CFB51 College Football Fan Community
The Power Five => Big Ten => Topic started by: MrNubbz on December 23, 2017, 04:30:24 PM
-
(https://www.cfb51.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dgreetings.com%2Fnewimages%2Fchristmas%2Fseasons-greetings2.jpg&hash=60625ecf698a8671cf767700fcb9c5bc)
Wishing you & yours the best during the Christmas Season and thru out the New Year!
-
Happy Holidays to all! Hope everyone is having a wonderful (and safe) Christmas.
My husband went out late last night to go to work and darned if our battery wasn't dead. Had to call someone to come jump us this morning when he got home and fingers crossed that it is still working when he leaves early in the morning tomorrow for work. Bad enough he has to work Christmas Day, let alone having to call someone to come get him, lol.
He was late unloading the truck this morning because of the dead battery issue and no one could find a snow shovel, so they had to really work to get the electric pallet jack to get stuff to the walk in and freezer; one tipped over and they had boxes of nuggets all over the parking lot. Needless to say, he was very tired when he got home today.
Here's hoping tomorrow is much better! :91:
-
Had an extra special holiday season this year, and for the future...
I got engaged :)
-
Egg Nogs all around - congrats
-
congrats!!!
some of Utee's eggnog, please
-
What's 94 put into it?Bark from his Briskett
-
It's on the "rescued from damnation" thread
24 eggs
2 3/4 cup sugar
1.5 pints heavy cream
2 quarts light cream
1 fifth bourbon (~750ml)
1 cup dark rum or to taste
-
Had an extra special holiday season this year, and for the future...
I got engaged :)
congrats! Been married for 29 years myself and it is has been a joy. When's the big day?
-
congrats! Been married for 29 years myself and it is has been a joy. When's the big day?
LOL... 3 hours after I popped the question when she was telling her friends everyone was asking when the date was... It does sometimes take a little time to plan these things and select a date ;-)
-
Had an extra special holiday season this year, and for the future...
I got engaged :)
Yeah congrats.
I thought that you'd be living it up as a single fella for a while.
Shows what I know...
-
I thought that you'd be living it up as a single fella for a while.
I figured I had about 5 years of dealing with all the crazy, psycho, maladjusted women that Southern California had to offer before finding a good one...
Just managed to get lucky.
-
Happy Holidays? So generic and PC. Probably a term invented by an atheist hippie.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, dammit.
-
make New Year's Eve great again!
-
Happy Holidays? So generic and PC. Probably a term invented by an atheist hippie.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, dammit.
Um Jesus was a 1st century Palestinian Jew.Not surprisingly he practiced Jewish Laws/Customs/Rituals.This is the reason many Christian Holidays/Traditions coincide time wise with those of the Jewish Religion/Calendar - Hanukka the Jewish festival of lights.There was a Roman Pagan Festival that landed around the Time of the Winter Solstice also.When Roman Emperor Constantin converted to Christianity(3rd or 4th Century) the Empire basically did too and used its date.So even though I'm a recovering Lutheran who celebrates Christmas I give a tip of the cap to other traditions also.Now that's hardly PC and much older than you.Dammit! :111:
-
He was not Palestinian. He was a Judean Jew.
The Solstice traditions that the secular aspects of Christmas trace back to were from NW Europe. Not Rome.
#FakeNews
-
Relations between Jewish areas and nearby Gentile areas
Galilee and Judaea, the principal Jewish areas of Palestine, were surrounded by Gentile territories (i.e., Caesarea, Dora, and Ptolemais on the Mediterranean coast; Caesarea Philippi north of Galilee; and Hippus and Gadara east of Galilee). There also were two inland Gentile cities on the west side of the Jordan River (https://www.britannica.com/place/Jordan-River) near Galilee (Scythopolis and Sebaste). The proximity of Gentile and Jewish areas meant that there was some interchange between them, including trade, which explains why Antipas had telōnēs—often translated as “tax collectors” but more accurately rendered as “customs officers”—in the villages on his side of the Sea of Galilee (https://www.britannica.com/place/Sea-of-Galilee). There also was some exchange of populations: some Jews lived in Gentile cities, such as Scythopolis, and some Gentiles lived in at least one of the Jewish cities, Tiberias. Jewish merchants and traders could probably speak some Greek (https://www.britannica.com/topic/Greek-language), but the primary language of Palestinian Jews was Aramaic (https://www.britannica.com/topic/Aramaic-language) (a Semitic language (https://www.britannica.com/topic/Semitic-languages)closely related to Hebrew).
