Merry Christmas, DU!

[janx]

Merry Christmas! I have loved posting to those of you at DU!

Edit: And to all sock puppets and disruptors--Merry Christmas to you, too!

God bless all of you!

[NeoAnachronism]

1. Merry Whatever!

Happy Pagan resurrection of the light.

[janx]

18. Merry Christmas to you!

!

[BeFree]

33. Yes!

Only two more days of less and less daylight. Spring is just three months away! Hooray!

[alexisfree]

2. season greetings to you too!

[housewolf]

3. And Happy Holidays to you, too!

Wishing us all some peace and joy this holiday season.

[FrenchieCat]

4. Great Holidays

to all, and to all a good nite!

[janx]

36. Bonne nuit, Frenchie! n/t

[JI7]

5. Merry Christmas janx

i hope you and everyone else have a nice one.

[whirlygigspin]

7. Joyous Noel

and a Felix Navidaddy

[janx]

12. LOL!

Bien sur!

[janx]

25. Noel=News. I love it. n/t

[janx]

8. XOXOXO

Merry Christmas J17!

[Cheswick2.0]

6. Merry Christmas

Peace on Earth and Good will to all.

[janx]

9. Especially to you, my favorite Presbyterian!

:hug:

XOXOXOXOXO

Edit/P.S.: I found the perfect Charlie Brown tree. It's not little, but it's local. It's the quintessential Colorado tree!

[Cheswick2.0]

21. I am getting one tomorow

I decided against putting up my ugly artificial tree. The Tree farms around here can use the business.

[janx]

28. We got the most sparse tree...you should have seen it.

But after we decorated it, the Charlie Brown effect kicked in, and right now Huck is curled up in the chair beside it. My daughter put a couple of presents under it for other people.

It's beautiful.

[janx]

20. Dickens:

"This is Ignorance, and this is Want..."

Do you remember that?

Amazing literature.

[Cheswick2.0]

23. Are there no work houses?

Scrooge had a lot to learn.

[janx]

26. I love Dickens.

People watch movies based on his stories now, and I guess that's good.

[n2mark]

10. Merry Christmas

Happy New Year, and Happy Holidays, Seasons Greetings to you!

Whatever, may the last days of December bring you happiness and peace and hope for the New Year. Happiness for the New Year to you and everyone who comes in contact with you.

[janx]

11. Tough times have happened and will continue to happen,

but, dammit, we must still have faith...

!

Merry Christmas!

[Endangered Specie]

13. Happy Winter Solstice to yall!

:grouphug:

[janx]

14. It's beautiful here--

just getting ready for another dump of snow!

[janx]

15. Remember--for those of serious and private faith--

nothing can touch you. Politics cannot touch you.

Edit: No matter what faith.

[Leilani]

16. Mele Kalikimaka, janx & DUers!

Merry Christmas from Hawaii with Aloha!

[janx]

17. Thanks, Leilani.

Keep your faith, and I will try to do the same. I've always wanted to experience Hawaii.

[Leilani]

19. Mahalo! (Thank you)

You need to visit this place...it's magical.

In Hawaii, everyone is part of Ohana (family) & that's the way I feel about DU.

[janx]

24. I would love to see it.

It's supposed to be so beautiful! Someday I hope to see it.

[huskerlaw]

78. Mahalo

I'll be in Hawaii on Friday! :) Christmas on the beach is far superior to Christmas spent digging snow in -9 degree weather.

Mele Kalikimaka, DU!

[WillyT]

22. Merry Christmas Janx !!!

:yourock:

:hi:

[janx]

32. Same to you, Willy!

Sometimes people make fun of faith. But faith has kept people together during the most desperate of times. As long as they don't abuse other people in the process, and as long as they help others, I can't help but think it's a very good thing.

It's when they abuse themselves and others in the name of government that things get nasty.

:toast:

[AmerDem]

27. yea right

Christmas, The USA holiday of greed. I don't need a holiday cheer. You should be ashamed of what we are!

[janx]

29. Buck up, man.

That's what my mother said to my brother shortly before she died.

It's only a holiday of greed if you make it so.

[AmerDem]

30. you're clueless

It's a holiday of greed period! Don't give me your heart felt family tragedy story I have enough of my own. Start talking to fellow retailers for sympathy!

[janx]

31. I don't have any fellow retailers.

Merry Christmas!

[AmerDem]

35. nothing Merry about it! n/t

[Ron Green]

37. "God bless us, every one, Mr. Scrooge!"

[JI7]

39. what a disgusting post

nobody forced you to respond on here. and what do you know about how she lives or spends christmas ?

[BeFree]

34. The birth of Christ

Is what Christmas is supposed to be about, eh?

Here's my short take on the Christ, if you are so inclined to listen.

He came here to show us that we can overcome anything. His message of "Love Thy Neighbor" was, and is, the most profound and important message ever delivered to the human race.

Taking heed of that message has led man to work with others instead of fighting, and has resulted in the creation of the many good things which we use to make our lives easier. Things like electricity, automobiles and even this computer, came about only through the co-operation of men.

It took damn near two thousand years to rise this far, but here we are. Let us celebrate! Merry Christmas!

[The Gigmeister]

41. He came here to give us everlasting life through Him.

Merry Christmas to you are yours. :)

[progmom]

71. beautiful

thanks.

[Trahurn]

38. Right Back At You

Thank you for your holiday wishes. The same to you and yours.

