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To all my Conservative friends: Merry Christmas! And a Happy New Year!

To Liberals/Progressives: Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2022, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great. Not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country nor the only “America” in the Western Hemisphere. Also, this wish is made without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishes. 🙄

https://reclaimthenet.org/facebook-bans-mp-mark-strahls-christmas-message/?source=patrick.net

Facebook says it was wrong to ban Canadian Conservative MP Mark Strahl’s Christmas message
“Sometimes our automated review systems get things wrong."

Canadian Conservative MP Mark Strahl posted a Facebook ad wishing his Chilliwack-Hope constituents a Merry Christmas.

Facebook banned the post for violating its policies on discrimination.

The ad was reinstated after appeal, with Facebook blaming the mistake on an error in its automated systems.

In the video ad, Strahl said: “From my family to yours, have a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!”

It was no error.

Merry Christmas to everyone, and a Facebook-free New Year!

Merry Christmas!

Even the heathens :)

FuckTheMainstreamMedia says

Merry Christmas!

Even the heathens :)

Thank you! TBH it was our Winter Solstice that Christians culturally appropriated :)

I claim Winter Solstice as an Irish holiday, 5,000 years old:

https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-europe/winter-solstice-stone-age-people-ireland-built-fantastic-monument-new-year-020672

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to Patnet from the Tri-valley.

Merry Christmas and Happy new year.
Christmas is very beautiful festival to celebrate.

Unfortunately it falls for month of Sikh martyrdoms and older Sikh generation used to not celebrate anything in December.
Many people sleep on cold floor without blankets to celebrate the martyr.
So mixed bags for Sikhs.
https://www.thestatesman.com/features/chaar-sahibzaade-unforgettable-history-sikh-heroism-sacrifice-1503032667.html?source=patrick.net

FarmersWon says

Many people sleep on cold floor without blankets to celebrate the martyr.
So mixed bags for Sikhs.

Good lord, you'll never stop recruiting people to a cause people have no stake in.

Not my style Al but I still like it. And Merry Christmas to all you fuckers here. I now have 3 days of shit to deal with and will be intoxicated. So don't judge any comments I make between now and Monday. I hate this time of year for a multitude of reasons. Everyone enjoy though and be safe.

Merry Christmas to all.
I’m enjoying being Santa a little bit, I never was before but now I’m able to be a little bit generous.
We are in BCS Mexico so the food is normally served rather late by local custom, we will try to move suppertime back to 7pm. I’m likely going to be up late and suffering but I guess once per year I can tolerate it.
There’s a big turkey so I’m going to invite some guys renting a house nearby.
Interesting factoid: I have met several people from Vancouver Canada who said they were going to live here and work remotely, houses are too expensive so they have decided to try it out here.

Patrick says

I claim Winter Solstice as an Irish holiday, 5,000 years old:

So what happened to this great ancient Irish civilization? Why did the Irish revert to stone age savages by the time of the Romans? I suspect whiskey.

HeadSet says

Patrick says

I claim Winter Solstice as an Irish holiday, 5,000 years old:

So what happened to this great ancient Irish civilization? Why did the Irish revert to stone age savages by the time of the Romans? I suspect whiskey.

They were always savages. The Romans conquered them, and when Christianity came about the Druids were wiped out. It's an actual example of genocide. An entire, perhaps horrific, culture completely forgotten - destroyed. Perhaps for the best, but we don't know and never can know.

One problem was that the Druid culture made a point of not writing anything down. The Druids were supposed to memorize all the history, laws, etc. That's OK until the Druids die out.

Another problem was the betrayal of the upper class Irish when the English were invading. They left Ireland with their money and their financial support for the old Irish institutions.

https://infogalactic.com/info/Flight_of_the_Wild_Geese?source=patrick.net

A lot of them became mercenary officers and government officials in France, Austria, and Russia.

I think Hennessy Cognac in France was founded about this time by one of them.

Merry CHRISTMAS!

richwicks says

The Romans conquered them

Rome did not conquer Ireland, I only mentioned "time of the Romans" to give a reference.

HeadSet says

richwicks says

The Romans conquered them

Rome did not conquer Ireland, I only mentioned "time of the Romans" to give a reference.

