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Title: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by Katie Rose on Oct 23rd, 2022 at 6:20pm
There are houses here that adore Xmas! Santa Clauses climbing onto their rooves, I know its early but as I love xmas it,s fine by me-
One such person coming to my place for xmas dinner has ordered Chicken Katsu for that meal-its easy so its ok!! |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by Belgarion on Oct 23rd, 2022 at 6:46pm Agnes. wrote on Oct 23rd, 2022 at 6:20pm:
There should be no mention of Christmas before 01 December, on pain of violation by a very prickly piece of holly! ;) Seriously, the commercial build up gets earlier every year and the magic wears off long before the day arrives. :( |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by Katie Rose on Oct 23rd, 2022 at 7:07pm Belgarion wrote on Oct 23rd, 2022 at 6:46pm:
I don't see it as magic- I'm into it 'cos of the lights and all the other sparkly stuff- seriously! I was 7 when the magic wore off, my poor parents! |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by Katie Rose on Oct 23rd, 2022 at 7:20pm |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by Jovial Monk on Oct 23rd, 2022 at 10:01pm
I will be settling into my new house. Dinner might be sandwiches, depends how soon I find my pans and culinary implements!
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Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by Katie Rose on Oct 23rd, 2022 at 10:25pm
Get KFC-it's good for you anyway!
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Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by AusGeoff on Oct 24th, 2022 at 12:27am Belgarion wrote on Oct 23rd, 2022 at 6:46pm:
I agree absolutely. For a start, being a lifelong atheist—who had Christmas force fed to my by my conservative Christian family—I detest the so-called "festive" season. One that celebrates the imagined, non-birth of someone who in all likelihood never existed. It's become an overcommercialised, crass, odious, marketer's wet dream that for some reason sucks the plebs in to spending hundreds of dollars they don't have on kid's cheap and nasty, nonbiodegradable plastic toys for $400 a hit. I'll be mailing this out to all my enemies this year..... |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by Katie Rose on Dec 16th, 2022 at 1:05am
About 10 days to go , so get your ideas going - make sure the kids have been catered for as well as yourself!!
Got any ideas ready at this stage? Put them down here? |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by Jovial Monk on Dec 16th, 2022 at 3:05am
Washing walls
Patching walls Sanding walls Painting walls Some unbelievable bogan did some terrible things to this house! I need a new wood burning heater too—will Santa deliver one you think? Want to get rid of stupid curtains and fit vertical blinds. Will Santa spring for a new bathroom you think? So I can turn the present poky one into a walk in pantry? |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by Lisa Jones on Dec 16th, 2022 at 7:49am Jovial Monk wrote on Dec 16th, 2022 at 3:05am:
Get some sleep Mad Mong! You've been up all night again Manic Moron! |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by greggerypeccary on Dec 16th, 2022 at 8:09am AusGeoff wrote on Oct 24th, 2022 at 12:27am:
Totally agree. I don't participate in it at all. :) [smiley=thumbsup.gif] |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by Lisa Jones on Dec 16th, 2022 at 8:35am greggerypeccary wrote on Dec 16th, 2022 at 8:09am:
As it's a pagan based festival you (being godless and a pagan) should be celebrating it big time. |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by greggerypeccary on Dec 16th, 2022 at 12:22pm Lisa Jones wrote on Dec 16th, 2022 at 8:35am:
No, Christmas isn't a pagan festival - it's a festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ. You're thinking of Saturnalia. Some people mistakenly believe that Christmas originated from Saturnalia, but it didn't. They just happen to be two festivals that are held at the same time of year. A common mistake, but a mistake nonetheless. |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by greggerypeccary on Dec 16th, 2022 at 12:30pm greggerypeccary wrote on Dec 16th, 2022 at 12:22pm:
