MERRY CHRISTMAS !

[blitzcraig]

We'll stay out of the religious aspect of this topic... but I would like to briefly address the historical side. The vast majority of people celebrating Christmas (Christians or not, again we are not going to talk about that here...there are plenty of appropriate venues for such a conversation, but this is not one of them) anyway, most realize that December 25 is likely not the correct day (although there is actually some interesting evidence from the last 10 years or so from astronomy which suggest it may be a lot closer than it is generally thought to be) ... here's the thing - we do not care. We aren't celebrating the "pagan" beliefs and rituals of the past (which were tied to the date) so again, we do not care if the date is correct or not. Additionally, you assert that we celebrate the wrong date and attack our understanding of history, but then say it's not real unless we "bolieve" ... this makes no sense. You cannot say our understanding of history is wrong for knowingly celebrating an event which you claim only happened if we "bolieve" it did on a day other than it actually happened. Perhaps your use of the seventh word in your post is misplaced?

[Cleopatra]

Very well said Blitzcraig!! I would like to also add the Christmas should be spent with family and friends. Its a time to show your appreciation and love of how much they really mean to you. It doesn't matter what your religious beliefs we ALLl have someone we care about!! ^_^
Besides nobody wants to be a Scrooge or a Grinch