The Many Holidays of Every Day

[WiiAssasin]

Not really
He actualy was not born on that day

You are technically correct - the best kind of correct.

 

[DBloke]

Ohhhhh yes he was

 

[Mr. MR]

The True Reason for the Season

I wont go super theologic here, but too counter the pagan holidays near the winter solstice, the Catholics chose to place a "holy" day around the the solstice. They simply chose to put Christ's birth near the winter solstice. Years past and the pagan holidays fused with the Catholic holy day to create what we have today. Ever wondered why Christmas trees, wreaths, holly, and mistletoe ever got mixed with Christ's birth? Well they are from the pagan traditions around that time. And if you are a Christian you understand that Christ's birth was actually a fulfillment of God's promise to the Jews not the Gentiles. Christ's death and resurrection is far more important than his birth. In fact John, who wrote the book of John after the events of every other book, does not even mention the birth of Christ because His death and resurrection is far more superior. Oh, and I am not supporting Easter either. It's just as worse.

To sum it up, Christmas is the day in which Catholics chose to celebrate Christ's birth.

Ok, I did go super theologic... but I love truth and I do not want to dabble in lies or half-truths. Believe me or not, it's your choice.

 

[DBloke]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemmy

>24th December.
>Referred as God

 

[Mr. MR]

:lol: wow

 

[DBloke]

[video=youtube;PLkPuu2PAzM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLkPuu2PAzM[/video]

 

[Splash_King]

lol Prinny

super theologic stuff

I never would of thought that a post of theology deserves to win an internets...

Post of the day coming soon, just not as soon as I hoped for. /late

 

[Neosquid]

December 25th

[STRIKE]Christmas: The day that Jesus was said to be born.

Along with other stuff.

My posts are way worse than CK's...[/STRIKE]

 

[Splash_King]

December 25th​

Wait no, that's not right...

A very merry (and very white-lacking...) Christmas to you all. I don't need to spout a bunch of religious junk, nor Christmas' origins or purpose; that's been covered in the past month in it's entirety by many posts and members alike. Regardless, join in on the commercialism and go buy something, the economy could use it. Once you've had your Xmas, come back to the thread and tell us how it was! What presents you got, what ya gave, what you had for your feast of a dinner... Share with us all the details.

... I'll certainly be reluctant to do so, since I'll be Skyrim-ing Christmas up.

Anywho, once again, a merry Christmas to y'all.​

Aside from commercialism day of the year, we've got just two normal holidays today. Apparently I was wrong...



National Pumpkin Pie Day
Constitution Day (Taiwan)



National Pumpkin Pie Day is on Christmas... uh, what? I was ****ing confused this is the day for Pumpkin Pie, rather than a day in November... Eh, whatever. I loves me some pumpkin pie, and I'll be havin' some for tomorrow's dinner; nobody else will since I'm the only one who likes it. Ah well, more for me. :lol: Pumpkin Pie has a history you might not expect. The pie might of been baked and consumed as long ago as since 7000 BC. Even more confusing is that it's oldest origins are found in Mexico. You might think Native Americans would of pioneered it, but nah, think again. Eventually, French colonists brought back the recipe to France, where it quickly spread across Europe and such.


Taiwan's Constitution Day celebrates China finally being able to create a constitution, after years of the government struggling with unbalanced politics and the War of Resistance holding things up for more than a decade. But finally, after all the bullshit China managed to create it's constitution on 1946, Christmas day. It wouldn't be for another 17 years that the day was to be an official holiday, but I'd say it's still a big deal.


... And there ya have it, folks. The worst Christmas post on the internet. ._. How very deflating...

 

[Mr. MR]

Yay...
for Taiwan or more formally the Republic of China :lol:

 

[Mr. MR]

Happy chinese new years!

 

[Splash_King]

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU--

I completely forgot 'bout my holiday thread... God damnit, now I've got even more back-up. T_T

 

[Neosquid]

Sucks for you, CK. >.<

 

[Splash_King]

December 26th​

Candy Cane Day
Kwanzaa
National Thank You Note Day
National Whiner's Day
Saint Stephan's Day
Boxing Day
Wren Day
Day of Goodwill
Mao Zedong's Birthday
Henry Miller Birthday



Candy Cane Day and Christmas' Pumpkin Pie day are all ****ing wrong. I mean, what the hell? Candy Canes are the definitive confection for commercialization-mas, but they're the day after? Pumpkin Pie is as synonymous with Thanksgiving as Turkey is, but is instead on Christmas? I DON'T ****ING GET IT, THIS IS STUPID! Dx


Kwanzaa is a week-long celebration of African American heritage and culture. Couldn't give a flying **** 'bout anyone's heritage, but culture, I can dig. 'Course, holidays like Kwanzaa aren't exactly stickin' to their roots these days (not that it's roots from the 1960s are all that old). Christmas is often an excuse for commercialization, and in my experience, Kwanzaa is an excuse to party hard. Holidays that mean something always go to ****... =/ The idiocy of mankind stands strong.


