Isn’t there anyone who knows what Christmas is all about? (1166 hits)
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Submitted by FALLEN (View user info) at 2007-12-05 12:41:39 EST
"And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord.
And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
-Luke 2:8-14"
Every year Linus came out on stage and explained to Charlie Brown what so many of us forget. Specials like this or Rudolph or Frosty were television staples that marked the coming of the time of year we all waited for as kids.
When we were young it seemed that Christmas would never come. Thanksgiving was the official kick off; we would watch the Macy's parade with Santa on the float and look through all the advertisements of toys and games that came in the paper. We would spend days working on our list to find that perfect balance of just enough but not too much. You didn't want to look greedy with Santa watching.
The dude saw everything!
What Black Friday means to shoppers was a lot different to kids; it meant time would stop.
Today is the 5th; the twenty days will fly by for us adults.
When we were kids it would seem like a hundred days before the big night. It would be days filled with trips to the malls, all decorated, to see the big man and a ride on the train or carousel.
Days of cold weather and prayers of snow closings for school.
Nights spent looking at the tree in wonder and awe and watching the lights dance and blink. When you were a little older and you "knew" the secret (but dared not to say it out loud just in case), larger, and harder to hide presents would sometimes be under the tree, with no labels on them.
You were assured they weren't for you but for some unnamed "someone else". But you knew better.
There would be parties and visits from relatives that you only saw at the holidays. It was if their very presence was synonymous with the coming of Christmas.
There always seemed to be more food every time you looked. Cookies cut out in the shape of snowman, and stockings. There were candies of all kinds.
Hershey Kisses always tasted better when they were wrapped in the red and green foil instead of the usual silver.
At least I thought so.
I wish there was a way to recapture that lost excitement that children have. I hope that you all have a great holiday season and that you can see this time like you were a kid again.
Grow old if you have to, but never grow up.
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Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2009-05-01 17:26:00 EDT (#)
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sorry for the -2
Submitted by T_M_U (user info) at 2007-12-27 18:34:19 EST (#)
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Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2007-12-07 00:09:32 EST (#)
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PA RUMP PA PA PUM
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2007-12-06 05:49:51 EST (#)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWMTF5fLA6o
Submitted by DrogoRoch (user info) at 2007-12-06 05:46:29 EST (#)
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It's all about some weird bearded paedophile who likes to cram himself down tight openings to break into childrens houses whilst they sleep. He then proceeds to eat and drink the house dry before leaving 'special' deposits around the home. Then he crams himself up the tight, dirty little entrance again and dissapears into the night to violate another childs house.
it's either that or something about some babay who was born somewhere whilst a star shone in the sky.
Submitted by TheDoctor (user info) at 2007-12-06 04:53:44 EST (#)
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Submitted by Flack (user info) at 2007-12-06 04:11:22 EST (#)
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I am just a girl
Just a speck of worthless dust
In this rotten world
Yet I must speak to thee
There was once a time
Where I longed for pretty things
But now that's changed
I long for murder
How long shall I wait
To celebrate my own fucking hate-iate-iate. Oooo
I can't wait to be brutal.
I can't wait to wield a hatchet covered with blood.
Cuz you're the maggots of my eye,
You're a piece of rotten pie to me
Oooo
It's been so long since you've been young
Now you understand
Yes I dos understands
Yes he does, yes yes he does.
Yeah Yeah Yeah
Yeah Yeah Yeah YEEEEEAAAAAHHHHH
I am Pickles the drummer and I get to sing
So here it goes Cuz I'm drunk Fuck you
I'm really really drunk. Fuck you dickweed
Fuck you too
I'm gonna go
I'm gonna go lay down
I'm gonna go lay down now buddy
ma mana manna mana mana mana mana mana mana ma manamanmanama mooooo
Ahhhh Ahhh Ahhh Ahhh AHHHHHH
Submitted by Phallic_Cymbals (user info) at 2007-12-05 19:30:14 EST (#)
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Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-12-05 13:11:25 EST (#)
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I hate hate hate Christmas. My folks were a little unusual. They taught me to loathe Christmas (various reasons). So I never really had Christmas growing up.
We made our own holiday after the secular ones had ended. That's when I'd get presents and we'd have a big dinner party.
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Don't you mean after the 'non-secular' ones had ended? Anyway, in Australia Christmas isn't even a religious holiday aymore, because Australia isn't that religious. Rather, it's a cultural holiday with the values of family and altruism tied together by the symbology of Santa et al.
And it also comes here in thhe middle of summer, so Aussies sometimes bizarrely put fake snow in our shopfronts even though its 32 degrees celcius outside and we're all heading to the beach.
Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2007-12-05 17:39:00 EST (#)
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Man, I know exactly what you mean. I used to watch the Charlie Brown Christmas year round in anticipation for this day. Everything was better when I was a kid. Winter lasted longer and so did summer. It snowed heavier, which made it great for packing. The Christmas season lasted until we took the lights down in late July. Actually, that is still the same.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-12-05 16:35:07 EST (#)
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Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-12-05 16:18:37 EST (#)
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Submitted by FALLEN (user info) at 2007-12-05 16:29:29 EST (#)
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I wasn't expecting to go all Halmark card with this post but I have had to listen to the non-stop Christmas station at work for the last two weeks.