Here we go, this will clear things up for you: Did the Romans Invent Christmas? Did the first Christian Roman emperor appropriate the pagan festival of Saturnalia to celebrate the birth of Christ? Matt Salusbury weighs the evidence. "It was a public holiday celebrated around December 25th in the family home. A time for feasting, goodwill, generosity to the poor, the exchange of gifts and the decoration of trees. But it wasn’t Christmas. This was Saturnalia, the pagan Roman winter solstice festival. But was Christmas, Western Christianity’s most popular festival, derived from the pagan Saturnalia?" Gwynn concludes: ‘The majority of modern scholars would be reluctant to accept any close connection between the Saturnalia and the emergence of the Christian Christmas.’ Full details here: https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/did-romans-invent-christmas |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by Lisa Jones on Dec 16th, 2022 at 12:59pm greggerypeccary wrote on Dec 16th, 2022 at 12:22pm:
Christmas has nothing to do with Saturn or Saturnalia. You need to go further back in time. Its pagan roots are entrenched within the very ancient and abominable Baal - Sun god cult worship which is often referred to in the Old Testament of the Holy Bible. If your link doesn't state this ....then keep Googling. |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by greggerypeccary on Dec 16th, 2022 at 1:49pm Lisa Jones wrote on Dec 16th, 2022 at 12:59pm:
Correct. As the article says. "It was a public holiday celebrated around December 25th in the family home. A time for feasting, goodwill, generosity to the poor, the exchange of gifts and the decoration of trees. But it wasn’t Christmas. This was Saturnalia". ‘The majority of modern scholars would be reluctant to accept any close connection between the Saturnalia and the emergence of the Christian Christmas.’ |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by Lisa Jones on Dec 16th, 2022 at 2:20pm Lisa Jones wrote on Dec 16th, 2022 at 12:59pm:
Edit : Your link DOES refer to the Sun god! That Sun god is/was Baal! Re Baal : Baal has been revived by Neo-Pagan and Wiccan groups who often choose him as their personal deity in ritual worship. The celebration of Christmas iS linked especially wrt the date ... to this pagan god. Back in ancient times our pagan ancestors gave presents to each other and cut down trees and celebrated the birth of the sun god in order to please him. True Christians know all this....but what can we do? Some Christians have re defined the day to reflect on the birth of Jesus Christ knowing full well it wasn't the day at all. It was most likely in March. Other Christians ignore the day and treat it like any other. These Christians tend to be very adamant about not participating in a pagan festival. On 25 Dec - I'm happy to host a bbq for family and friends. It's a public holiday so that means it's a great opportunity to do this as more people will be off work and can therefore attend. Re presents : I buy/give presents to people on THEIR birthday AND whenever I find something on sale which I know will be a blessing for them (something they need/have been looking for). I never wait for the 25 December to give someone a present. Everyone who knows me in real time knows that's how I operate. As I find bargains throughout the year including December...I buy them and pass these through to family, friends and neighbours throughout the year. It makes them happy and it makes me happy. How do you celebrate the 25th of December? Do you even celebrate anything on that day?? From Greg's link : The festival of dies natalis solis invicti, ‘birthday of the unconquered sun’. The Philocalian calendar also states that December 25th was a Roman civil holiday honouring the cult of sol invicta. With its origins in Syria and the monotheistic cult of Mithras, sol invicta certainly has similarities to the worship of Jesus. The cult was introduced into the empire in AD 274 by Emperor Aurelian (214-275), who effectively made it a state religion, putting its emblem on Roman coins. Sol invicta succeeded because of its ability to assimilate aspects of Jupiter and other deities into its figure of the Sun King, reflecting the absolute power of ‘divine’emperors. But despite efforts by later pagan emperors to control Saturnalia and absorb the festival into the official cult, the sol invicta ended up looking very much like the old Saturnalia. Constantine, the first Christian emperor, was brought up in the sol invicta cult, in what was by then already a predominantly monotheist empire: ‘It is therefore possible,’ says Dr Gwynn, ‘that Christmas was intended to replace this festival i |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by greggerypeccary on Dec 16th, 2022 at 2:41pm Lisa Jones wrote on Dec 16th, 2022 at 2:20pm:
