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| Author: | Choc-o-Lardiac Arrest [ Thu Dec 08, 2005 3:46 am ] |
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hey, does anyone else out here think that Christmas has become owned by the big corperations and that you are expected to buy theese several items like Trees, and lights, and lawn ornaments and big expensive toys and machines. what do you guys think? [Edit by InterruptorJones: Just fixing the spelling in the title so I don't have to look at "Corperate" anymore.  ]
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| Author: | IantheGecko [ Thu Dec 08, 2005 4:33 am ] |
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Absolutely. People fail to look beyond all the presents, shopping hassles, financial debt & commercialism & see the 2 real gifts that come from this season: God's love, & His Son. |
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| Author: | StrongRad [ Thu Dec 08, 2005 4:37 am ] |
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I think it's funny that people are so upset about students saying Merry Christmas to schools, and the like, but don't seem to have any problem fighting each other in the malls on the day after Thanksgiving. It would seem that, if Christmas bothered them THAT much, they wouldn't spend so much money. |
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| Author: | Choc-o-Lardiac Arrest [ Thu Dec 08, 2005 4:39 am ] |
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yes, gods love and his son...... but as for terms of what the Jehovas witnesses belive, we dont know what date Jesus christ was born on, they think that they just picked out the 25 of december because it was a cool date. to some, The three wise men arrived to where Jesus christ was born and met with the child. some just say they dont care. but what date is it really on? |
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| Author: | StrongRad [ Thu Dec 08, 2005 4:43 am ] |
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Christmas Dagon wrote: yes, gods love and his son...... but as for terms of what the Jehovas witnesses belive, we dont know what date Jesus christ was born on, they think that they just picked out the 25 of december because it was a cool date. to some, The three wise men arrived to where Jesus christ was born and met with the child. some just say they dont care. but what date is it really on?
I asked a history prof that knew a lot about the Roman Empire if he could shed some light on that. According to him, the actual date was probably sometime in the spring, as the Roman tax season was around that time. Still, the date doesn't REALLY matter, it's not WHEN it happened, but WHAT happened that matters. |
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| Author: | IantheGecko [ Thu Dec 08, 2005 4:48 am ] |
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December 25 wasn't a "Cool date"; the Romans chose it to coincide with Sol Invictus. Besides, does it matter which day we celebrate Christ's birth? What really matters is that we celebrate it in the first place. |
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| Author: | Jitka [ Thu Dec 08, 2005 5:01 am ] |
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SantaGecko wrote: Absolutely. People fail to look beyond all the presents, shopping hassles, financial debt & commercialism & see the 2 real gifts that come from this season: God's love, & His Son.
Thank you, Linus.  
No, I do agree. When advertisements for gifts start four months before Christmas, it's officially gotten over-commercialized. It's always been commercialized, though. Just about everything done in this world is done for money. It's kinda sad when you think about it. EDIT: I read somewhere that Jesus was probably born in October. Don't remember where I heard that, though. |
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| Author: | Mr.KISS [ Thu Dec 08, 2005 6:29 am ] |
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Ya, The holidays are getting way to commercial. I mean like, if you look back to see when that Peanuts thing was made, apparently commercialism was bad back then. So, considering how much more superficial we are today, things must be horrible. |
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| Author: | The Noid [ Thu Dec 08, 2005 12:02 pm ] |
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Things are getting bad. They are making new Charlie brown X-Mas specials and Linus has a younger brother, and like...56 new cast memebrs. But hey, I still see the giving side of things, and I appreciate the Christams air, not only for gifts. |
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| Author: | Jello B. [ Thu Dec 08, 2005 3:01 pm ] |
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The Groid wrote: They are making new Charlie brown X-Mas specials and Linus has a younger brother, and like...56 new cast memebrs.
You must not be very familiar with Peanuts, then, because Linus has had Rerun as a younger brother for a long time. I agree, though, it is getting too commercialized. I mean Christmas trees in June? That's WAY too freaking early. And they used to wait until December to start playing Christmas carols on the radio, now it's whenever they feel like it. But hey, yeah. |
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| Author: | ramrod [ Thu Dec 08, 2005 3:07 pm ] |
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JohnTheTinyCowboy wrote: No, I do agree. When advertisements for gifts start four months before Christmas, it's officially gotten over-commercialized. It's always been commercialized, though. Just about everything done in this world is done for money. It's kinda sad when you think about it. |
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| Author: | Exhibit A [ Thu Dec 08, 2005 5:18 pm ] |
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KISS-Cringle 66 wrote: Ya, The holidays are getting way to commercial. I mean like, if you look back to see when that Peanuts thing was made, apparently commercialism was bad back then. So, considering how much more superficial we are today, things must be horrible.