Homework - do it Brutus Judea was in Palestine - DOH!Aramaic is the language Jesus spoke
-
The Solstice traditions that the secular aspects of Christmas trace back to were from NW Europe. Not Rome.
"Io Saturnalia!" Two thousand years ago this was the seasonal greeting which would have chimed out across most of Europe, not "Merry Christmas". The Roman mid-winter festival of misrule has heavily influenced many Christmas traditions - including the time of year we celebrate.
At no point is a date for Jesus's birth given in the Bible, but references to the lambing season have led some theologians to conclude that he was born in spring. Why then do we celebrate his birth in the middle of winter?
"Christmas in December is a Western, Roman idea whereas in the Eastern Church it falls later, around the feast of the Epiphany (http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/holydays/epiphany.shtml) in early January," explains Dr Matthew Nicholls, senior lecturer in Classics at the University of Reading.
For seven days from the 17 December it was party season in Roman times. Homes were decorated, parties held and slaves became masters - at least for one banquet. It was the start of a lengthy mid-winter period of merry-making and the season of goodwill - Saturnalia.
-
Did you copy and paste that from Solon, HuffPo, CNN, or MSNBC?
I didn't claim that He was born in December. While many cultures celebrate Winter Solstice, it was Northern Europe that did so with the traditions involving trees and wreaths and mistletoe and all that.
The Virgin Mary was a direct descendant of Ruth and Naomi and King David according to the scriptures; none of which were "Palestinian"
-
From historytoday.com & Jesus,facts & traditions from Ency.Brittanica.Facts man stick to them.You stated he was not from Palestine,well Judea was in Palestine.Much like the Mid-West is in the US.While many other countries customs were absorbed by Rome.Many of Europe's tradition blossomed after the fall of the Empire
-
Rome controlled Israel in those days, actually. So that would be the proper label if we are basing it on citizenship.
Calling Jesus "Palestinian" is PC burfle of the highest order. You might as well have taken it all the way, and wished us all a happy Ramadan.
-
Palestine is/was a Geographic area it didn't mean Roman/Jew/Greek/Gentile etc.At the time of Jesus there was no Muslim Religion.Jesus lived in either Judea or Galilee depends on which Biblical accounts you want to believe.He did a lot of road trips obviously teaching/preaching/lecturing & healing as tradition would have it.Happy Holidays also includes people who may be practicing Jewish customs as Jesus use to - don't be a Bigot
-
I'm just bustin' thy chops a little.
Don't git yer skivvies in a bunch.
-
Happy New Years Eve!
-
let the drinking begin.............
traditional pre-viking game bloody marys
-
I'm good for a couple of weeks - still feeling Friday Nite :s_laugh:
-
Happy Holidays? So generic and PC. Probably a term invented by an atheist hippie.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, dammit.
Christmas is fascinating to me because it’s a deeply American holiday if nothing else. It gets turned into a lighting rod of sorts. Some people want it to be religious, but for better or worse, it’s not. It is to some folks, but that spawns a whole host of other debates when folks get pushy.
I tend to think of it as a day to celebrate how you wish. If going to mass/church is your thing, have at. If you just use it as a chance to cook a great meal and see family, that’s wonderful. If you’re catching a movie and some Chinese, another utterly legit way to do the thing.
