12-11-2016, 12:17 AM
NativeSon Wrote:^ That's too bad.
Tell you what, I'll look forward to it for the both of us. Yes? Yes.
Thank you! It's the first Christmas since mum died.
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12-11-2016, 12:17 AM
NativeSon Wrote:^ That's too bad. Thank you! It's the first Christmas since mum died.
An eye for an eye
12-11-2016, 12:20 AM
LJay Wrote:I have to work Christmas Eve and Christmas morning, so that part is pretty much waylaid. The rest of Christmas day will be spent with roomie and his mom. That's OK, but not too exciting. She does not decorate so it will be opening a few gifts and eating. The dogs make me happy. I am thinking about getting them some apples because they like them with their dogfood. They also wag their tails at green beans and carrots and yogurt. Such good doggies! I'll be, for the first time ever and with no help, preparing a stuffed turkey dinner on Christmas Eve. Piece of cake, I think.
12-11-2016, 12:25 AM
NativeSon Wrote: Good luck with that!
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12-11-2016, 12:40 AM
Ya'll some Grinch motherfuckers, where's your Christmas spirit? I absolutely adore the holiday no matter how much my family tries to ruin it for me- I hear you [MENTION=18997]matty7[/MENTION]
12-11-2016, 01:20 AM
MikeW Wrote:I celebrate the Winter Solstice. How come Christmas is 3 days after the solstice?
12-11-2016, 02:48 AM
[MENTION=24118]deephiance[/MENTION], because the Solstice is a moveable feast and Christmas is not.
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12-11-2016, 02:52 AM
NativeSon Wrote: Youll do well. Just think it all out ahead of time. I did it the first time at age 9 for Thanksgiving. Mom was working and I sometimes fixed dinner so why not? It worked, though the kitchen was a bit of a mess!
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12-11-2016, 02:58 AM
LJay Wrote:[MENTION=24118]deephiance[/MENTION], because the Solstice is a moveable feast and Christmas is not. Oh ok...well that's interesting because I thought the solstices were the 21st-22nd December and 20-21st of June every year. Learn something new every day
12-11-2016, 04:46 AM
MikeW Wrote:I celebrate the Winter Solstice. deephiance Wrote:How come Christmas is 3 days after the solstice? Well, sir, the answer to that question is going to depend on just how deep into this subject you want to get. First of all, let's note that "Solstice" comes from the ancient words "Sol" (the sun) and "stice" (to stand still). So the Solstice literally means "the time when the sun stands still." Although celestially the solstice proper is on December 21 (or there about), the *apparent* "rebirth" of the sun god, "Sol" (from the point of view of an earthling) is three to four days later. This is all relative to the northern hemisphere of course. For the southern hemisphere, the length of night/day is just the opposite. The ancients used markers to designate where the sun was seen to rise and set on the horizon. For three to four days during the winter Solstice, they observed the sun rose and sat at the same points. This also corresponded to the longest nights and shortest days. It wasn't until three or four sunrises/sunsets had passed that the sun was seen to be "reborn," now rising and setting ever so slightly north of its southern-most points. All this is tied together with worshiping the various "Solar Deities," with special attention paid to those cultures that have heavily influenced European and American traditions. (E.g. Egyptian, Zoroastrian, Celtic, Greek, and Roman, among others.) It gets even more confusing though because, in ancient cultures, the "first of the year" (the first day of a new cycle) was counted from different celestial observation points AND using different calendars (from one another, not only from our own). Currently, for example, we're using a solar calendar but many cultures in ancient times used a lunar calendar. Rather than write all this out, I'll quote some text for you: Quote:... In the days of the Roman republic, the calendar was numbered from the founding of Source. BTW... I think it is interesting to point out that Jesus was alleged to have been "in the tomb" for three days and three nights which just so happens to coincide with the literal meaning of the "Solstice." If you *really* want to get esoteric around Solstice/Saturnalia, there are those who've come to think that Saturn was "the original or 'true' sun," the star that originally illuminated Earth. Sol only became "our sun" much more recently in Earth history.
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12-11-2016, 04:56 AM
Thank you, never really being a man of symbolism, religion or tradition, but a man of science I rarely understand how the two go hand in hand.
Thank you for your time. PS. I also get taken the wrong way when asking questions or talking because I have a habit of being short with my words and blunt in my manner, but my interest in the manner was genuine, so thank you. |
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