I guess I need a little Christmas.
But I got two different hand-on-head guy graphics.
Christmas came early this year.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-12-05 16:18:37 EST (#)
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Submitted by icarus1987 (user info) at 2007-12-05 15:59:18 EST (#)
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You don't often see this kind of ooey-gooey touchy-feely kind of stuff on ubersite. It's refreshing. Refreshing like an ice cold Coke Classic which, coincidentally, invented our modern-day notion of Santa Clause.
Happy Holidays.
Submitted by JulsInsane (user info) at 2007-12-05 15:40:21 EST (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-12-05 12:44:44 EST (#)
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Christmas is about spending all day in bed with the woman you love and having bitter arguments about who's going to get up to go into the kitchen and make coffee.
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I found this oddly sweet
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-12-05 15:30:24 EST (#)
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yes, i'm losing it even though i barely come here anymore.
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Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-12-05 15:26:48 EST (#)
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...losing his French Canadian marbles below.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-12-05 15:24:11 EST (#)
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aaaaw caulie, didja, didja? waitforit! omg! hehe! ok ok! WHAT? hehe, retard. aaaaaaaaah, yes! aaaaw!
stfu, you kitch fuck.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-12-05 15:20:54 EST (#)
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Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-12-05 14:45:07 EST (#)
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Aww Caulie - after all the time you've spent up my ass and you still have no idea what I think.
God bless ya. """
i see you still write like jaypeg.
I grew up in Alberta. I know all about snow for a week and being way too cold. """"
Alberta is cold? The shitload of people I know who moved there for a few years did so in part because of the awesome temperature.
Anyway...who gives a shit...have a good day.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-12-05 14:49:43 EST (#)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-12-05 14:36:03 EST (#)
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/12/04/sherri-shepherd-doesnt-g_n_75292.html
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This?
Is magic.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-12-05 14:45:07 EST (#)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-12-05 14:26:41 EST (#)
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Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-12-05 13:11:25 EST (#)
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I fucking HATE winter.
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presently, here, it's been snowing for a week and it's already way too cold. :~(
i fucking hate winter as well and i have no idea why people settled here in the 1st place.
rob thinks you're weird cuz he lives in an area where winters are nice and mild.
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Aww Caulie - after all the time you've spent up my ass and you still have no idea what I think.
God bless ya.
I grew up in Alberta. I know all about snow for a week and being way too cold.
I don't like rain much, but it beats the fuck outta snow.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-12-05 14:36:03 EST (#)
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/12/04/sherri-shepherd-doesnt-g_n_75292.html
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2007-12-05 14:33:01 EST (#)
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The idea of it being cold over christmas is such a foreign concept to me. Christmas is about Summer and BBQ's and walking around in jandals and barefeet.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-12-05 14:26:41 EST (#)
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Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-12-05 13:11:25 EST (#)
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I fucking HATE winter.
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presently, here, it's been snowing for a week and it's already way too cold. :~(
i fucking hate winter as well and i have no idea why people settled here in the 1st place.
rob thinks you're weird cuz he lives in an area where winters are nice and mild.
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2007-12-05 14:25:08 EST (#)
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Christmas is my favourite drinking holiday. I'm not just saying that to brag or anything. i'm serious. People come up to me and say 'Are you o.k., you really shouldn't be this drunk on a monday afternoon' - and i just laugh, laugh and laugh, I mean, fuck those guys right.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-12-05 14:19:02 EST (#)
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Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-12-05 13:11:25 EST (#)
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I hate hate hate Christmas. My folks were a little unusual. They taught me to loathe Christmas (various reasons). So I never really had Christmas growing up.
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we didn't celebrate christmas either, nor any holiday for that matter, until i was around 20 years old.
i survived.
in fact, nothing annoys me more than people celebrated christmas all their lives who EXPECT or DEMAND gifts. to me, these people come from another planet and there seems to be little room for logical reasoning them when you object to their spoiled child mentality.
fortunately, i found a girl who understands that the point of christmas is to be with your family. LIKE IN HOME ALONE 2! DA-HAM! MACKAULAY CAULKIN IS HOT!
Submitted by DeathJester (user info) at 2007-12-05 14:18:11 EST (#)
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Christmas is about people giving me shit I didn't buy for myself because I didn't want it.
Idiots.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-12-05 14:10:59 EST (#)
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Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-12-05 13:11:25 EST (#)
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I hate hate hate Christmas. My folks were a little unusual. They taught me to loathe Christmas (various reasons). So I never really had Christmas growing up.
We made our own holiday after the secular ones had ended. That's when I'd get presents and we'd have a big dinner party.
That's also when we did our anonymous good deeds.
Anyway, since I never knew Christmas in the traditional sense, I hate it as an adult.
It's commerialized
Has nothing to do with so called Christianity
People turn in to bigger assholes than they previously were.
Christmas lights, unless done properly, are an afront to civilization.
I fucking HATE winter.
Weird, huh?
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Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2007-12-05 14:01:02 EST (#)
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Yes, and I'm not telling.
