December 25, 20196 yr Good one Steve! Thank you for giving my Christmas eve with a good laugh. It's a good cautionary message too, I'll never ask the concrete guys to wrap anything! Merry Christmas or whatever, if you celebrate this time of year one and all. It's snowing and 18f. here tonight. We finally got the stove guys out to sweep our stack so the stove is burning properly. It's snug, beautiful out and just plain nice. Love you all. Be well. Frosty The Lucky.
December 25, 20196 yr Ahh, we love you too, Frosty! It's supposed to be 71° degrees here... Merry Christmas and may everyone enjoy the day and be blessed in the coming year
December 25, 20196 yr Nice pic Randy, I like it. Made me wonder what you call a group of Griffins, a flock? Nah I think I see a Pride. Frosty The Lucky.
December 25, 20196 yr Happy and Merry Christmas, Hanakkah, Kawanza, Solatice, December 25th, or any other occasion to everyone. It is snowing in the spruce trees here in Laramie and looks very Christmasy. I hope everyone got lots of cool tools, coal. and metal. George "By hammer and hand all arts do stand."
December 25, 20196 yr 6 hours ago, Randy Griffin said: still believe in Santa. I'm 77 and still believe in Santa too.
January 3, 20206 yr One of my favorite Chas Addams cartoons shows Morticia and Gomez looking in at Pugsly and Wednesday industriously feeding a massive fire in the fireplace and the caption is: "The little dears! They still believe in Santa Claus."
January 7, 20206 yr Author The Orthodox Christian churches observe The Feast of the Nativity today. January 7, 2020. Merry Christmas Alexander, and all those who celebrate the holiday today. SLAG.
January 7, 20206 yr Some Orthodox Christian churches (including the Russian Orthodox Church) observe the Feast of the Nativity today, as they still use the Julian calendar, which is 13 days behind the Gregorian (thus January 7 on the Gregorian is still December 25 on the Julian, at least until 2100). Many Orthodox Churches (for example, the Greek Orthodox Church) use the "Revised Julian" calendar, which is functionally the same as the Gregorian.
January 7, 20206 yr No worries. Things can get really confusing this time of year, with New Calendar Christmas on Dec. 25, New Calendar Theophany (celebration of Christ's baptism) on Jan. 6, Old Calendar Christmas on Jan. 7, and Old Calendar Theophany on Jan. 19.
January 7, 20206 yr What about the cross quarter days? Having Winter and Summer *start* on the solstices is just balderdash! Everyone knows that the Summer Solstice is Midsummer's day and the Winter solstice is Midwinter's day!
January 7, 20206 yr Just to throw another feast into the mix, yesterday was 12th Night which celebrates the arrival of the Magi in Bethlehem. Traditionally, Christmas was a religious festival and 12th Night was to occasion for gift giving to commemorate the gifts given by the wise men. "By hammer and hand al arts do stand."
January 7, 20206 yr It was the culmination of the twelve days of Christmas and was the night of the biggest party. It was the blowout to wrap up the celebration. I watched a documentary about Tudor Christmas celebrations a couple weeks ago. It was pretty interesting. Did you know that the roasted boars head had it's own carol that was sang while it was carried into the banquet hall. It was published in the first book of Christmas carols. Pnut
January 8, 20206 yr Dear Pnut, Yes, I did know that and have seen a boar's head carried in and the carol sung at an SCA 12th Night feast. "By hammer and hand all arts do stand."
January 8, 20206 yr I forgot that there's SCA members here. I'm not a member but being crowned the King of Misrule would be fun. Pnut
January 8, 20206 yr Well it was sung at the Wassail held at our Church this year, a non-SCA event. (Though they lacked the Boars Head on a platter.)
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