Christmas

Well, it is Christmas eve and I haven't noticed any Christmas threads. So, in a last attempt to fully realize the spirit of the season I thought i'd ask all of you what your favorite, Christmas memories and traditions are. What is everyones, Christmas carol?

I suppose my favorite tradition has become making cookies with my mother. Even though I don't always participate I also enjoy seeing the neighbors decorations. When I do decorate I do enjoy coming home from a long day to a lighted house. I think my favorite Christmas carol is, Come all ye faithful.

Favourite carol? Many! I love almost all Christmas carols (Carol of the Bells, Joy to the World, Silent Night, Deck the Halls, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, O Come All Ye Faithful, O Little Town of Bethlehem, you name it) and many traditional Christmas jingles (Sleigh Ride, Let it Snow, It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas, I'll Be Home For Christmas, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas etc.). Pity there is no frost outside and no snow. The winter hasn't simply arrived yet, so it has diminished my Christmas spirit a little bit.

Traditions? Going out for Christmas tree in the forests outside my town either day before Christmas eve or before sun goes down on 24th (when sun goes down you don't want to be stuck in the woods 😆 ).

Right now I have jingles playing from online Christmas radio stations:

http://www.shoutcast.com/radio/Christmas

I like Christmas carols that say Christ's name in them.

Happy Bodhisattva Jesus birthday

Merry Christmas KMC

Merry Christmas people!

Merry Politically Correct Holiday Insert Here!

My favorite Xmas song is "Silent Night", which is about the only Xmas song that isn't spammed by Macy's or Target or whathave you from November to January. However, I'll listen to any and all carols song by Bing Crosby, because he is definitively awesome at it. Perry Como runs a distant second.

As for traditions, I best enjoy the family dinner. Somehow less gluttonous than Turkey Day and more emphasis on sweets.

I like giving gifts.

Originally posted by Stealth Moose
[B]Merry Politically Correct Holiday Insert Here!

You know something is wrong when politicians are censoring good, healthy traditions.

Merry Christmas, everyone!

I'm Scottish. I like getting horribly drunk and throwing rocks at kids riding around on their new bikes before stuffing my face full of deep fried, batter-coated turkey and deeper fried trimmings and passing out on the bathroom floor.

Profanity is rife in all previously mentioned endeavours.

Merry Christmas. **** the politcorrectivists.

The irony being that the word 'holiday' comes from 'holy day' so is religious anyway. So those saying 'happy holidays' instead of 'merry Christmas' would be as well not bothering.

It's rather sad that I have to worry at all about offending people with careless use of Christmas over Saturnalia, Festivus or whatever it is someone deigns appropriate. Using blanket happy holidays works because even atheists and agnostics recognize how holy a day is when you can get double time plus or the whole day off paid from most corporations.

I say Happy Holidays.

Xmas is just another overrated commercial time of the year like Valentine's Day.

Still, I do very much enjoy seeing the look on my daughter's face every year when she opens her gifts that I buy her.

She's nine years old now; the gifts keep getting more expensive every year. She actually asked for an iPhone 5S on her wish list.

However, I told her that by February "Santa" would be delivering a late present for both of us: a PS4. She about did a back flip.

Merry Christmas, everyone!!! All the best in 2014!!!

merry merry xmax

Originally posted by Gambler
Favourite carol? Many! I love almost all Christmas carols (Carol of the Bells, Joy to the World, Silent Night, Deck the Halls, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, O Come All Ye Faithful, O Little Town of Bethlehem, you name it) and many traditional Christmas jingles (Sleigh Ride, Let it Snow, It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas, I'll Be Home For Christmas, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas etc.). Pity there is no frost outside and no snow. The winter hasn't simply arrived yet, so it has diminished my Christmas spirit a little bit.

Traditions? Going out for Christmas tree in the forests outside my town either day before Christmas eve or before sun goes down on 24th (when sun goes down you don't want to be stuck in the woods 😆 ).

Right now I have jingles playing from online Christmas radio stations:

http://www.shoutcast.com/radio/Christmas

😆 Twas a great vision sharing in your love for the holiday. I like that idea of not putting a tree up until closer till the actual day itself. I think, you should have the tree in the house, maybe a week before but you don't trim it until the night before. I had no damn idea that there were so many radio stations dedicated to Christmas lol

Originally posted by Wonder Man
I like Christmas carols that say Christ's name in them.

That's funny because there is this girl I know and she knows my beliefs and she's still supposedly my friend. So when I tell her Merry Christmas on, Christmas day...,she says merry chrimmas. So, I said happy kwanza 😂

Then I started thinking about when she used to like me but I didn't want to date her and now she is dating a black guy. Soo, yeah, she probably took that remark as an incredible insult or something but I was just saying, "Happy Kwanza" in attempts to give her what she gave me, a frivolous greeting meaning nothing.

Originally posted by Impediment
I say Happy Holidays.

Xmas is just another overrated commercial time of the year like Valentine's Day.

Still, I do very much enjoy seeing the look on my daughter's face every year when she opens her gifts that I buy her.

She's nine years old now; the gifts keep getting more expensive every year. She actually asked for an iPhone 5S on her wish list.

However, I told her that by February "Santa" would be delivering a late present for both of us: a PS4. She about did a back flip.

It's the belief and tradition that's important about the holiday, man. It's always important to believe in something even if that something is as simple as an idea because at the end of the day our beliefs are what drive our ideas. If you hate the commercialism, then make the holiday important and relevant to you so that your children can share in that. By the sounds of her backflips for the Ps4 she knows how, Santa works. What are the "traditions" you guys share in though? Is it family? Sounds like she knows that the Ps4 is going to be for the BOTH of you 😂

It's funny though, to see how fast things have changed.

Originally posted by ArtificialGlory
Merry Christmas. **** the politcorrectivists.

Say which ever rings true to you.