Merry Christmas
- Thread starter Shiftless2
- Start date
Thomas Kinkade
Thomas Kinkade Christmas Cottage Art Print for sale - iArtPrints.com
Christmas Cottage Art Print for sale. Shop your favorite Thomas Kinkade Christmas Cottage Art Print without breaking your banks.
iartprints.com
Shiftless2
Well-known member
Shiftless2
Well-known member
mot juste (mō zhüst)#7
n.
Exactly the right word or expression.
[French : mot, word + juste, right.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2022 by HarperCollins Publishers. All rights reserved.
It's a familiar debate. The name of the holiday is "Christ"mas, not "Santa"mas. BUT !
It's jovial injection-molded plastic Santa (made in China) that welcomes us to the local shopping mall.
Sensible.
We haven't abandoned the nativity scene.
But we've dodged the appearance explicit or implicit shopping mall messaging: J.C. wears HOKA *
What does Christmas mean in our new millennium? Merely a continuation of the pagan rituals that inspired it?
www.arcane-alchemy.com
Even those skeptical about the Holy Trinity can benefit from understanding idealized imagery of the divine. We needn't harbor expectation of achieving divine perfection to benefit from striving toward it.
What does Christmas mean to you?
How has your attitude toward Christmas evolved since you first learned of it?
* Commercializing religion? It's not already commercial enough? "God" is portrayed as omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent and short of cash." Crane
and Merry Christmas to you too Crane
note: the best Christmas movie of all time probably isn't Die Hard
It's jovial injection-molded plastic Santa (made in China) that welcomes us to the local shopping mall.
Sensible.
We haven't abandoned the nativity scene.
But we've dodged the appearance explicit or implicit shopping mall messaging: J.C. wears HOKA *
What does Christmas mean in our new millennium? Merely a continuation of the pagan rituals that inspired it?
THE PAGAN ORIGINS OF CHRISTMAS The Secret Symbolism of Santa — ARCANE ALCHEMY
For this Yule season I’d like to tackle where the symbolism of Santa originates and the possible Pagan origins behind his appearance. The name Santa Claus has its roots in the informal Dutch name for St. Nicholas, Sinterklaas. Sinterklaas was a historic 4th-century Greek saint.
www.arcane-alchemy.com
Even those skeptical about the Holy Trinity can benefit from understanding idealized imagery of the divine. We needn't harbor expectation of achieving divine perfection to benefit from striving toward it.
What does Christmas mean to you?
How has your attitude toward Christmas evolved since you first learned of it?
* Commercializing religion? It's not already commercial enough? "God" is portrayed as omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent and short of cash." Crane
and Merry Christmas to you too Crane
note: the best Christmas movie of all time probably isn't Die Hard
Shiftless2
Well-known member
Shiftless2
Well-known member
It's not difficult to recognize religious proselytizing, after being exposed to it for half a century.
But we forfeit our objectivity if we overlook #16 is rather more counter-proselytizing than neutral clarification.
We can observe each Winter solstice, AND acknowledge the cults the Holy Bible has inspired, without sacrificing our first-born on the altar of lunacy.
Celebrations are so prominent within the spectrum of human cultures, it seems we innately welcome them. So, CELEBRATE !
And yes Virginia, there is an R.
Happy 2026 !
Shiftless2
Well-known member
Good news. Santa and Penguin II, Emperor of the South Pole, sign a treaty ending the tariff dispute over milk, cookies and herring. It will be a Merry Christmas for all!
Superficially might seem OK
Think it through.
If North and South poles are brought together, Earth might vanish entirely ! Then were will we store all the stuff in the garage?