I celebrate France/Austria/Slovenia. True story. On the 25th December I have a Champagne breakfast with some friends, usually around 8am. We drink French Champagne and eat Viennese croissants (the original croissants are from Austria, not France. The modern ones are a French creation) with ham, chicken, and French cheese. There's no exchanging gifts. At around 2pm we have a BBQ (with some Slovenian wine), and for the rest of the day we watch a Christmas movie (Die Hard this year), drink too much beer and whiskey, play Jenga, and then fall asleep on the couch watching '70s & '80s video clips on Foxtel. |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by greggerypeccary on Dec 16th, 2022 at 3:47pm greggerypeccary wrote on Dec 16th, 2022 at 2:41pm:
Oh, I forgot. We have Italian coffee at the Champagne breakfast too. So it's a celebration of Italy, France, Austria, and Slovenia. Jesus doesn't crack a mention, I'm afraid. |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by Ayn Marx on Dec 18th, 2022 at 8:19pm
Wouldn't mind if we were celebrating the summer equinox. / / /
https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=summer+equinox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safari_group=9 But the supposed birth of Jesus Christ disguised under mountains of tinsel ? It's a tragic joke.... |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by greggerypeccary on Dec 18th, 2022 at 9:06pm greggerypeccary wrote on Dec 16th, 2022 at 3:47pm:
Oh yeah, another silly tradition we have: we buy a Cheesecake Shop cheesecake and eat it over three days. Still no mention of Jesus though. |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by Katie Rose on Dec 18th, 2022 at 9:18pm
nor should he- it's xmas after all- bugger jesus !!
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Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by Ayn Marx on Dec 18th, 2022 at 9:27pm Agnes. wrote on Dec 18th, 2022 at 9:18pm:
Always suspected he was 'one of those' |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by Captain Nemo on Dec 19th, 2022 at 4:48pm
Albo was so poor growing up,
That on Christmas Eve his mum would close every window and door in his home so he'd have something to open on Christmas Day. ;D |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by Katie Rose on Dec 19th, 2022 at 7:25pm Ayn Marx wrote on Dec 18th, 2022 at 9:27pm:
you have already announced that you were |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by Katie Rose on Dec 19th, 2022 at 7:26pm Captain Nemo wrote on Dec 19th, 2022 at 4:48pm:
nothing wrong with being poor either!! |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by Dnarever on Dec 19th, 2022 at 7:57pm
My plan is to survive this one and be ready for next Xmas.
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Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by Katie Rose on Dec 19th, 2022 at 10:32pm Dnarever wrote on Dec 19th, 2022 at 7:57pm:
my plan is to just ignore it |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by Katie Rose on Dec 19th, 2022 at 10:35pm Dnarever wrote on Dec 19th, 2022 at 7:57pm:
You have big plans for next Xmas? Why?? |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by Dnarever on Dec 20th, 2022 at 10:37am
The tiny envelopes I painted for the kids present cards.
Working on the cards now. ![]() |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by Lisa Jones on Dec 20th, 2022 at 12:48pm
👆 Ohhh that's GORGEOUS!
My husband makes our cards and envelopes too. We retain these as keepsakes. Up until now I used to think he was the only guy on the planet who did this lol. |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by UnSubRocky on Dec 20th, 2022 at 10:44pm
Christmas shopping has been greatly reduced to "Secret Santa" this year. I spent $100 on groceries this week, including the present that I would add to the list. The only thing I am not looking forward to is leaving the house for Christmas day still untidy. What has it been? Like, 3 months of promising to clean up the house? And still, I have yet to even sweep the floor.
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Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by Dnarever on Dec 21st, 2022 at 4:23pm Dnarever wrote on Dec 20th, 2022 at 10:37am:
The cards watercolour done. Note: this done the easy way - nothing is original. That would have taken too long. ![]() |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by Katie Rose on Dec 21st, 2022 at 6:20pm
They will be special ! A great addition to xmas- your kids will love it so much- a keeper!!
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Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by Captain Nemo on Dec 26th, 2022 at 11:11am ;D |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by Captain Nemo on Dec 27th, 2022 at 10:06am |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by Vic on Dec 27th, 2022 at 10:25am
Tree is down and packed away, lights are wound on the reel and batteries removed, decorations neatly packed in bags. Christmas 2022 is now securely taped in Bunnings boxes and stowed in the shed.
