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My lunch ... - Beryllium Dec 22, 12:34 1
- Grilled cheese on wheat with sour cream and onion potato chips and a sugarfree Rock Star. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Dec 22, 12:35
I have no problem with 'Happy Holidays'. But to be fair... - Dr.Vermin Dec 22, 12:34 6
- debate in Switzerland: muslim students are to be exempt from singing xmas songs where the lyrics say that Jesus is God's son -- nm - marcel Dec 22, 12:42
- no, but complaing that one isnt at city hall, the court house, etc is. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 22, 12:41
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- Putting a nativity scene by your business could be imposing your values on your employees -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 12:35 2
  - As is every employer's right. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Dec 22, 12:42 1
    - though not in the spirit of other anti-harassment laws. -- nm - Max Dec 22, 12:43
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- Update: Shipped SS gift a few days ago...it is primo. -- nm - budice Dec 22, 12:35
From below: Do you say Merry Christmas to someone on Hanukkah? I think perhaps some of that could be avoided - oblique Dec 22, 12:32 30
- Or just when someone tells you "happy" or "merry" anything, accept the kind wishes graciously. -- nm - Dano Ho Ho Dec 22, 12:36 2
  - I say either "thank you" or "happy holidays" back. someone wishing me well, in any case, isn't going to get negative back from me. -- nm - b. Dec 22, 12:37
  - "Merry Christmas, ass face!" -- nm - Let it Spawn, let it Spawn, let it Spawn! Dec 22, 12:36
- I thought we were talking about strangers/situations where you don't know the person's faith -- nm - con_carne Dec 22, 12:35 1
  - you were, I was bringing up the acquaintence angle which is why I didn't comment directly in the thread below -- nm - oblique Dec 22, 12:36
- I don't think most of the people who complain about this are complaining about it happening *on Christmas*. - Callisto Dec 22, 12:34 3
  - but see, done this way, I don't mind it. I *do* think it's nice when I hear Merry Christmas. I don't want people to be scared of offending someone. - TFox Dec 22, 12:36 2
    - I'm not gonna scold for it, but it implies a dissatisfaction with simple Happy Holidays. - Callisto Dec 22, 12:37 1
      - depending on how its done, yeah, it totally could. -- nm - TFox Dec 22, 12:38
- it's not a perfect analogy, because "Holidays" doesn't exclude Christmas, like Christmas excludes Hanukkah. -- nm - TFox Dec 22, 12:34 2
  - I get it in the general, stranger greeting. I was referring to people you know specifically -- nm - oblique Dec 22, 12:35 1
    - but even still, to take offense? no, i don't see it. it's nitpicky. -- nm - TFox Dec 22, 12:37
- neither. -- nm - Remlik Dec 22, 12:33
- i actually think it's rude to be offended. someone is wishing you happiness, -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 22, 12:33 16
  - Exactly. I'[m an athiest. You know what I say when someone says "God Bless" after I sneeze? "Thank you." -- nm - TWuG Dec 22, 12:37
  - this is my point, I probably should say happy holidays, but I've been saying merry christmas for so effin long I can't help it. I'm just trying to be - CQ Dec 22, 12:35 2
    - i can't imagine people being upset about well-wishes, ever. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 22, 12:36 1
      - meet my bro. I love him, but it's been tough since he decided to stop thinking for himself. -- nm - Divatar Dec 22, 12:37
  - It's like on Survivor with Brett asking the question to Russel about knowing him - oblique Dec 22, 12:34 6
    - What if I'm not Christian? -- nm - con_carne Dec 22, 12:35 4
      - You will explode in hellfire. -- nm - Let it Spawn, let it Spawn, let it Spawn! Dec 22, 12:37
      - You can't wish someone Merry Christmas if you're not Christian? -- nm - oblique Dec 22, 12:36 2
        
