HAPPY FESTIVUS!

[Hagler]

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Shawn

[GonnePhishin]

[Ysabel Kid]

I miss that show!

[TedH]

When do we begin the airing of grievances and the feats of strength???

[Lassiter]

When do we begin the airing of grievances and the feats of strength???

Not until you get your aluminum pole put up...............

[sureshot]

A little holiday chuckle;

http://youtu.be/R60z_7vZ0YI


Merry Christmas and Happy Festivus to all.

Steve

[Blaine]

When do we begin the airing of grievances and the feats of strength???

AFAICT, it's been going on all year around here......

[markinalpine]

When do we begin the airing of grievances and the feats of strength???

Not until you get your aluminum pole put up...............

Make your pole out of two six-packs of your favorite brew, emptied, of course, duct-taped together.

Merry Christmas,
Mark

[Old Ironsights]

Patriot Press doesn't pull any punches.

http://patriotpost.us/pages/290

Good piece. They even acknowledge History as well as Tradition (and ne're the Twain shall Meet...)

Historically, the actual year of Christ's birth is thought to be between 6 B.C. and 4 B.C., at the end of Herod's reign. The first mention of Christmas as a formal Nativity feast occurred in a Roman almanac dated A.D. 336. The day we celebrate Christ's birth, December 25th, was not chosen on the basis of historical evidence but rather to replace the pagan festival natalis solis invicti, the birth of the sun god Mithras, at winter solstice.

The Christmas star that guided the Wise Men to Bethlehem may have been any of a number of recorded astronomical events coinciding with the likeliest dates of that first Christmas. Halley's Comet appeared in 12 B.C., and ancient Chinese texts note "exploding" stars, or novas, observed in both 4 and 5 B.C. Exceptionally bright planetary conjunctions occurred in 2, 6, and 7 B.C.; among these, the most promising candidate for the Holy Star was the triple conjunction of Mars, Jupiter and Saturn in 6 B.C.

The Season is the Reason.

[Old Savage]

Historically, Jesus was born right when the date says. You might check up on more recent discoveries on history and astronomical events. Grant Jefferies for one reference.

[Old Ironsights]

Historically, Jesus was born right when the date says. You might check up on more recent discoveries on history and astronomical events. Grant Jefferies for one reference.

Really... so now the Bible is WRONG? Because there is no way that Luke can be correct AND that Jesus was born on DEC 25. None at all.

"The Sixth Month" is pretty unambiguous. And regardless of which Calendar you use, with "the sixth month" being either August/Sept (Jewish/Roman calendar) or June (from Gregorian dating system established in 1582) does not allow for a 9 month pregnancy by December 25.

Now, if you are suggesting that Jesus was 2-3 months premature... that is you only option to believe the Dec 25 myth unless you deny the validity of Luke 1:26-38 ...

[Blaine]

Historically, Jesus was born right when the date says. You might check up on more recent discoveries on history and astronomical events. Grant Jefferies for one reference.

Really... so now the Bible is WRONG? Because there is no way that Luke can be correct AND that Jesus was born on DEC 25. None at all.

"The Sixth Month" is pretty unambiguous. And regardless of which Calendar you use, with "the sixth month" being either August/Sept (Jewish/Roman calendar) or June (from Gregorian dating system established in 1582) does not allow for a 9 month pregnancy by December 25.

Now, if you are suggesting that Jesus was 2-3 months premature... that is you only option to believe the Dec 25 myth unless you deny the validity of Luke 1:26-38 ...

It was immaculate, not predictable....Sort of why it's called "faith"

[1894c]

MERRY CHRISTMAS...... :)