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Happy Winter Solstice 2017 Everyone

No the title of one of the articles had Hanukkah in it however the quoted information was solely about the topic at hand, the relationship between winter solstice and Christmas or lack there of.

See it pays to read beyond the title, otherwise you end up looking foolish and ignorant.

Continually suggesting people you disagree with are foolish and ignorant, is just foolish and ignorant.
 
I enjoy pointing out Leftist hypocrisy, which was the point of my post, but exactly... I mean, I "celebrate" the Winter Solstice solely because it means the days are getting longer again and I eventually won't have to drive home from work in the dark anymore... I celebrate Christmas because I am a Christian and it is the day that we observe the birth of Jesus Christ our Saviour. Other holidays generally don't bother me in the slightest. Well, the hypocrisy of celebrating Thanksgiving and then immediately trampling over people for on-sale electronics admittedly bothers me (in a mostly humorous way), but otherwise people have their own backgrounds, heritages, and reasons to celebrate certain holidays, and that's cool.

Agreed. I remember back in elementary school I had a class mate named Shamash. I didn't give it much thought because I grew up in a major port city and there were many purple from many places.

But the teacher explained what his name ment and why it was relevant arround Christmas time. It was then it dawned on me the kid named Shamash celebrated a different Holliday than the kid who was named Mohammed and the girl with the last name Patel.

I found that fascinating even back then.
 
Hope you all enjoy the original holiday, and the ONLY reason we have any kind of festive holiday at this time of year just about anywhere in the world.


Blessed Be.
Thankee kindly.

Although I'm somewhat at a loss over how to properly celebrate the occasion.

I would, seeing how today was already longer, perhaps turn one of the lights on the Christmas tree off but since I don't do Xmas either, I don't have the appropriate tree (or lights) anyway.

Guess by the time reverting to summer time occurs, the energy saving issue will have solved itself all on its own.
 
I vaguely recall Maes Howe in the Orkney Islands to the north of Scotland does something similar.
and recalling the Orkneys not just vaguely, I'm glad I'm not there this time of year.:lol:
 
Holidays should be happy regardless of religion or the complete absence thereof.

It's ironic when you consider that the word holiday comes from the Old English haligdæg.
 
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