Bah humbug!

candygirl

TBeckett100 wrote: »

Bob Geldof has been on the phone, he has read this thread

He is re-doing "do they know it's christmas"

The words go something like

It's Christmas time
There's no need to be afraid
At Christmas time, we let in Dad and we banish mum
But in a world of plenty, we can leave your parents out, throw your arms around the Hubz at Christmas time

But say a prayer, pray for the battleaxe
At christmas time it's hard but when you want some peace


Theres your mum outside the window
Whilst the inlaw's tucking in
Where the only meal she's eating
Are the scraps left in your bin

And the Front door bells that ring there, is the ding dong sound of doom
Well tonight thank god it's yours instead of his

And there won't be your old battleaxe this Christmas
The greatest gift she'll buy is a new will kit...oh yeah
Where crisp Notes name once was
Now becomes the Dogs Trust

Do they know it's Christmas time at all.

:T:T:Tbrilliant:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

candygirl

I used to love Xmas when I was younger, my DD was little and my Dad was alive:(Now I find it all a bit too hyped up and fake, and if it wasn't for the little Grandkids I doubt i'd get a buzz at all!
What I would hate though, is if my DD felt obliged to invite me for Xmas day!
My ideal day is going to see the kids, popping to see Mum and her Grandkids, then coming home and chilling with the dogs and mates, or even shock horror on my own! Lol!:rotfl::rotfl!
In my opinion the OP has far deeper rooted resentments to sort out, rather than focusing about one particular day

Peter333

I love Christmas and always have, but meh, each to their own!

mumps

notanewuser wrote: »

I'll try it the next time someone asks me and see whether they get it. :rotfl:

Out of interest, what are the others?



Again, many pre-date christianity or were pinched by it. Which others were you thinking of?

When my kids were young we used to go to a friend's solstice party on the shortest day, is it the 21st? The children would all dress as children of the dark or children of the night and bang on drums, biscuit tins or whatever and gradually the children of the dark would get quieter and the light would win. They loved it. We still went to church at Christmas but were happy to celebrate both. I don't know if it would bother some Christians, seeing it as pagan but to me it was celebrating a fact. The soltice happens.

j.e.j.

mumps wrote: »

When my kids were young we used to go to a friend's solstice party on the shortest day, is it the 21st? The children would all dress as children of the dark or children of the night and bang on drums, biscuit tins or whatever and gradually the children of the dark would get quieter and the light would win. They loved it. We still went to church at Christmas but were happy to celebrate both. I don't know if it would bother some Christians, seeing it as pagan but to me it was celebrating a fact. The soltice happens.

I think it's not so much Christians being bothered by the pagan-ness of certain festivals, - more that the "I hate God, I hate Christianity, I hate religion" types then go on to celebrate Christmas, which is fine, but they then feel the need to justify it by trying to say that Christmas is not a Christian festival :rotfl:

If Christmas (think about it... CHRISTmas) isn't Christian (at least nominally) I don't know what is..

mumps

j.e.j. wrote: »

I think it's not so much Christians being bothered by the pagan-ness of certain festivals, - more that the "I hate God, I hate Christianity, I hate religion" types then go on to celebrate Christmas, which is fine, but they then feel the need to justify it by trying to say that Christmas is not a Christian festival :rotfl:

If Christmas (think about it... CHRISTmas) isn't Christian (at least nominally) I don't know what is..

Obviously Christmas is Christian, I'm not disagreeing with that but Notanewuser was saying there isn't another name for celebrating around that time, As a Christian I am happy to celebrate soltice and don't think it is unChristian but I think some might so just thought I would mention it.

notanewuser

mumps wrote: »

When my kids were young we used to go to a friend's solstice party on the shortest day, is it the 21st? The children would all dress as children of the dark or children of the night and bang on drums, biscuit tins or whatever and gradually the children of the dark would get quieter and the light would win. They loved it. We still went to church at Christmas but were happy to celebrate both. I don't know if it would bother some Christians, seeing it as pagan but to me it was celebrating a fact. The soltice happens.

I'd like to celebrate the solstice. Sadly, as the 25th, we're rarely able to do anything on that date. I don't think you could celebrate the solstice on a different date!

notanewuser

j.e.j. wrote: »

I think it's not so much Christians being bothered by the pagan-ness of certain festivals, - more that the "I hate God, I hate Christianity, I hate religion" types then go on to celebrate Christmas, which is fine, but they then feel the need to justify it by trying to say that Christmas is not a Christian festival :rotfl:

If Christmas (think about it... CHRISTmas) isn't Christian (at least nominally) I don't know what is..

i never said it wasn't christian. As I said, I don't call it christmas. I only ever call it xmas. We're celebrating "X" :rotfl::rotfl:

margaretclare

notanewuser wrote: »

I'd like to celebrate the solstice. Sadly, as the 25th, we're rarely able to do anything on that date. I don't think you could celebrate the solstice on a different date!

We did use to celebrate the solstice, years ago in my first marriage. We used orange or yellow-coloured fruits/veg etc to represent the sun. The Germans call it Winteranfang, or start of winter.

j.e.j.

notanewuser wrote: »

i never said it wasn't christian. As I said, I don't call it christmas. I only ever call it xmas. We're celebrating "X" :rotfl::rotfl:

does X or xmas fall on the same day as Christmas by any chance :whistle: