Old_Me
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oh yeah buddy.........
dumbclucks vote in those people...and we suffer.
git yer praying rug soon, before the price spikes...!!!!!!!!
Does anyone here not celebrate the "Christmas" holiday?
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dumbclucks vote in those people...and we suffer.
git yer praying rug soon, before the price spikes...!!!!!!!!
Belt Fed
Emissary
NOPE, we is all red here. nobody gonna do that stuff here. Ive never seen a muslim or diaper head around here. the one county that voted blue here is mostly black and even then they don't wear none of that muslim crap.
The Night Rider
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Old_Me
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The Night Rider
Hellcat
On Christmas Eve of 1993 I was stationed at Fort Carson. We got released for the day at noon.
It was the closest I had been to home for Christmas in 6 years so I decided to drive home to Omaha for the holiday.
I remember gassing up in North Platte Nebraska around 6PM and it was frigid, freezing cold. I was in a 1991 Geo Storm. I had the Heat going full blast and the inside of my windshield was frosting up.
I don't recall seeing another vehicle or maybe a couple of big rigs on the interstate between North Platte and Lincoln.
At some point the RKO Radio Theater the air version of A Christmas Carol came on the radio. I don't remember what radio station it was on but I seem to remember it fading out and then I'd pick it up on the next station and then that station would fade out and I'd pick it up on the next one.
Anyway listening to that became a tradition for me. When I worked Christmas Eve as a Security Guard I read the book.
When my mom died we inherited this Christmas tree. My grandmother made it before I was born.
That's the only Christmas tree we use every year and we usually turn it on Thanksgiving night.
and listen to Kenny G's Christmas album. Also inherited from Mom.
On New Year's Eve we listen again. Then on New Year's Day we pack it all up again for the year.
It was the closest I had been to home for Christmas in 6 years so I decided to drive home to Omaha for the holiday.
I remember gassing up in North Platte Nebraska around 6PM and it was frigid, freezing cold. I was in a 1991 Geo Storm. I had the Heat going full blast and the inside of my windshield was frosting up.
I don't recall seeing another vehicle or maybe a couple of big rigs on the interstate between North Platte and Lincoln.
At some point the RKO Radio Theater the air version of A Christmas Carol came on the radio. I don't remember what radio station it was on but I seem to remember it fading out and then I'd pick it up on the next station and then that station would fade out and I'd pick it up on the next one.
Anyway listening to that became a tradition for me. When I worked Christmas Eve as a Security Guard I read the book.
When my mom died we inherited this Christmas tree. My grandmother made it before I was born.
That's the only Christmas tree we use every year and we usually turn it on Thanksgiving night.
and listen to Kenny G's Christmas album. Also inherited from Mom.
On New Year's Eve we listen again. Then on New Year's Day we pack it all up again for the year.
Model 457
Professional
Hmmmm..... And I thought you were just showing me to the world....
Model 457
Professional
The first time I hear the call to prayer basting in my neighborhood, I'm gonna lose my
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TurboDog910
Professional
Never; Will I deny Christ! They will have to unalive me.
The Night Rider
Hellcat
"There are many things from which I might have derived good, by which I have not profited, I dare say... Christmas among the rest. But I am sure I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round... as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time... And therefore, uncle, though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that it has done me good, and will do me good; and I say, God bless it!"
The Night Rider
Hellcat
Seems like I read that somewhere else too.
Peter said to Him, “Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You!” And so said all the disciples.
Matthew 26:35
I want to be really careful not to give the idea that I'm confident that I would never deny Christ.
In Luke 22:61 it says that Jesus was looking right at Peter when he denied Him the third time.
Peter failed standing right in front of Jesus, I'm not going to claim I'd do better.
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We celebrate in a minimal way .... far from the extent of the American entitlistic crowd
TurboDog910
Professional
I’m familiar with that in the bible. There’s much more to it.
What I am saying is that I will not be forced to deny Christ as my Lord and Savior and submit to Islam.
Blackmesa96
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I suspect that much of the disillusionment or disinterest in Christmas for many of us older folks is simple. We remember it differently from our youth.
When I was a youngster in the 1960s, it was a magical time. There was excitement in the air, festive decorations abounded and we could scarcely wait until the day arrived.
As I grew older, I began suspect much of what I thought existed was viewed through the eyes of a child. I still think it's pretty darned special for those kiddos among us. It's probably our perspective that has changed.
I understand that there are those who have mostly sad memories of the Christmas season. Most everyone has a season where sad memories and events seem to congregate. Many of my family seem to have passed in Winter. It's one reason I don't care for wintertime.
I find that if I remember why we are celebrating it helps. In my mind, the birth of the Savior is pretty awesome.
I personally find Easter (yeah, that name is supposedly taken from a pagan festival, too) to be a greater reason to celebrate. Yet the observance of the greatest event in human history has been perverted, as well. The spiritual significance can't dismissed, but the secular world wants to try divert attention from the reason for the day. Same for Christmas.
I'm going to celebrate the event, not the day. As a Christian, I find the Christmas season to be a wonderful time to share the Good News. It's one of the few times many are open to the Truth so it still matters. We shouldn't let petty quibbles keep us from reaching the lost.
And that's what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown. God is doing what He does, working to see Himself and sinners reconciled. Let the angels sing.
When I was a youngster in the 1960s, it was a magical time. There was excitement in the air, festive decorations abounded and we could scarcely wait until the day arrived.
As I grew older, I began suspect much of what I thought existed was viewed through the eyes of a child. I still think it's pretty darned special for those kiddos among us. It's probably our perspective that has changed.
I understand that there are those who have mostly sad memories of the Christmas season. Most everyone has a season where sad memories and events seem to congregate. Many of my family seem to have passed in Winter. It's one reason I don't care for wintertime.
I find that if I remember why we are celebrating it helps. In my mind, the birth of the Savior is pretty awesome.
I personally find Easter (yeah, that name is supposedly taken from a pagan festival, too) to be a greater reason to celebrate. Yet the observance of the greatest event in human history has been perverted, as well. The spiritual significance can't dismissed, but the secular world wants to try divert attention from the reason for the day. Same for Christmas.
I'm going to celebrate the event, not the day. As a Christian, I find the Christmas season to be a wonderful time to share the Good News. It's one of the few times many are open to the Truth so it still matters. We shouldn't let petty quibbles keep us from reaching the lost.
And that's what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown. God is doing what He does, working to see Himself and sinners reconciled. Let the angels sing.