Did they try?

tanked says

Did they try?

I doubt it. The Romans did not even want Scotland. Just built a wall to keep the heathens out.

Patrick says

I claim Winter Solstice as an Irish holiday, 5,000 years old:

https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-europe/winter-solstice-stone-age-people-ireland-built-fantastic-monument-new-year-020672?source=patrick.net

I trust you have begun your 10-day Pagan Bachnallian Fest?

HeadSet says

tanked says

Did they try?

I doubt it. The Romans did not even want Scotland. Just built a wall to keep the heathens out.

I think they tried in Scotland and gave up and built a wall.

The Romans never invaded Ireland. I read a story, not sure if it's true, that the Romans sent some spies to check out Ireland, but they came back with stories about how savage the Irish were. For example, that it was customary for the highest-status man to take the best piece of meat at communal feasts, but this frequently led to murders over status. The Romans figured that people who were willing to die at dinner were not going to make good Roman subjects anyway.

Merry Christmas everyone!

rocketjoe79 says

I trust you have begun your 10-day Pagan Bachnallian Fest?

Yes!

Marry Christmas to all!

And don't forget Jesus, the Reason for the Season, though the date is probably off.

tanked says

Did they try?

https://youtu.be/Vy2rO2mpsbs?source=patrick.net

Merry Christmas y'all!

Merry Christmas!

Christmas greetings and best wishes for the new year. Let us all feast and enjoy the company of our close families.

I went to Gregorian mass at noon at St. Thomas Church in Palo Alto, and it was quite inspiring. Wife was getting bored by the end (1.5 hours) but I was not bored at all.

I've always wanted to hear mass in Latin, and they have a choir which is just stupendous, assuming you like Gregorian music.

It's an elegant old church, at least for this area. I did not wear a mask, but neither did the two priests, and a couple other members of the congregation. It was not crowded, which was surprising for Christmas. But then it's pretty hard to follow in Latin, so maybe that puts some people off. They did have a nice booklet with all the words in English and Latin.

I may actually go back next week. I never liked the church when it was being forced on me, but as a purely voluntary thing, it's much more interesting. And I'm into Latin lately. I have my aunt's old Latin textbook from the U. of Chicago Lab School, and one day I'll read it.

Catholics should definitely not keep up with "modern times" but should revert to the old traditions that worked for many centuries. I was happy that they don't have a sodomy flag out front like so many protestant churches around here.

Patrick says

I was happy that they don't have a sodomy flag out front like so many protestant churches around here.

The irony of that statement is astounding. (Priests and pedophilia).


Patrick says

I've always wanted to hear mass in Latin

I was an altar boy in the 3rd Grade, and that was the last year of the Latin mass. The biggest hurdle was memorizing "the Confiteor," which was the longest recitation. Starts like "Confiteor Deo omnipotenti...." or "I confess to God Almighty."

HeadSet says

Patrick says

I was happy that they don't have a sodomy flag out front like so many protestant churches around here.

The irony of that statement is astounding. (Priests and pedophilia).

I do think it's still a mistake to have celibate priests. It is simply not natural for men to abstain from sex.

On the other hand, lately it is the protestant churches with sodomy flags. They seem to be willing to violate all norms and ethics in the quest for members and donations.

Patrick says

I went to Gregorian mass at noon at St. Thomas Church in Palo Alto, and it was quite inspiring. Wife was getting bored by the end (1.5 hours) but I was not bored at all.

I've always wanted to hear mass in Latin, and they have a choir which is just stupendous, assuming you like Gregorian music.

It's an elegant old church, at least for this area. I did not wear a mask, but neither did the two priests, and a couple other members of the congregation. It was not crowded, which was surprising for Christmas. But then it's pretty hard to follow in Latin, so maybe that puts some people off. They did have a nice booklet with all the words in English and Latin.

I may actually go back next week. I never liked the church when it was being forced on me, but as a purely voluntary thing, it's much more interesting. And I'm into Latin lately. I have my aunt's old Latin textbook from the U. of Chicago Lab School, and one day I'll read it.

Catholics should definitely not

I majored in Latin and English in high school and love Latin. I also love Gregorian Chants.