        You are contradicting your own point, then - con_carne Dec 22, 12:38
        
        of course you can, but if they word it in way they are comfortable with (and probably don't even consciously think about) it's not an offense to you. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 22, 12:37
    - i just don't see it that way. and, holiday is derived from Holy Day... -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 22, 12:35
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  - agreed. -- nm - Remlik Dec 22, 12:33 3
    - I generally say 'you too" when someone says something to me. -- nm - Remlik Dec 22, 12:34 2
      - "I am awesome." -- nm - Let it Spawn, let it Spawn, let it Spawn! Dec 22, 12:35 1
        
        then I just laugh at them. -- nm - Remlik Dec 22, 12:35
Chocolate chip cookie prices are spiking on the ST cookie exchange, while oatmeal cookies continue to suck bottom. -- nm - Mop (229 lbs) Dec 22, 12:32 4
- please add raisins or choc. chips to the oatmeal cookies -- nm - peglegpete Dec 22, 12:34
- What about sugar cookies, as this is their season? -- nm - Let it Spawn, let it Spawn, let it Spawn! Dec 22, 12:32
- that's crazy. Oatmeal cookies are way better than chocolate chip. -- nm - decline Dec 22, 12:32 1
  - *pukes* -- nm - Let it Spawn, let it Spawn, let it Spawn! Dec 22, 12:33
This is sorta therapeutic -- nm - ty97 Dec 22, 12:25 2
- baking rocks -- nm - Dano Ho Ho Dec 22, 12:26 1
  - the only problem is that I dont' have a taster -- nm - ty97 Dec 22, 12:31
B2 has convinced me to make a motion for Christmas to be moved to March or April. This way, Logan's birthday will stand alone. -- nm - Let it Spawn, let it Spawn, let it Spawn! Dec 22, 12:22 13
- I like it where it is thanks. You shoudl have planned better -- nm - Little drummer Karl Dec 22, 12:28 5
  - But see, Jesus was born *later*. - Let it Spawn, let it Spawn, let it Spawn! Dec 22, 12:29 4
    - There is a school of thought out there that believes Jesus was actually born in 4BC. - Loyola Dec 22, 12:31 1
      - I didn't think it was as much a school of thought as generally accepted that he was born somewhere between 4-6 BC -- nm - Roger More Dec 22, 12:32
    - Maybe you should celebrate Logan's birthday three months earlier? Just like we do with Jesus? -- nm - Roger More Dec 22, 12:30 1
      - We have talked about having "Logan's Birthday in July" parties, but are still unsure of that. -- nm - Let it Spawn, let it Spawn, let it Spawn! Dec 22, 12:31
- Tommy was born 12/12. It makes for a great preview of Christmas, IMHO. -- nm - Mop (229 lbs) Dec 22, 12:27 2
  - I like the preview aspect, and that is far enough away the a gathering is easy. - Let it Spawn, let it Spawn, let it Spawn! Dec 22, 12:30
  - how did you know that, and since when are we on a first name basis? (esp. all cutesy like that.) - TFox Dec 22, 12:28
- you should join facebook at start a fangroup for "Christmas should be in March" -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 22, 12:22
- Agreed! -- nm - TFox's Mom, born 12/24 Dec 22, 12:22 2
  - There is a second. All in favor? -- nm - Let it Spawn, let it Spawn, let it Spawn! Dec 22, 12:27 1
    - Aye! -- nm - Remlik Dec 22, 12:29
is the song from cage the elephant (which was used in the borderlands commercials, as well as leverage) available to buy online? -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 22, 12:20 6
- amazon has it. nm but: -- (link) - b. Dec 22, 12:22 5
  - i think so, I wonder if the album is any good -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 22, 12:24 4
    - Colin said no - just that song - there was another - I saw them live and another stood out. -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 22, 12:25 3
      - good live band. The next cd will be better. -- nm - Remlik Dec 22, 12:31
      - Back against the Wall - there are videos for both of those songs -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 22, 12:27 1
        
        They're both also 1.29, while the others are 99 cents. -- nm - Mop (229 lbs) Dec 22, 12:30
"God''s love for the poor and despised outweighs the property rights of the rich," I'm going to Neiman Marcus. -- (link) - UK priest Dec 22, 12:19 1
- What if the rich are despised? -- nm - Mop (229 lbs) Dec 22, 12:27
The funny thing to me about the War on Christmas is that Easter seems to have been given over to chocolate and bunnies when that's the holiday that's - Reagen Dec 22, 12:15 46
- That's nothing. When I see people observe Day of the Dead, I think other holidays could use more kisch. -- nm - con_carne Dec 22, 12:21
- In our family, we have no problem explaining the origins and true meanings of holidays while still celebrating with gift giving and chocolate bunnies - MyrrhDragon Dec 22, 12:17 42
  - I don't think they are either. But try telling that to the people who go ape when you wish someone "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas". -- nm - Reagen Dec 22, 12:18 41
    - I have heard it, but I say I am wishing happy Thanksgiving and New Years, as well. Which I am. -- nm - Let it Spawn, let it Spawn, let it Spawn! Dec 22, 12:28 2
      - Which is really the most insane part of it. We are totally in a "holiday season". Three mega-holidays, bang bang bang. -- nm - TFox Dec 22, 12:29 1
        
