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Spanky

12-02-2005 02:34 PM

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Quote:

Originally posted by taxwonk
A couple years ago, I gave my SIL Star of David Xmas tree ornaments and my sister a menorah with jingle bells on it.

What I love about the whole thing is that Jesus was not born on Christmas. He wasn't even born in Winter. The date was set to coincide with the winter solstice so that pagans would relate to it more.

Hank Chinaski

12-02-2005 02:38 PM

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Originally posted by Spanky
What I love about the whole thing is that Jesus was not born on Christmas. He wasn't even born in Winter. The date was set to coincide with the winter solstice so that pagans would relate to it more.

is Good Friday the actual day the Jews killed him?

Sexual Harassment Panda

12-02-2005 03:00 PM

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Quote:

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
is Good Friday the actual day the Jews killed him?

Whatever day was the day after Passover at that time. I always thought that was a Saturday or Sunday, but that would have meant working on the weekend for everyone involved, including the angry mob.

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

12-02-2005 03:11 PM

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When was he born? Given the calendar (at least the Western calendar) is keyed to the birth of Christ, why Christmas and new Year's day are not the same is beyond me.

Shape Shifter

12-02-2005 03:18 PM

10 People Who Didn't Die on U.S. Highways

http://news.yahoo.com/fc/world/iraq

taxwonk

12-02-2005 03:24 PM

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Quote:

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
is Good Friday the actual day the Jews killed him?

No. You fucked it up with your Roman calendar. Just like you fucked yourselves over with your mortal sins and Hell and all that other Papist shit.

We'll never go to Hell because we don't have one. Unless you count the Golden Phoenix on Christmas if you don't have a reservation after 4.

Replaced_Texan

12-02-2005 03:26 PM

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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
When was he born? Given the calendar (at least the Western calendar) is keyed to the birth of Christ, why Christmas and new Year's day are not the same is beyond me.

I thought that the western calendar is basically an adoption of the Roman calendar. It looks like there was a split in when the calendar started between December 25 and January 1.

I love Wikipedia. Hitchhiker's guide to the internet.

andViolins

12-02-2005 03:36 PM

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Quote:

Originally posted by taxwonk
No. You fucked it up with your Roman calendar. Just like you fucked yourselves over with your mortal sins and Hell and all that other Papist shit.

We'll never go to Hell because we don't have one. Unless you count the Golden Phoenix on Christmas if you don't have a reservation after 4.

Sorry, I don't think that the poo poo platter was all that good.

aV

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

12-02-2005 03:49 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan

I love Wikipedia. Hitchhiker's guide to the internet.

Wikiawesome. But I still don't understand the answer (yours or theirs) to my question, other than perhaps "that shit is fucked up"

Hank Chinaski

12-02-2005 03:54 PM

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Golden Phoenix- who goes there? The food is terrible, and such small portions!

Oliver_Wendell_Ramone

12-02-2005 03:59 PM

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Quote:

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Wikiawesome. But I still don't understand the answer (yours or theirs) to my question, other than perhaps "that shit is fucked up"

New Years is a football holiday. Christmas day is for NBA basketball. Pretty simple, really.

LessinSF

12-02-2005 04:21 PM

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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Wikiawesome. But I still don't understand the answer (yours or theirs) to my question, other than perhaps "that shit is fucked up"

Read "Of Time, Space and Other Things" by Issac Asimov, and you will understand. It contains an excelelnt essay on the calendar, and why 13 days had to be skipped in order for the U.S. to catch up to the Gregorian calendar.

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

12-02-2005 04:26 PM

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Quote:

Originally posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone
Christmas day is for NBA basketball.

That innovation is pretty recent. Used to be it was the Blue-Grey Classic and the Aloha Bowl.

Replaced_Texan

12-02-2005 04:32 PM

RT in incoherent sputtering rage. (spree: may require registration, so you can go to the WaPo article instead)

taxwonk

12-02-2005 04:34 PM

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Quote:

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Golden Phoenix- who goes there? The food is terrible, and such small portions!

You must be thinking of the Golden Phoenix over by New York Bagels & Bialys on Touhy. I'm talking Golden Phoenix Dining Style on Broadway over by the Jewel's.

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