The Festive Season

[bloodyrosemccoy]

All Souls' Day (Catholic)
National Men Make Dinner Day
National Traffic Directors Day
Plan Your Epitaph Day
Birthday - US President Warren Harding (29th President)
Birthday - US President James Polk (11th President)
Birthday - Daniel Boone Birthday (frontiersman)
Birthday - Burt Lancaster Birthday (actor)
Day of the Dead (11/01-02 - Mexico)
Admission Day (North Dakota)
Admission Day (South Dakota)

 

Halloween is over. El Día de los Muertos is over. As far as I am concerned, that means that it is now Christmas time. Over the next few weeks I will slowly gain steam, so that by Thanksgiving I’ll be singing “Blue Christmas” and “Los Peces En El Rio” nonstop.

 

And anyone who bitches that I start the holidays too damn early can kiss my tinsel-festooned ass.

Comments

[chibicharibdys.livejournal.com]

I think the world needs more catchy Thanksgiving songs.

[principessar.livejournal.com]

LOL, have fun with that.

I've always been so interested my atheists who like Christmas. All of my atheist friends do -- and by atheist I'm here meaning -- people who grew up without religion, don't miss it ... that kind of atheist, like you. Growing up I assumed that atheists hated Christmas, because when I was little I hated Christmas, LOL.

Then again, I guess that being atheist doesn't make you anti-Christmas, or anti-appropriating-fun-Christian-holidays-and-celebrating-the-secular-aspects. It's my other Jewish friends, my Buddhist friends ... etc, (at least those not religious enough to insist on it being a Chanukah gift) with whom I celebrate 'The New Year' like the Soviets did, LOL.

I dunno, I guess I'm being too serious for this entry, but you have thoughts?

[chibicharibdys.livejournal.com]

But Chanukah is so much cooler than Christmas anyway!

Except, it's sadly tree-less. I propose Chanukah trees.

[principessar.livejournal.com]

It just always annoyed me that people thought Chanukah some big important holiday for me just because it fell at the time of Christmas. I say it's a Christian society trying to force me to act like Chanukah is a big deal, so I exchange New Years gifts with a good deal of my friends.

It's nice though that most atheists aren't angry at religion, they just don't believe in god. wish I could be so peaceable about christmas.

LOL, Chanukah trees.

[chibicharibdys.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah, I know how you feel. Chanukah isn't even a biblical holiday.

Needs more trees, though.

Unfortunatly I've run into a lot of anti-religious atheists lately, which makes me sad. I mean, I'm religious, but I'm not 100% sure about God either. Their main argument seems to be that religion causes war, to which my answer is no, people cause wars.

[principessar.livejournal.com]

I know! Yet there are people who think that Chanukah is Jewish Christmas... 0.0

LOL, trees. I haven't properly celebrated either Chanukah or New Years for a while, but this year I'll be in Paris for New Year so yay. Chanukah, I dunno, but I'll try.

Haha, sometimes I get anti-OTHER religions, but you are right. Religions themselves do not cause wars. Ethnic tensions and politics cause wars -- at least the so-called religious wars :P

[gwalla.livejournal.com]

It's almost biblical, from the books of Maccabees

[chibicharibdys.livejournal.com]

The book of Maccabees isn't in the Tanakh, though.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Or the infamous Chanuka bush!

[principessar.livejournal.com]

Yes! Wasn't there a children's book about that? LOL.

[viizou.livejournal.com]

I was a little unsettled when I saw Christmas trees on November 1st, but, as of yesterday, I'd say all the store windows and public places are fair game. Let the tinselling begin!