        But see - you're applying common sense about this... -- nm - Divatar Dec 22, 12:31
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      - yes it does. -- nm - Divatar Dec 22, 12:25
      - that's because we live in the pit of heathenville. :) -- nm - znu invictus Dec 22, 12:25 2
        
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        good point. -- nm - znu invictus Dec 22, 12:27
    - Curious: have y'all ever actually been corrected or poorly reacted to for saying "Happy Holidays"? -- nm - TFox Dec 22, 12:21 26
      - never, it's unimaginable to me. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 22, 12:29
      - yes - by a close family member. -- nm - Divatar Dec 22, 12:26 2
        
        To be fair, you ruined Christmas. -- nm - Dano Ho Ho Dec 22, 12:26 1
        
        I guess I do every time I say "Happy Holidays". I made sure to write that in his his Christmas card. :) -- nm - Divatar Dec 22, 12:27
      - Yes. After 15 years in retail there's very few things I haven't been corrected on by customers. - TWuG Dec 22, 12:25
      - i get corrected all the time when I say happy holidays. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 22, 12:24 12
        
        how is it wrong? i'm seriously asking this question. maybe the person saying it is jewish, muslim, whatever. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 22, 12:26 10
        
        *exactly*. How do they presume to know what religion, etc. *I* practice and whether wishing them a Merry Christmas isn't, you know, against my beliefs - Callisto Dec 22, 12:29 2
        
        Living in diverse a place as I do, trying to guess people's religion and then acting based on that is something only a fool would do. -- nm - con_carne Dec 22, 12:32
        
        i swear if someone corrected me, i would tell them i'm jewish just to shut them up. - Elf Andie Dec 22, 12:31
        
        Because we are a Christian nation. -- nm - Dano Ho Ho Dec 22, 12:28
        
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        imagine if a kwanzaa celebrant yelled at you because you didn't say 'happy kwanzaa!" -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 22, 12:27 4
        
        It seems to me that folks who get bent out of shape over it, miss a vital component of Christain teachings. - TWuG Dec 22, 12:30
        
        because kwanzaa is a celebration invented in the 50s by urban liberals. it's not a real holiday at all. ;) -- nm - znu invictus Dec 22, 12:29 2
        
        like sol invictus? - Roger More Dec 22, 12:31 1
        
        not really. -- (link) - znu invictus Dec 22, 12:32
        
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      - I know a *lot* of people who are really militant about the Happy Holidays thing and get all pissy when you don't mention Christmas. - Callisto Dec 22, 12:23 4
        
        that's insane. my wishing someone a happy holiday is in no-way disrespectful. - Elf Andie Dec 22, 12:25 2
        
        Says you, Jesus Hater. -- nm - David Dec 22, 12:27
        
        I know. I think it's a strange button. -- nm - Callisto Dec 22, 12:27
        
        (My cube neighbor follows the same (or similar) website.) -- nm - TFox Dec 22, 12:24
      - never here, but I've said, "Merry Christmas" to people who respond in a negative way -- nm - CQ Dec 22, 12:23
      - No, but people don't give a shit up here. -- nm - Reagen Dec 22, 12:22 1
        
        I suspect it is overwhelmingly fictional down here too. I mean, yes, some people have been tricked by the Internet into thinking its a "thing". - TFox Dec 22, 12:23
    - Those people need slugged. "Fine, asshole. Merry Fucking Christmas and excuse the Hell out of me for not knowing you were a jerk before I wished you - TWuG Dec 22, 12:20 1
      - I say Merry Christmas all the time during the holidays, just out of habit. I can't help myself -- nm - CQ Dec 22, 12:22
    - I get around that by wishing everyone a festive Sol Invictus. :) -- nm - znufrii Dec 22, 12:19 3
      - of course you do. -- nm - Reagen Dec 22, 12:20 2
        
