Happy festive Season Everyone!

[Bolton Midnight]

Who cares about Sweden, see Saab has finally gone kaput.

If it has anything to do with the birth of Christ then it is Christmas - not winterville or any other PC garbage

[Bolton Midnight]

Please, just chill out. Thank you.

Perfectly chilled, well not quite have just dropped a clanger which has cost me some money, will have to come out of swmbo pressie not to mention slow deliveries from suppliers, lazy sods should be doing extra shifts if they are busy.

[schmenke]

Who cares about Sweden, see Saab has finally gone kaput.

If it has anything to do with the birth of Christ then it is Christmas - not winterville or any other PC garbage

If we wanted to recognize the birth of Christ, we would be celebrating in Novemver... or September by some historical accounts.
But that is perhaps subject to a suggested new thread

[Bob Riebe]

Merry Christmas to all and God bless us everyone.

The Parade magazine offered in many large city Sunday newspapers did a variation of the Christmas Carol using parts of the story line from many recent movies.
It was actually rather fascinating.
If your paper has it, it is worth reading.

[Mark]

no its only called christmas, not even in all Christian countries. For example in Sweden its called Jul (Yule), in Germany the call it Weihnachten.

You have to realize that just because its celebrated in a certain way in your country its not likely that everyone else in the world also does it,

The Swedish Jul is more related to the old Norse tradition in which the winter solstice is celebrated since it means
the beginning of the return of the light. This is celebrated by having a large party (Blót) which include a large julboard
with plenty of various food-dishes. Sure the Christian church have merged their x-mas with the Jul butup here
its still more jul then Christmas.

http://goscandinavia.about.com/od/kn...xmassweden.htm
Yule - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Blót - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julbord#Julbord
http://www.coco-cooks.com/2010/12/th...und-the-world/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLQh26YcNbI

Indeed the Christian Christmas is the same festival as the winter solstice. As the occasion was converted for the purpose. The reality is that nobody is even sure what year Jesus was born, never mind the time of year and certainly not an exact date.

[donKey jote]

Felices Fiestas as they also say in that most anti-christian of donkeylands

[Eki]

Merry Christmas to all and God bless us everyone.

Us everyone? Not just America?

Did bush really say "god bless america, and no place else"? - Yahoo! Answers

[Bob Riebe]

Us everyone? Not just America?

Did bush really say "god bless america, and no place else"? - Yahoo! Answers

To anyone reading this.
Your link makes no sense unless one is so self-centered, that he/she has to have everything spelled out to him/her.

[BDunnell]

What a remarkable course this thread has taken, thanks to some reliable favourites...

[Bob Riebe]

What a remarkable course this thread has taken, thanks to some reliable favourites...

Ho-ho-ho. your gonna shoot your eye out kid.
Merry Chrismas.