It wasn’t Christmas, it was that deeply-meaningful holiday, Constitution Day.
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But it was Xmas to us. It was Jesus’ birthday. And they took it away.
Wankers.
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Your country have an official holiday for Diwali? Or Eid al Fitr? I’m as much in favour of holidays as the next guy, but do we have a holiday for every very minor foreign tradition?
How many people celebrate Jesus’ birthday compared to getting pissed with friends and family?
It was years before I realized Christmas had anything to do with Jesus. I thought Santa was the Christmas deity.
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Isn’t that how you’re supposed to celebrate it?
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Huh? Jesus if he actually existed, wasn’t necessarily born on dec 25th. It’s just a custom and has changed over time.
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’ On Christmas, believers attended church, then celebrated raucously in a drunken, carnival-like atmosphere similar to today’s [Mardi Gras]’
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’ When Oliver Cromwell and his Puritan forces took over England in 1645, they vowed to rid England of decadence and, as part of their effort, cancelled Christmas.’
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I think you miss my deliberate obtuseness.
My only point is, if we’re going to have all the ridiculousness commercial pageantry then give us the ducking day off to boot.
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And you also miss my point.
For the last time people. I couldn’t give a fuck about Jesus birthday.
I just want a day off.
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Who ever enters Banqiao…?
Certainly not Jesus.
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My mate works for a Catholic uni and he gets Christmas Eve and Christmas Day off. I think he would also get Boxing Day off if it were on a weekday this year.
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It’s not quite Jerusalem, true.
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I feel there’s a virgin joke just waiting to be made here…anybody?
Maybe after the holidays.