X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,9a04288c8c6ebbd1 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-01-02 08:50:33 PST From: Bateau Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: =Merry Christmas!= Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2002 00:46:37 +0800 Message-ID: References: X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.6/32.525 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 33 NNTP-Posting-Host: i110-087.nv.iinet.net.au X-Trace: news.iinet.net.au 1009989968 26318 203.59.110.87 Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed1.uncensored-news.com!propagator-la!news-in-la.newsfeeds.com!newsfeed.iinet.net.au!news.iinet.net.au!not-for-mail Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:13300 ____ On Sun, 30 Dec 2001 22:01:35 +0100 \__/___ Peter "lastfuture" Marquardt ran through the LI-\o-' streets of alt.ascii-art | waving an axe and screaming: / \ >On Sat, 29 Dec 2001 14:15:47 -0600, Taliszanna > wrote: > >>On Wed, 26 Dec 2001, drsquare wrote: >> >>> Why does anyone celebrate fucking christmas? >> >> It's been absorbed into general Northern American culture. I >>celebrate it with my family because it's a cultural thing, not because >>it's a religious thing. I don't do the religious part of it. I have Yule >>for that. > >exactly.. like we have samhain for the new year.. only difference with >me is that i don't celebrate those because they are cultural things. i >simply am with my family. i don't like christmas, but at least i >tolerate people who celebrate it (other than drsquare seems to) I'm all for showing people you care about them and stuff, but not on a specific day just because you're expected to. Then all the sentiment is removed. That's why I ignore birthdays and christmas and valentine's day and stuff. -- | _ .\ ~~ _ ^~ | <')_,/ , ; .\ >(')__, . ` ' , | (_~=/ \._`.'. .\ (_~_/ _, _..-''-._,____,----,____ | ='- \=~_) ; .\ ~^~~^~ ` (_~_/ `'--'` `~~~~)_)=\_\-.( | -'= .\ ~^~ ~^~~^~ ICQ:11367619 EMAIL:bateau:-)jupiter-io.net WEB:http://tyrian2000.cjb.net