Official 2011 Christmas Season vs. Holiday Season

[Red Arrow]

You got to be really, really good friends with someone to give them petroleum jelly as a gift.

Things sometimes change in relative value.

The top of the Washington Monument is a piece of aluminum.  When it was put there, aluminum was expensive stuff.

[heironymouspasparagus]

The three gifts from the wise men were gold, francincense, and myrrh.

We all know what gold is. Frankincense and myrrh were tree sap, or a salve,  kinda like petroleum jelly.

What kind of gifts were those?

You got to be really, really good friends with someone to give them petroleum jelly as a gift.

I'm just saying.

I have a little gift pack of F and M.  They are granules of scented material that have the appearance of a solid resin.

[Red Arrow]

I have a little gift pack of F and M.  They are granules of scented material that have the appearance of a solid resin.

That could describe the gifts my dog leaves in the backyard.

[heironymouspasparagus]

That could describe the gifts my dog leaves in the backyard.

Ouch!  Those dogs need some fiber if they are doing that....

[guido911]

Chicago news anchor takes it upon herself to tell everyone watching there is no Santa Claus (around 3:00 of first clip).

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/02/news-anchor-santa-denial-_n_1125422.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003

She later under pressure apologized.

[Teatownclown]

It's Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Christmas

http://www.truth-out.org/its-beginning-sound-lot-christmas/1322695723

"There is not much to like about the Christmas season anymore, and the relentless barrage of Christmas music has gone from being the main agitator in my mind to the last turn of a long, sharp screw."  "So, yeah, I love Christmas and hate the Christmas season, and you can keep the music."

" WWJB: What Would Jesus Buy? A little bread, a little wine, and a little quiet time to contemplate what is most important in life."

[nathanm]

Ouch!  Those dogs need some fiber if they are doing that....

Water. Dehydration makes it look more like something you'd expect to see from a rabbit.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Water. Dehydration makes it look more like something you'd expect to see from a rabbit.

From Christmas to doggy-do.  No one can say there is limited diversity here!

[guido911]

Bibi's Christmas message to, I'm going to say it, Christians. Ducking and donning Kevlar.

[guido911]

Eff you Santa.

A Massachusetts school system is embroiled in a war on Christmas debate after Santa Claus was initially banned from visiting elementary school children over "religious" concerns.

Since 1960 firefighters in the town of Saugus dressed up like Santa Claus and visited every elementary school handing out coloring books. But on Monday, the school superintendent told firefighters that they would not be welcomed into the classrooms.

Read more: http://nation.foxnews.com/war-christmas/2011/12/20/school-bans-santa-over-religious-concerns#ixzz1h7Q2Kv1N

http://nation.foxnews.com/war-christmas/2011/12/20/school-bans-santa-over-religious-concerns#ixzz1h763GCBt

[Townsend]

Eff you Santa.

http://nation.foxnews.com/war-christmas/2011/12/20/school-bans-santa-over-religious-concerns#ixzz1h763GCBt

That's an awfully short blurb.  Think there's more to the story?

[guido911]

That's an awfully short blurb.  Think there's more to the story?

Good call. There was more to the story in that article:

http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/school-bans-santa-claus.html

Don't bother with it because the AP reported this morning that Santa has been un Effed.

The town's superintendent on Monday announced that he was ending a nearly 50-year-old tradition of off-duty firefighters dressed as Santa visiting elementary schools to hand out coloring books and crayons to children because he said Santa is a religious figure.

Richard Langlois reversed his decision later in the day after an outcry from firefighters and citizens who say Santa is a secular symbol.

Fire Chief James Blanchard told The Daily Item of Lynn he was "taken aback" by the original decision, but is glad it was reversed.

School Committee member Arthur Grabowski says the superintendent didn't consult the board before making the original decision he said was "political correctness gone awry."

The superintendent said the tradition will be revisited next year.

http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2011/12/santa_claus_to_visit_schools_i.html

[Conan71]

That's an awfully short blurb.  Think there's more to the story?

Yeah, only a public school product would claim Santa is a religious symbol.  He's far more secular than Hanukah Harry.

[custosnox]

Yeah, only a public school product would claim Santa is a religious symbol.  He's far more secular than Hanukah Harry.

Santa has a stronger Christian root than Christmas does, when it comes right down to it.  Watched a documentary recently on it, was pretty surprised at what all has been thrown into it.  But still, has some nice pagan items dashed in just to help it along in that Christmas kind of way.

[Teatownclown]

Only idiots equate Hannukah (that's the Bachman Romney spelling) with Christmas. Hanukkah is a secondary occasion. Christmas is a primary observance.



Jesus would slap the smile out of you....