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Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by Dnarever on Dec 27th, 2022 at 11:14am Captain Nemo wrote on Dec 27th, 2022 at 10:06am: Seen a dog neck scarf with the start of the dogs version of Santa Claus is coming to town on it. He's making a list I've eaten it twice |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by John Smith on Dec 27th, 2022 at 1:44pm Vic wrote on Dec 27th, 2022 at 10:25am:
Gee, what's the rush? I leave mine until after new years eve.its a lot of work to set it all up so I may as well enjoy it for a few weeks |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by Vic on Dec 27th, 2022 at 3:09pm John Smith wrote on Dec 27th, 2022 at 1:44pm:
When the Kids were younger John, ours would stay up as well. Now it is just us, once the Grandkids have visited and received their presents we clear the decks for the next event. Coles down here were selling Hot Cross Buns on Boxing Day! |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by Dnarever on Dec 27th, 2022 at 4:20pm John Smith wrote on Dec 27th, 2022 at 1:44pm:
Yes it goes up on 1/12 and comes down on 1/1. My Griswold neighbour had all the bells and whistles out the front. It was all gone when I got home Xmas night. |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by UnSubRocky on Dec 29th, 2022 at 5:02pm
Oh well. That is all over for another year. I miss winter already. We have had summer for 3 months too long, and still another 3 months of summer until Autumn kicks in around April.
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Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by UnSubRocky on Dec 29th, 2022 at 5:08pm Dnarever wrote on Dec 27th, 2022 at 4:20pm:
My sister had a neighbour (directly next door to them) that decorated the house in all manner of Christmas lights. They could have possibly won the Christmas lights competition, judging by people that went out of their way to drive up to Cotswold and have a look. Straight across from them, another neighbour had an arrow lit up with the words "Ditto", pointing towards the decorated house. I could not get to sleep before midnight each night. But, I did notice that the neighbours turned their Christmas lights off after midnight. |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by Xavier on Jan 25th, 2023 at 8:42am
I can't wait for Xmas Kate.
I've put some decorations up already. |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by Katie Rose on Jan 26th, 2023 at 7:57pm Jasin wrote on Jan 25th, 2023 at 8:42am:
My neighbor kept her lights up all year- lol |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by AusGeoff on Jan 26th, 2023 at 8:04pm Only 329 shopping days to Christmas. Expect to see Christmas decorations, trees, cards and wrapping paper very soon in Kmart and Woolworths stores. ::) |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by Xavier on Jan 26th, 2023 at 8:47pm
I'm ahead of the pack.
My decorations are already up. People walk past and shake their heads. Definitely no Xmas spirit. |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by UnSubRocky on Jan 26th, 2023 at 10:44pm
I am ready for winter. Christmas can hold off for another 11 months.
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Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by Xavier on Jan 27th, 2023 at 12:09am
We need a major Volcanic eruption to knock the world's temperature down a few degrees for a few years.
Maybe Yellowstone can go off, smother the planet in a haze and knock off a few billion people with famines from failed crops, etc. There will be snow in Brisbane at least. |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by UnSubRocky on Jan 27th, 2023 at 2:07pm
Assuming that there would be enough humidity in the air for that winter storm to form over Brisbane.
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Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by Katie Rose on Jan 27th, 2023 at 5:22pm
I am redecorating my place soon. there were no decent decorations in the shop this time around- so trying again for luck.
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Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by Xavier on Jan 27th, 2023 at 6:06pm
I'm wondering wether to get one of those blow up santas for the roof or not? Anyone had one? Easy to arrange on the tiles?
Do they get hot in the sun and burst? |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by Katie Rose on Jan 28th, 2023 at 3:11am Jasin wrote on Jan 27th, 2023 at 6:06pm:
With all of those problems I would not bother - one of them most likely be a problem and the fun would be all over!! Save youself the head f/uck Jasin. |
Title: Re: Ready for Xmas!!? Post by Xavier on Jan 28th, 2023 at 6:22am Agnes. wrote on Jan 28th, 2023 at 3:11am:
I think you're right Kate. Too many possible problems not worth wasting money on. |
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