Merry Christmas...

[tsar4]

...You Bozos!

[Blazing Puck]

[Seight]

[André Toulon]

Well....that was... something 

[smiradenius]

15 hours ago, tsar4 said:

...You Bozos!

That's a very cool Christmas carol.  I'll see whether I can download it at Amazon.  Thanks.

 

[tsar4]

[tsar4]

[tsar4]

[Insipid]

WELL AKCHYUALLY, Christmas isn't as much about Christ as Western culture would like to pretend. You see, the holiday we celebrate today is less an unbroken thread of pure Christian tradition and more a delightful mishmash of Saturnalia debauchery, Yule rituals, and the occasional Victorian reinvention. The Roman Saturnalia? A week-long festival of gift-giving and partying. Yule? An ancient pagan celebration of winter solstice, complete with evergreen trees, feasting, and gasp wreaths! The audacity of contemporary Western culture is its insistence on acting like traditions exist in a neat little vacuum, ignoring how these rituals have been appropriated, co-opted, and rebranded for centuries. What we call "Christmas" is really the historical equivalent of a patchwork quilt—just with a shiny "Jesus is the reason for the season" embroidered over centuries of pagan partying and cultural exchange. So, while we’re all sipping our eggnog, let’s at least be honest about what we’re really celebrating: humanity’s perpetual love for stealing good ideas and calling them timeless.

 

tl;dr: AI abuse a la Packard. I actually really like this drawing.

[[classic swim]]

My cultural background always granted me to celebrate on “the day before” but everyone knew I was atheist even when shutting the fuck up and holding my tongue certain years when I was available.

I can say it’s not just an American thing to hold up false beliefs for appearance sake because I don’t think my folks really believed any of that bullshit either.

 I haven’t seen a single Sciencemas joke this year which is kinda nice. As if your Jesus gives a fuck what kind of toys you get.

Your god stood idly by as your diabetic aunt coughed up some blood on the hospital bed, but it was so important for him to see you unwrap your new socks and some Reece’s Pieces in those fun little cylinder containers.

[tsar4]

1 hour ago, Insipid said:

WELL AKCHYUALLY, Christmas isn't as much about Christ as Western culture would like to pretend. You see, the holiday we celebrate today is less an unbroken thread of pure Christian tradition and more a delightful mishmash of Saturnalia debauchery, Yule rituals, and the occasional Victorian reinvention. The Roman Saturnalia? A week-long festival of gift-giving and partying. Yule? An ancient pagan celebration of winter solstice, complete with evergreen trees, feasting, and gasp wreaths! The audacity of contemporary Western culture is its insistence on acting like traditions exist in a neat little vacuum, ignoring how these rituals have been appropriated, co-opted, and rebranded for centuries. What we call "Christmas" is really the historical equivalent of a patchwork quilt—just with a shiny "Jesus is the reason for the season" embroidered over centuries of pagan partying and cultural exchange. So, while we’re all sipping our eggnog, let’s at least be honest about what we’re really celebrating: humanity’s perpetual love for stealing good ideas and calling them timeless.

 

tl;dr: AI abuse a la Packard. I actually really like this drawing.

https://www.christianity.com/wiki/jesus-christ/when-was-jesus-born.html

Side note: During the time of Christ's birth, only the rich and vain celebrated their birthdays.  Being a Jew, his birthday would have been important in counting to his 13th birthday, when he would be expected to become a Man and contribute to society. 

[Insipid]

11 minutes ago, tsar4 said:

https://www.christianity.com/wiki/jesus-christ/when-was-jesus-born.html

Side note: During the time of Christ's birth, only the rich and vain celebrated their birthdays.  Being a Jew, his birthday would have been important in counting to his 13th birthday, when he would be expected to become a Man and contribute to society. 

Indeed, Jesus was born in September, meaning the "Virgin" Mary was a slut during the Saturnalia.