celebration of Christmas as the birth day of Jesus is based on a date of a pagan feast rather than historical analysis.[37] Saturnalia, the Roman feast for Saturn, was associated with the winter solstice. Saturnalia was held on 17 December of the Julian calendar and later expanded with festivities up through 23 December. The holiday was celebrated with a sacrifice at the Temple of Saturn and in the Roman Forum, as well as a public banquet, followed by private gift-giving, continual partying, and a carnival atmosphere that overturned Roman social norms. The Roman festival of Natalis Solis Invicti has also been suggested, since it was celebrated on December 25th and was associated with some prominent emperors.[38] It is likely that such a Christian feast was chosen for Christ's marked contrast and triumph over paganism; indeed, new converts who attempted to introduce pagan elements into the Christian celebrations were sharply rebuked".[39]
I blame Charles Dickens.

Do you like Dickens?

I don't know, I've never been to one.

 

[summerisle]

lol

 

[summerisle]

That's a hell of a break.

 

[summerisle]

Early this year.

 

[summerisle]

But it now, there'll be nobody left by Christmas.

 

[summerisle]

Jesus socially isolating.

 

[Eggs]

....34 claps ’till Christmas.