(FWIW, it’s fully legit to refer to that gentleman as a Palestinian. It’s probably good because it reminds us that’s a word that goes well beyond the baggage it currently has)
-
each and every day should be celebrated
and obviously celebrated as you and yours wish
freedom to do so is a precious right in this country
its a huge bonus when the workplace agrees with a paid day off
-
Jesus' contemporaries would have been surprised to know that in 2000 years people would refer to them as Palestinians. While the region between Phoenicia (roughly modern Lebanon) and Egypt was called Palaistinê by Greek writers going back to the 5th century B.C., it was not used by the Romans in any official capacity until 135 A.D., when they combined Judea with Galilee and the Paralia (modern coastal Israel just north of Gaza) to form Syria Palaestina.
-
We're splitting hairs CW.It's like the US being referred to a America.Or an American being referred to as a Rebel or Yankee or Sooner or Buckeye.A lot of titles are interchangeable.
-
Some titles are not particularly relevant or useful, but are routinely favored by individuals who are trying to push a certain radical political agenda.
-
Some titles are not particularly relevant or useful, but are routinely favored by individuals who are trying to push a certain radical political agenda.
There is absolutely no radical political/ religious agenda being pushed in proclaiming Happy Holidays,That is All.
-
Some titles are not particularly relevant or useful, but are routinely favored by individuals who are trying to push a certain radical political agenda.
well, if folks want to insist that a label or title that comes from this poor dirt farmer is trying to push an agenda, then they are paranoid and they are the problem
they can just get the heck off my lawn
I'm not trying to cause any trouble, just don't give a dern about trying that hard to be politically correct
-
There is absolutely no radical political/ religious agenda being pushed in proclaiming Happy Holidays,That is All.
and if I proclaim "Merry Christmas" there's no political/religious agenda
if anyone wants to take it the wrong way, F em.
-
You get a cookie FF,you are correct.Last time I wish everyone well in the season I tell ya.Poor Dirt Farmer?That's a discussion for another thread :57:
-
all the folks that wait all day for a reason to get their silky panties in a wad over something can spend their time on Facebook, I won't be there to offend them
-
Oh I was referring to Palestinian obviously.
I don't care about Happy Holidays.
I celebrate multiple holidays during the Christmas season myself.
Solstice, Christmas Eve, Christmas, Boxing Day, New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, and maybe a few others depending on who I'm spending the season with.
Happy Holidays to you too. Specifically this one.
-
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
-
Happy New Year!
-
and if I proclaim "Merry Christmas" there's no political/religious agenda
if anyone wants to take it the wrong way, F em.
It seems some people very much want to make “happy holidays” as being put upon, i.e. someone, somewhere is telling them what to do. And as soon as they’re told what to do, there’s a defensiveness. Insisting someone do something tends to make them annoyed, and that’s natural.
But of course, there’s a thin line in the fact “merry Christmas,” to many is about being comfortable. It’s their thing, and if someone started doing the equivalent, they’d be uneasy. If Walmart greeters started telling everyone chag sameach in September or Ramadan Mubarak in that month, my sense is there would be pushback. And maybe that comes from the sense someone is trying to push something, but with the way some people treat “merry Christmas,” it often comes off as pushy as well for better or worse.
Now again, I’m not advocating for one or the other. Perhaps I’m advocating for not being offended at either (granted I couldn’t get riled up to say F anyone over it either)
-
Also Happy New Year. This is the first time since I was a kid I didn’t stay up til midnight. Was sick all week. Being in bed at 10 was just great.
-
Saying "Merry Christmas" is like watching baseball, eating a hot dog and apple pie to me. and driving a Chevy or something.
I'm not a religious guy. Been a while since I was in a church. But I really don't like it when people write "XMas" on a card or email or whatever.
Would anyone want to eat an X Dog or and X pie?
-
How about X-LAX
-
Sounds like a personal problem.
-
It seems some people very much want to make “happy holidays” as being put upon, i.e. someone, somewhere is telling them what to do. And as soon as they’re told what to do, there’s a defensiveness. Insisting someone do something tends to make them annoyed, and that’s natural.
Reminds me of a Tommy Tiernan bit. Warning, language NSFW. (If the video doesn't start at 5:45 automatically, that's the portion bit I'm talking about). The "have a nice day" part...
https://youtu.be/bp-a4dbFEWY?t=5m45s (https://youtu.be/bp-a4dbFEWY?t=5m45s)