Submitted by DudeThatsBOSH (user info) at 2007-12-05 14:00:14 EST (#)
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just don't hang any tinsel. I find it very distracting.
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-12-05 13:51:17 EST (#)
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Submitted by Rhymenocerous (user info) at 2007-12-05 12:40:49 CST (#)
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Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-12-05 13:11:25 EST (#)
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I hate hate hate Christmas. My folks were a little unusual. They taught me to loathe Christmas (various reasons). So I never really had Christmas growing up.
We made our own holiday after the secular ones had ended. That's when I'd get presents and we'd have a big dinner party.
That's also when we did our anonymous good deeds.
Anyway, since I never knew Christmas in the traditional sense, I hate it as an adult.
It's commerialized
Has nothing to do with so called Christianity
People turn in to bigger assholes than they previously were.
Christmas lights, unless done properly, are an afront to civilization.
I fucking HATE winter.
Weird, huh?
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I take it you guys celebrated Festivus?
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Hahaha, I guess we did.
We just called it "We-hate-Christmas-so-we'll-make-up-our-own-holiday."
Submitted by Quint (user info) at 2007-12-05 13:49:57 EST (#)
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The Christmas season SHOULD be about celebrating the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. And stopping homosexuals from getting married. Because that shit will tear about the moral fabric of the nation faster than Method's Mom can blow 6 black guys in the back of an El Camino parked in a Harlem alley on a Tuesday evening in February.
Submitted by Rhymenocerous (user info) at 2007-12-05 13:40:49 EST (#)
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Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-12-05 13:11:25 EST (#)
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I hate hate hate Christmas. My folks were a little unusual. They taught me to loathe Christmas (various reasons). So I never really had Christmas growing up.
We made our own holiday after the secular ones had ended. That's when I'd get presents and we'd have a big dinner party.
That's also when we did our anonymous good deeds.
Anyway, since I never knew Christmas in the traditional sense, I hate it as an adult.
It's commerialized
Has nothing to do with so called Christianity
People turn in to bigger assholes than they previously were.
Christmas lights, unless done properly, are an afront to civilization.
I fucking HATE winter.
Weird, huh?
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I take it you guys celebrated Festivus?
Submitted by DudeThatsBOSH (user info) at 2007-12-05 13:35:55 EST (#)
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ya
Submitted by Lib (user info) at 2007-12-05 13:33:57 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2007-12-05 13:30:22 EST (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-12-05 12:44:44 EST (#)
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Christmas is about spending all day in bed with the woman you love and having bitter arguments about who's going to get up to go into the kitchen and make coffee.
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learn to drink it black or with sugar only and keep the coffee maker next to the bed.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2007-12-05 13:28:46 EST (#)
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christmas is 11 days to sleep this year for me.
good luck with all that jesus is the reason stuff. or was it pagan roots pride?
i dunno i didn't read it.
Submitted by The.Masked.Assailant (user info) at 2007-12-05 13:28:34 EST (#)
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it was invented by the romans, it's pagan!
http://de.essortment.com/christmaspagan_rece.htm
http://www.vexen.co.uk/religion/christmas.html
so dont quote the bible brotha...
Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2007-12-05 13:28:26 EST (#)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-12-05 13:15:12 EST (#)
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Christmas is about eating food and doing fuck all with your folks while it's minus thousands degrees outside.
That's Christmas for me.
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2007-12-05 13:14:03 EST (#)
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I once stuck my dick in a toaster to see if it would tan like the rest of my body.
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-12-05 13:11:25 EST (#)
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I hate hate hate Christmas. My folks were a little unusual. They taught me to loathe Christmas (various reasons). So I never really had Christmas growing up.
We made our own holiday after the secular ones had ended. That's when I'd get presents and we'd have a big dinner party.
That's also when we did our anonymous good deeds.
Anyway, since I never knew Christmas in the traditional sense, I hate it as an adult.
It's commerialized
Has nothing to do with so called Christianity
People turn in to bigger assholes than they previously were.
Christmas lights, unless done properly, are an afront to civilization.
I fucking HATE winter.
Weird, huh?
Submitted by ConorJS (user info) at 2007-12-05 13:02:07 EST (#)
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You are all sinners, sinners in the hands of an angry God/Kevin Spacey...
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-12-05 12:52:57 EST (#)
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I wish there was a way to recapture that lost excitement that children have.
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I try to recapture it every year, and to tell you the truth, I think I come pretty close. I don't practice it as a religious holiday anymore, but my family does and I still enjoy the feeling. And also, PRESENTS.
I LOVE CHRISTMAS.
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2007-12-05 12:49:15 EST (#)
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Submitted by Rhymenocerous (user info) at 2007-12-05 12:48:40 EST (#)
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I miss being a little kid around the Holidays. Life was so simple back then.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-12-05 12:44:44 EST (#)
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Christmas is about spending all day in bed with the woman you love and having bitter arguments about who's going to get up to go into the kitchen and make coffee.
Submitted by SanDee (user info) at 2007-12-05 12:44:20 EST (#)
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Its all about presents
http://xmas.glueserv.com/