No, Christmas was over-commercialized then too. That was kind of the point of it, that Charlie Brown was tired of all the commercialism. |
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| Author: | Mr.KISS [ Thu Dec 08, 2005 6:06 pm ] |
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Exhibit Elf wrote: KISS-Cringle 66 wrote: Ya, The holidays are getting way to commercial. I mean like, if you look back to see when that Peanuts thing was made, apparently commercialism was bad back then. So, considering how much more superficial we are today, things must be horrible. No, Christmas was over-commercialized then too. That was kind of the point of it, that Charlie Brown was tired of all the commercialism. Yes, I said it was. That was like, the bread and butter of what I said, it was a compariosn thing of like..."if it was bad then, it must be horrible now". |
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| Author: | Shopiom [ Thu Dec 08, 2005 8:09 pm ] |
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Well, what I hate is that Christmas tree lights are always designed crappily, so that you'll always have to buy new ones. |
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| Author: | No Toppings [ Thu Dec 08, 2005 9:04 pm ] |
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And THAT is why we cubans and other spanish speakers let chistmas be the spiritual holiday and 3 king day the commercial one, since nobody else celebrates 3 kings day anyway... |
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| Author: | StrongRad [ Thu Dec 08, 2005 10:01 pm ] |
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Christmas Shoppingiom wrote: Well, what I hate is that Christmas tree lights are always designed crappily, so that you'll always have to buy new ones.
I know what you mean. Back in the day, the lasted for AGES. There's a strand at home that we've used since I was 5 (read: before almost everyone on the forum was even BORN!) You'd be lucky to get a string to last 5 years now. You can save money on new ones, though, by getting them the day after christmas. If you wait a week (and they aren't sold out) you'll get them even cheaper. One year I bought 6 sets of 450 lights each for under 5 bucks. The only risk in waiting that long is that they are usually sold out. |
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| Author: | Acekirby [ Thu Dec 08, 2005 10:38 pm ] |
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JohnTheTinyCowboy wrote: EDIT: I read somewhere that Jesus was probably born in October. Don't remember where I heard that, though.
Huh. I'd heard he was born sometime in Spring. Yes, Christmas is way over commercialized. It gets blown so much out of proportion that it's kind of overwhelming. |
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| Author: | Mr. Sparkle [ Thu Dec 08, 2005 10:44 pm ] |
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I look beyond the gifts, mostly in part to the disapointing Christmas(kitchen remodeling and whatnot). Christmas is another time when my family comes together(11 out of 12 of my fathers siblings come together on Christmas and all of my mothers family on Christmas Eve). Anyway, it seems that Christmas has been blown a bit out of proportion. |
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| Author: | The Noid [ Thu Dec 08, 2005 11:12 pm ] |
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Jello Bethlehem wrote: The Groid wrote: They are making new Charlie brown X-Mas specials and Linus has a younger brother, and like...56 new cast memebrs. You must not be very familiar with Peanuts, then, because Linus has had Rerun as a younger brother for a long time. ...which gives me a few questions. 1. When was he made? 2. Why is his name Rerun? 3. Who in the right mond would name there kid Rerun?(The Van Houten parents, obviously...) Also, that Jesus being born in Spring thing is pretty interesting... |
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| Author: | Acekirby [ Thu Dec 08, 2005 11:17 pm ] |
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The Groid wrote: 1. When was he made?
2. Why is his name Rerun? 3. Who in the right mond would name there kid Rerun?(The Van Houten parents, obviously...) 1. Closer to the end of the series, I assume. 2. Who knows? Why is one of Penny Arcade's characters named Tycho? 3. Once again, who knows? But interesting trivia here- one obscure character was named 5.
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| Author: | Mr. Sparkle [ Thu Dec 08, 2005 11:19 pm ] |
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The Groid wrote: Jello Bethlehem wrote: The Groid wrote: They are making new Charlie brown X-Mas specials and Linus has a younger brother, and like...56 new cast memebrs. You must not be very familiar with Peanuts, then, because Linus has had Rerun as a younger brother for a long time. 2. Why is his name Rerun? 3. Who in the right mond would name there kid Rerun?(The Van Houten parents, obviously...) 2. No idea 3. van Pelt, actually. Edit:Acekorby: Tycho Brahe In case you didn't know. |
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| Author: | The Noid [ Thu Dec 08, 2005 11:22 pm ] |
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Mr. Sparkanta Claus wrote: The Groid wrote: Jello Bethlehem wrote: The Groid wrote: They are making new Charlie brown X-Mas specials and Linus has a younger brother, and like...56 new cast memebrs. You must not be very familiar with Peanuts, then, because Linus has had Rerun as a younger brother for a long time. 2. Why is his name Rerun? 3. Who in the right mond would name there kid Rerun?(The Van Houten parents, obviously...) 2. No idea 3. van Pelt, actually. Oh, I could've sworn it was Van Houten... |
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| Author: | Acekirby [ Thu Dec 08, 2005 11:23 pm ] |
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The Groid wrote: Oh, I could've sworn it was Van Houten...
You're thinking of The Simpsons; Milhouse Van Houten. |
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| Author: | Code J [ Fri Dec 09, 2005 3:30 am ] |
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The Groid wrote: 1. When was he made? March 26, 1973. Toastus Paintus. |
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| Author: | Einoo T. Spork [ Fri Dec 09, 2005 3:39 am ] |
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The Groid wrote: 2. Why is his name Rerun?
When he came to be in the Peanuts comic strip, Lucy referred to him as a "rerun" because of Linus having already been born. The name stuck. 
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