        nic change -- nm - znu invictus Dec 22, 12:23
        
        hee. -- nm - b. Dec 22, 12:23
- Peeps. Don't forget the peeps. -- nm - Dano Ho Ho Dec 22, 12:16 1
  - Oh god, the peeps! *runs to the Peep holding area* ... such a tragedy. No one fed them. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Dec 22, 12:18
Does you dog bite? -- (link) - marcel Dec 22, 12:14 [youtube]
"Spare me your space-age techno-babble, Attila the Hun!" -- nm - Reagen Dec 22, 12:11 1
- Kif, I'm sensing a very sensual disturbance in the force! -- nm - David Dec 22, 12:15
NWBR, service for drivers' licences, etc. has gone down since they were privatized. Do you think that the mail must be privatized? -- nm - zork Dec 22, 12:10 11
- It partway is already - Fedex, UPS, etc. For reasons of universal service, I'd say it shouldn't be completely privatised but the more profitable - Roger More Dec 22, 12:15 2
  - that's not Canada Post being (partly) privatized but the existance competitors -- nm - zork Dec 22, 12:17 1
    - A big chunk of the market is served by the private sector. Why shouldn't it be the same for alcohol sales? -- nm - Roger More Dec 22, 12:20
- and call me socialist or communist but I much rather those profits subsidize taxes than line the pockets of a small number of people (who may or - zork Dec 22, 12:15
- I would be up for that debate. - Name Withheld By Request Dec 22, 12:14 6
  - To add, there sometimes comes a point when it makes perfect sense to hand off a Crown to the private sector because things have changed. - Name Withheld By Request Dec 22, 12:17
  - I disagree that the burden needs to be on the gov't to demonstrate why they need to do something. - TFox Dec 22, 12:17 2
    - I can think of at least one good reason? Practical and accountable gov't? - Name Withheld By Request Dec 22, 12:41
    - The consumer benefits and innovation that arise from competition, for one. - Roger More Dec 22, 12:26
  - according to your original reply there should be no debate. -- nm - zork Dec 22, 12:16 1
    - Where? When I said that there needs to be a reason to be in the liquor business? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 22, 12:21
truman: I understand where you're coming from but DC theater attendance was down 80% Fri-Sat - MDH Dec 22, 12:10 1
- I don't think it means anymore people went to the theatre on Monday, but that the Saturday and Sunday figures could have been higher. -- nm - Inigo Dec 22, 12:29
U.S. couple face $42,000 bill for 'balloon boy' hoax -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 22, 12:10 3
- I would've expected it to be a little higher, but not significantly so. -- nm - znufrii Dec 22, 12:16
- It's so hard to put a price tag on "faking your child's death for profit and fame". -- nm - TFox Dec 22, 12:13 1
  - I know - it's such a slippery slope. Where does one draw the line? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 12:15
I'm not saying Avatar will match Titanic, but it's the only film other than Dark Knight to have a shot. -- nm - Inigo Dec 22, 12:09 3
- Redmond? -- nm - Let it Spawn, let it Spawn, let it Spawn! Dec 22, 12:19
- I think it's way way too early to say that -- nm - MDH Dec 22, 12:10 1
  - I'm not saying it will, or that's it's likely, but it has a shot. - Inigo Dec 22, 12:14
The guy in the cube next to mine likes to say that he practices "Christmas", but most people practice "Santamas". - TFox Dec 22, 12:09 11
- " So that's your theory? Santa's shady brother?" -- nm - Dean Winchester Dec 22, 12:24
- wouldn't it be Nicholasmas -- nm - zork Dec 22, 12:12
- You should tell him that Santamas is inappropriate, and he really should be calling it Coca-Cola(tm) Holiday Gift-Giving Tradition(r) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 12:11 6
  - Or, explain that the "Santa" concept exists to anonymize the gift giving, so that the recipients focus on the gift, rather than the sender - Beryllium Dec 22, 12:13 4
    - Gasp! Are you saying that charity should be anonymous and not for the aggrandizement of the giver!? - TWuG Dec 22, 12:16 2
      - I know what you mean, but then they may give less. I'm very happy for the self-aggrandizing to spend more on charity -- nm - Roger More Dec 22, 12:29
      - well shit, that's the death of me then. -- nm - charity si Dec 22, 12:18
    - (as opposed to credit-whoring, I mean :) ) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 12:14
  - *Claps* -- nm - MDH Dec 22, 12:11
- how can Christ on the cross fit down the chimney? nm -- nm - groiny Dec 22, 12:09 1
  - pagan magic -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 22, 12:13
I like my Orthodox Christmas idea. Especially since the existing Orthodox Christmas, in January, means *three* christmasses for some people. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 12:08
perhaps we should just ask hyde what month it was -- nm - zork Dec 22, 12:07 1
- March! -- nm - Remlik Dec 22, 12:07
last week's Cougar Town wasn't great, but - prayformojo Dec 22, 12:07

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