Merry Christmas – Happy New Year – etc. etc.

Happy Feast of the Circumcison,
Happy Bodhi Day,
Happy Krampusnacht.
Happy Dies Natalis Solis Invicti,
Happy Newtonmas.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_multinational_festivals_and_holidays

· Feast of the Circumcision: 1 January* Saint Basil’s Day: 1 January – In Greece, traditionally he is the Father Christmas figure.

Buddhism
· Bodhi Day: 8 December – Day of Enlightenment, celebrating the day that the historical Buddha (Shakyamuni or Siddhartha Gautama) experienced enlightenment (also known as Bodhi).

Christianity
· Advent: fourth Sunday preceding 25 December
· Krampusnacht: 5 December – The Feast of St. Nicholas is celebrated in parts of Europe on 6 December. In Alpine countries, Saint Nicholas has a devilish companion named Krampus who punishes the bad children the night before.
· Saint Nicholas’ Day: 6 December
· Christmas Day: 25 December – one of the most celebrated holidays around the world, increasingly celebrated by Christians and non-Christians alike.
· Saint Stephen’s Day: 26 December
· Holy Innocents’ Day: 28 December
· Saint Sylvester’s Day: 31 December

Fictional or parody
· Feast of Winter Veil: 15 December–2 January – A holiday in World of Warcraft. This holiday is based on Christmas. Cities are decorated with lights and a tree with presents. Special quests, items and snowballs are available to players during this time. The character of “Greatfather Winter”, who is modeled after Santa Claus, appears.[12][13]

· Feast of Alvis: in the TV series Sealab 2021.[14] “Believer, you have forgotten the true meaning of Alvis Day. Neither is it ham, nor pomp. Nay, the true meaning of Alvis day is drinking. Drinking and revenge.”–Alvis[15]

· Hogswatch: a holiday celebrated on the fictional world of Discworld. It is very similar to the Christian celebration of Christmas.

· Festivus: 23 December – a parody holiday created by Daniel O’Keefe and made popular by Seinfeld as an alternative to Christmas.

· Decemberween: 25 December – a parody of Christmas that features gift-giving, carol-singing and decorated trees. The fact that it takes place on December 25, the same day as Christmas, has been presented as just a coincidence, and it has been stated that Decemberween traditionally takes place “55 days after Halloween”. The holiday has been featured in the Homestar Runner series.

Hinduism
· Pancha Ganapati: 21–25 December – modern five-day festival in honor of Lord Ganesha, celebrated by Hindus in USA.

Historical
· Malkh: 25 December
· Mōdraniht: or Mothers’ Night, the Saxon winter solstice festival.
· Saturnalia: the Roman winter solstice festival
· Dies Natalis Solis Invicti (Day of the birth of the Unconquered Sun): 25 December – late Roman Empire

Judaism
· Hanukkah: Ḥănukkāh, usually spelled חנוכה, pronounced [χanuˈka] in Modern Hebrew; a transliteration also romanized as Chanukah or Chanukkah), also known as the Festival of Lights, Feast of Dedication, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the re-dedication of the Holy Temple (the Second Temple) in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire of the 2nd century BC. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from late November to late December in the Gregorian calendar.

Paganism
· Yule: Pagan winter festival that was celebrated by the historical Germanic people from late December to early January.

· Yalda: 21 December – The turning point, Winter Solstice. As the longest night of the year and the beginning of the lengthening of days, Shabe Yaldā or Shabe Chelle is an Iranian festival celebrating the victory of light and goodness over darkness and evil. Shabe yalda means ‘birthday eve.’ According to Persian mythology, Mithra was born at dawn on the 22nd of December to a virgin mother. He symbolizes light, truth, goodness, strength, and friendship. Herodotus reports that this was the most important holiday of the year for contemporary Persians. In modern times Persians celebrate Yalda by staying up late or all night, a practice known as Shab Chera meaning ‘night gazing’. Fruits and nuts are eaten, especially pomegranates and watermelons, whose red color invokes the crimson hues of dawn and symbolize Mithra.

· Zamenhof Day: 15 December – Birthday of Ludwig Zamenhof, inventor of Esperanto; holiday reunion for Esperantists

· Soyal: 21 December – Zuni and Hopi

· HumanLight: 23 December – Humanist holiday originated by the New Jersey Humanist Network in celebration of “a Humanist’s vision of a good future.”[16]

· Newtonmas: 25 December – As an alternative to celebrating the religious holiday Christmas, some atheists and skeptics have chosen to celebrate December 25 as Newtonmas, due to it being Isaac Newton’s birthday on the old style date.

· Quaid-e-Azam’s Day: 25 December

· Boxing Day: 26 December – Day after Christmas.

· Kwanzaa: 26 December–1 January – Pan-African festival celebrated in the US

· Watch Night: 31 December

· Hogmanay: night of 31 December–before dawn of 1 January – Scottish New Year’s Eve celebration

· Dongzhi Festival – a celebration of Winter

· Chalica: first week of December – A holiday created in 2005, celebrated by some Unitarian Universalists.[17]

Merry Christmas everyone!

Do you people know the amount of hours I spend with you helpless Rams addicts every year?

I’ve lost track. But it’s time well spent. 🙂

wv wrote:

>PA Ram wrote:
Merry Christmas everyone!

Do you people know the amount of hours I spend with you helpless Rams addicts every year?

I’ve lost track. But it’s time well spent.

So, you are a dog person,
i take it.

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I am.

I have two cats though(my wife’s really)and they’re pretty cool actually.

Not so crazy about the dog I currently have but it’s still a dog. She’s dumb, though. Very dumb dog.

I like larger dogs usually and she’s a smaller one–and barks a lot, and goes for the mail–always.

I still love dogs though.

Happy Birthday Jesus!