[Higans]

40. Santa, can my children please have the right to vote some day?

[The Gigmeister]

42. And a Merry Chistmas to you are yours too!

And to anyone reading this. May God Bless you all. :)

[Cheswick2.0]

50. God Bless you too

Peace

[Borgnine]

43. Happy Halloween!

BOO!

[Postmanx]

44. Merry Christmas...

...to ALL!

[Walt Starr]

45. Cool yule!

:D

[Runcible Spoon]

46. why the hell is this in Gen. D-politics??

shouldn't it be in the lounge? Unless the OP meant it as flamebait regarding other GD threads about forced use of "merry xmas" greetings....hmmmm..

[janx]

48. Not meant as flamebait. n/t

[Runcible Spoon]

49. ok then maybe move to the lounge??

unless you have a point relating to politics??

[Cheswick2.0]

51. Merry Christmas

Hope yours is full of joy.

[Runcible Spoon]

52. merry "shove religion (X, Y,Z) down your throat" day!

have a good one! edited for clarity. This non-believer in organized religion feels heartfelt sympathy for all atheists, agnostics, and other square pegs.

[Cheswick2.0]

53. How is that exactly?

You posted on the thread. You have free will don't you?

[Runcible Spoon]

55. just don't know exactly why this was posted in GD politics

so excuse me for responding to this thinking it was more than an innocent greeting thread. Why should the rules be bent for some and not for others? Why are politically oriented threads being locked for being disruptive (which they may be, but at least the sibject matter is relevant) and this one stays here? Either it IS political, and therefore I have a right to respond to it with skepticism, or it ISN'T political and is merely an Xmas greeting, in which xase it doesn't belong here and should go into the Lounge. Clear enough for you?

[janx]

57. It's not an either/or situation, necessarily.

But I'll gladly excuse fallacious logic in this case. I've already told you it was not intended as flamebait; I didn't even know about the threads in GD until you mentioned them.

Skepticism is healthy. Undue suspicion is not, really. It's such a waste of time!

[Runcible Spoon]

59. and it's a waste of the mods time

to have to wade through your irrelevant post when it should have been posted in the lounge in the first place. I'm still waiting for you to tell me exactly WHY this is GD: Politics material. What's really a waste of time is having to argue this because you couldn't put your exclusivist pro-christian "greeting thread" in the appropriate forum.

[Cheswick2.0]

60. here is a thread I am sure you will enjoy more than this one

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1440106

It has no relationahip to politics. Basically it is just an excuse to bash Christians. Go have a ball. Maybe you can save it for Christmas day and so have a Merry Christmas.

[Runcible Spoon]

63. apples and oranges.

I don't condone bashing of anyone. I have never bashed christians or their religious beliefs on this board. I merely question why some feel as if their beliefs should be accepted without question or reaction by everyone. If I were to start a thread called "Have a beautiful day all you non-Jewish straight white people" I would rightly expect to get flamed. I enjoy some aspects of Christmas. I would like everyone to enjoy the holidays as s/he sees fit, but if you say "god bless you" to me, expect me to let YOU know that I don't subscribe to your belief system. I do, however, respect it, so don't label me as a crhistian basher.

[Cheswick2.0]

65. not apples and oranges

if you believe that threads having to do with religion should not be in this forum then prove it by going and complaining there.

[Runcible Spoon]

66. I said threads having to do..

with religion with no political content. As for the other thread, I hadn't even seen it and have no reason to resurrect a sunken thread to prove anything to you. goddess bless.

[Cheswick2.0]

67. well it is a thread that has no political content and it is all about

bashing Christians. Apparently that is okay with you, but a simple "Merry Christmas", even though the words are fairly generic to those who don't believe, is offensive here. Why am I not surprised?

[janx]

75. I feel...

so hopelessly un-hip! :cry:

So out of touch! :cry:

So politically incorrect! :cry:

[Runcible Spoon]

56. not on DU

I do not have a free will on DU, I am bound by the rules that govern what I can and cannot post. I am fine with that, and think they are fair rules. Apparently, however, some think the rules should be bent for them.

[comsymp]

62. Look on the bright side, Farce

Threads like this help to show that there are no absolutes, and to illustrate just how blurry that ol' Red-Blue, RW-LW line really is.

[tx_dem41]

70. So you don't have the free will to NOT click on a thread? n/t

[quaoar]

47. Merry Christmas to all!!!

[manhattanite]

54. Merry ChrisMaHanuKwanZaKah and Happy New Year!

http://www.chrismahanukwanzakah.com

http://roadtrip.typepad.com/ca2fl/files/virgin_mobilesnowflakes.mov

[jim3775]

58. Have a generally agreeable solstice.

Back to lurking...

[Cheswick2.0]

61. have generally beautiful solstice

to you!

[LynnTheDem]

64. Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Joyeux Noel to all. n/t

[btyarbro]

68. Here's a "present" for all of you

If you're in the mood for a little DU holiday cheer:
read
"Twas the Nightmare Before Inauguration"

here's the link: http://www.politicalstrategy.org/archives/000839.php

Happy Holidays!
:toast:

[janx]

72. ...

"...Away to the bathroom we flew in a flash,
Threw wide the door and threw up stale hash..."


Uh huh...

[atommom]

69. Merry Christmas, Season's Greetings, and Good Vibes to you too.

[Cuban_Liberal]

73. Y feliz ano nuevo!

:)

[Renew Deal]

74. Merry Christmas my friend.

:pals:

[Lone_Star_Dem]

76. From my home to yours, Seasons Greetings.

Best wishes for a joy filled New Year, too! :)

[mzmolly]

77. XO Janx and a Happy New Yea!

:hug:

[leftofthedial]

79. Happy Xdays!