  Mudflap Member Username: Mudflap Post Number: 137 Registered: 08-2005 Posted From: 68.248.15.192 |
Christmas...Kwaanza...Hannukah ... I don't think so...I will be celebrating Festivus on December 23rd, and probably having a party at Twingo's. More details to follow for those of you who celebrate Festivus. Mudflap | ||
The_aram Member Username: The_aram Post Number: 4540 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 141.213.175.233 |
it's not just Festivus- it's my birthday! | ||
Mudflap Member Username: Mudflap Post Number: 138 Registered: 08-2005 Posted From: 68.248.15.192 |
Aram you are doubly blessed on this great day! You shall be chosen first for the "Airing of Grievances" as well as the "Feats of Strength". | ||
Gravitymachine Member Username: Gravitymachine Post Number: 678 Registered: 05-2005 Posted From: 198.208.159.18 |
i'll bring the pole! | ||
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1 Post Number: 6181 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 198.208.251.24 |
I'm sure you will, I'm sure you will. | ||
Goat Member Username: Goat Post Number: 7870 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 64.228.201.28 |
Ahh! Festivus! What a great time of year. So who's in the feat's of strength? | ||
Dougw Member Username: Dougw Post Number: 907 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.248.54.29 |
Speaking of which, do they have Festivus yet at Ben & Jerry's? (special holiday flavor involving gingerbread... mmmmm.) | ||
Urban_shocker Member Username: Urban_shocker Post Number: 225 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 71.144.82.70 |
"Who's the suit...?" | ||
Evelethcdenver Member Username: Evelethcdenver Post Number: 62 Registered: 02-2004 Posted From: 63.227.44.137 |
Didn't Kramer's sign outside the bagel shop say "Bagels NO, Festivus Yes" Happy Festivus to all! | ||
Bobj Member Username: Bobj Post Number: 258 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.40.89.238 |
I'll bring the Festivus Pole! When can we do the airing of grievances? | ||
Broken_main Member Username: Broken_main Post Number: 470 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 198.109.44.2 |
So here I am at work sitting here with my coworker reading a thread about Festivus. Thinking to myself..."what in the hell is Festivus?" To help with the midnight blahs he is watching a Seinfeid dvd. I am now doing a wikipedia definition of the word and ironically sees that it is related to Seinfeld. Hmmmmm...what a cowinkydinky....huh??? These midnights are seriously getting to me...LOL | ||
Aiw Member Username: Aiw Post Number: 5111 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 67.70.118.93 |
Screw Festivus. Bring on Giftmas. | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 1599 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 4.229.81.221 |
Festivus Shmestivus..... that's almost as bad as spelling Christmas "XMAS", especially when they spell "MERRY" ending it with an I and an E. And don't even get me started with KWANZAA... who invented that one?..... Give me the 12 days of Christmas anyday....... As Asshat Jerry Falwell said "lets put CHRIST back into Christmas". (and Happy Hannukah to our Jewish friends!) | ||
Ghetto_butterfly Member Username: Ghetto_butterfly Post Number: 555 Registered: 09-2004 Posted From: 68.60.139.186 |
Happy Yule | ||
Psip Member Username: Psip Post Number: 626 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 69.246.13.131 |
There was some dispute about the proper date of the birth of Christ and not everyone agrees even to this day. It was not until A.D. 350, that December 25 was declared the official date for celebrating Christmas by Pope Julius I. When the fathers of the church decided to settle upon a date to celebrate the event, they wisely chose the day of the winter solstice, since it coincided with some rival religions' celebrations and the rebirth of the sun (see Year of the Sun Calendar), symbolized by bon-fires and yule logs. December 25 was a festival long before the conversion of the Germanic peoples to Christianity, it seemed fitting that the time of their winter festival would also be the time to celebrate the birth of Christ. The darkness that had frightened and threatened to defeat the ancient pagans, was forever defeated by the coming of Christ. for more: http://www.serve.com/shea/germ usa/xmasintr.htm The page further goes on to say: Xmas. The familiar abbreviation for Christmas originated in the Greeks. X is the first letter of the Greek word for Christ, Xristos. By the sixteenth century, "Xmas" was popular throughout Europe. Whereas early Christians had understood that the term merely was Greek for "Christ’s mass," later Christians, unfamiliar with the Greek reference, mistook the X as a sign of disrespect, an attempt by heathen to rid Christmas of its central meaning. For several hundred years, Christians disapproved of the use of the term. Some still do. | ||
Gravitymachine Member Username: Gravitymachine Post Number: 688 Registered: 05-2005 Posted From: 70.236.147.161 |
F that gistok! <--- tryin to put the CHRIS back in christmas  | ||
Newman Member Username: Newman Post Number: 39 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 68.43.5.161 |
Focus people, the purpose here is Festivus. I am having a huge gathering at the crib this year and it is the only holiday that I give shit about. Show your sarcasm in a holiday way... GREAT post Psip! | ||
Mudflap Member Username: Mudflap Post Number: 142 Registered: 08-2005 Posted From: 68.248.15.192 |
Hello Newman... I'm going to cancel my Festivus party because there are so many others to compete with and I don't have a Festivus Pole. | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 1612 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 4.229.90.159 |
Psip, it was not until the 8th Century that Englands Venerable Bede came up with the Anno Domini (BC & AD) system of dating years from the birth of Christ (some say he was off by 4 years). And speaking of which.... when exactly did the "pagan" "B.C.E" and "C.E." replace "BC" and "AD"? I first noticed this on the cable TV history documentaries using these 2 terms in the last few years. Who came up with that? And why wasn't there an announcement? Don't tell me it was the liberal intelligencia at American universities! Even though I consider myself a liberal, I have a problem with a group who are pretentious enought to try and change 1200 years of tradition. Political correctness gone amuck!!! | ||
Quinn Member Username: Quinn Post Number: 640 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 64.139.64.80 |
Is there really a festivus for the rest of us? | ||
Mackinaw Member Username: Mackinaw Post Number: 1093 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 141.213.173.94 |
I think that the airing of grievances at a detroityes Festivus party would be something to see. Maybe will have grievances with each other, but more likely they'll be a result of the struggle that is living in the Detroit area. | ||
Danindc Member Username: Danindc Post Number: 1138 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 67.100.158.10 |
I got a lot of problems with you people! And you're all gonna hear about it right now!  | ||
Mackinaw Member Username: Mackinaw Post Number: 1095 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 141.213.173.94 |
Good stuff! | ||
Sknutson Member Username: Sknutson Post Number: 408 Registered: 03-2004 Posted From: 67.114.23.202 |
I will refuse to shop at Walmart until they wish all of their customers a Happy Festivus. |
