Merry Christmas!!!

[Sir Apple]

I have such a bad hang over (lainer you remember last night right?). Don't tempt me!

[jumjum]

Originally Posted by stylie

Ahhhh... Christmas. Perfect time for some of this...

I will partake a little for my FH boys tonight!!

Yikes! Do enough of this tonight, and I predict you will indeed be on your knees in worship at midnight.....and remain there in penance for several hours.

[stylie]

As I get older, Im able to appreciate the more watery types, like scotch and such, but there is always a place in my heart for shnapps and jagermeister... the "herbal liquer".

[[WDW]Megaraptor]

Is having turkey on Christmas a European tradition? Here in the USA it's more strongly associated with the Thanksgiving holiday.

[Eat Uranium]

I'd say yes, christmas is the only time I ever have roast turkey. Traditionally it used to be goose but they are difficult to get hold of these days. Good roast potatos are still cooked in goose fat though.

We don't have thanksgiving.

[[130.Pz]W.Fuchs]

Originally Posted by jumjum

Merry Christmas boys and girls, from your Uncle Jummy.

Can you tell use a christmas story Uncle Jum?

[Von Mudra]

Blessed Yule!

[Biiviz]

God jul & Hyvää joulua!

[jumjum]

Originally Posted by .Invictus.

Can you tell use a christmas story Uncle Jum?

Hmmmm. I don't think I have enough time to really do it justice before I'm supposed to go to my parent's house for our traditional Christmas Eve there.

But I'll tell you this. This is usually a time when most people are happy and look forward to being with their families. It is for me.

But because I love Christmas so much I can't help but think about the folks for whom Christmas isn't a happy time. Maybe it's just a year or two that's tough. Or maybe it's always been that way because of various family dynamics. You have my sympathy. I am sorry, and I feel for you. Perhaps family members fight, or maybe the presents are skimpy. Maybe it's a time when you're reminded of some loss or lack in your life.

When you get down to it though, those things aren't really what Christmas is about. And even if you miss out on some of the good stuff doesn't mean you have to hate Christmas, or feel like you were left out. Because you weren't.

I believe this with all my heart: to celebrate Christmas is not to give presents or eat or see family, although we've made those a part of it - it's to celebrate the birth of the Son of God on earth. Jesus was God's gift to us. God knows the hurt and the need in every one of us. He knows the pain and the ache and those things which make us feel like we'll never be whole. And because of that he sent us His Son. That's the thing about Christmas for me that puts a lump in my throat every time. God loved us, every single one of us, so much that He sent His Son to die on our behalf, so that we don't have to. Think about that: sending your son to suffer and die for someone else. That my friends is more love than we'll ever know anywhere on earth.

That is what you should take from Christmas, and that is what makes every Christmas good, even though someone else may try to make it bad for you. How can it be bad when you realize, however else you might suffer, God loved you more than anyone on earth has ever loved you or ever will?

Sorry, it wasn't my purpose to start a sermon. But it by golly makes me happy to think of it. Merry Christmas, brothers. I love every one of you.

You may return to your regularly scheduled secular holiday celebration.

[Von Mudra]

While I may not be an avowed christian, I still have to agree with Jummy. The part of me that does believe in a god (which is tentivily stronger then the part that doesn't) still believes in the idea that Jesus was a son of god, and a prophet on earth. Its why I still celebrate christmas with my family, as I see it as simply a part of Yule