National Thank You Note Day exists to remind the 99% of children to not be sniveling, greedy pricks and to thank their parents after receiving so much as a ****ing dollar for Christmas. Not that this is even good, considering the thank yous will be A DAY LATE! >=/ Rather than thank you note day, this **** should be called Return the Favor day or somethin'. Commercialization-mas is a day of presents, so RtF Day can be showing your love through methods other than a physical object. Who would'a thought that's even possible?


National Whiner's Day isn't for what I'm doing right now; bitching 'bout everything; nope. This is the day where all the ungrateful snots who don't acknowledge Thank You Note Day do the opposite; they whine, *****, and moan how even though they got a new PC, game system, and a bunch of toys, they want more. That because you didn't give them an extra $100 of cold hard cash, that you're the worst parent ever. This is one of the one billion reasons why I don't want children aaggghhhhh... And for this day focusing on the miniature sin-bundles that are kids, this would of gotten my holiday pick of the day. But no, since this is a retro-post. derp


Saint Stephan's Day is yet another feast day celebrating the first Christian martyr, Saint Stephen. Some time after Jeebus Christo was cruise-lined, this dude was accused of blasphemy for derpin' around and promoting Jeebus as the Messiah. Therefore, he was stoned to death because they didn't have wikipedia back then to prove him as blasphemous or not.


Boxing Day was a day in the UK where rich people decided to make a valid employee appreciation day; after Christmas, they would present their servants with a gift. It's also a notable day in that, since Christmas is done with, prices tend to plummet and sales are on nigh-everything. Since not everyone works for a rich person (and even less of the time, a nice rich person), anyone can celebrate the day by going and spending money.

... Wait a ****ing minute, MORE commercialization right after Christmas?! D:


Wren Day is a... strange celebration to say the least. The actual bird is hunted, caught, strapped to a stick alive, and then carried around town by people in costumes in order to get donations for important stuff. Yep. I feel sorry for the birds unfortunate enough to derp and get caught. :lol: Not too much is known about why the holiday has ever existed, only speculation. It's possible that parading around with a live animal on a stick, as well as sacrificing the wren way back in the old days, might have to do with some sacrificial Celtic bullshit. Cultures of the time certainly were big on it. The wren is also portrayed as betraying Saint Stephen in some bullshit myth, so perhaps it's no coincidence that wrens are sacrificed on St. Stephen's Feast Day.


Day of Goodwill is a pretty simple concept; the gift that keeps on giving from Christmas, except no gifts, and no bloody commercialization. It's basically South Africa's Boxing Day, but better. Y U NO ADOPT NON-COMMERCIALIZATION HOLIDAY OF GOOD CHEER, WORLD???


Mao Zedong, or Mao Tse-tung, was an infamous Chinese communist, and the driving force behind the Chinese revolution. Unless you've never read a history book, you should know a tidbit of information on this bastard. He was a no-good Marxist, brainwashin', communist dictator. A failure as a leader once he seized power, as well as doing more than just being a rotten communist; he ruled with a iron fist of which Hitler would be proud of; and was nothing more than a worthless human being who was as terrible as he was ruthless in his ambitions. May his poker games with Mussolini and co. in hell be full of six-highs.


Henry Valentine Miller was a 20th century American writer of both credible skill, and an incredibly unique style of literature; not to mention he contributed to the success of the Sexual Revolution (that could be considered a good thing, or a bad thing...). He was depressing, pessimistic, and critical of many things considered normal, but when you truly stop and philosophize upon them, are anything but... My kind of writer.

 

[Splash_King]

December 27th​

Fruitcake Day
Louis Pasteur
Lee Salk



Fruitcake Day-- NNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Do not want! GTFO!


Louis Pasteur was a 19th century French chemist and microbiologist (damn, they had that back then?). I'd say he's most famous for inventing the method of pasteurization; heating for a specific time, then rapidly, cooling a liquid to eliminate certain pathogens, and reduce their numbers overall. So yeah, now y'all know what the **** "pasteurized" milk is (before I had internets as a youngin', nobody ****ing knew... pissed me off). The main reason you would pasteurize somethin' instead of plain sterilize, is because not only is the lately likely to be a tad more expensive, but you've got a 99% chance of killing a product's taste, whether the taste comes from natural or artificial properties. You can also thank 'em for the first vaccine to rabies.


Lee Salk is a guy with a hilariously small wikipedia page. :lol:


Fruitcake, and the birthday of a dude who's information is scarce... Certainly didn't miss much on the 27th.