I'd like to defend Christmas.

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Re: I'd like to defend Christmas.

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subgenius wrote:
Some Schmo wrote:the true meaning of the holiday, which is generosity and family.

CFR (even though this coward likely has me on ignore, because 'snowflake')

Excellent point, however, I did notice that you refrained from using the expression, "bah humbug!" Was there a reason for that?
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Re: I'd like to defend Christmas.

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canpakes wrote:I'd think that strictly interpreting the event in the modern day as being solely about Christ's 'birthday' would be better served by picking a date closer to his actual date of birth. : )

why is that? Is date and time important on that regard? It seems that the precision for date is superseded by the actual notion that it occurred.
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Re: I'd like to defend Christmas.

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moksha wrote:Excellent point, however, I did notice that you refrained from using the expression, "bah humbug!" Was there a reason for that?

That's a dated phrase and I feared the younger readers would feel disenfranchised by such archaic expressions.
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