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    Merry Christmas folks!

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    Click me (2)... (not so good as poor photos)
    Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. [click for more]
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    man, I had this really awesome one of me, deadpool, tom cruise, and some black guy screaming, but IE crashed

    oh yea, and merry christmas!

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    Neil heres a christmas gift for you



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    Now how did I deserve that!!!
    Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. [click for more]
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    I just threw up from that
    and not in the good way either

    now for that i think we deserve to see
    you dressed as santa handing out candy canes
    on the street

    but anyways merry christmas to everyone
    and for those who dont celebrate xmas
    well then when you get to hell dont blame us

    really best to all the other great people
    here who are jewish , or wiccan or dont celebrate
    hopefully the good will will spread into your lives too

    and neil i forgot to mention but that pic
    of your baby looks like a little angel
    odd isnt it in such an ugly world there can exist
    something so pure and beautiful?

    remeber enjoy this holiday is if it were your last.
    one year it will be.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kortick View Post
    and neil i forgot to mention but that pic
    of your baby looks like a little angel
    odd isnt it in such an ugly world there can exist
    something so pure and beautiful?
    He is/was a very pretty baby... Hopely he won't grow up to look like me
    Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. [click for more]
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    Quote Originally Posted by kortick View Post
    terran
    I just threw up from that
    .
    Well I hoped both of you watched all of that...

    It makes it especially horrible considering its a remake....*shrugs*
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    Quote Originally Posted by Neil View Post
    Click me (1)...

    Click me (2)... (not so good as poor photos)
    I think Romero works the best (in the first one)
    Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. [click for more]
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    Couldn't get your elf thing to work Neil, presumably due to my crappy computer (please god, or santa, or anyone else who might be listening, let me have a new laptop for christmas... for the love of baby jesus).

    Anyway, merry Christmas and a happy new year to anyone who might be reading this! Or "happy holidays", to cover all the non-christmas festivals too

    This reminds me of something I saw on a Christmas card once, which was apparently taken from a real church.

    It's a picture of a church in the snow with the following sign outside:

    "To our Christian friends, Merry Christmas,
    To our Jewish friends, Happy Hanukkah,
    and to our atheist friends, Good Luck!"

    No I don't know how to spell... hannukah? hannuka? I don't know.

    La freak, c'est chic!

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    Sex-crazed-lunatics indeed.

    I often stick to "Xmas" myself, it's more what it is now...or the Atheist's version of Christmas anyway.

    It's just a time to get the family together and play Consequences and put up the decs and all sit down for up to 2 hours having a slap up dinner and pull crackers and groan at the awful jokes inside and wear your paper hat all day long while watching Dr Who.

    During my stint in the Sixth Form I was all a bit groany about Xmas, or the whole surrounding vibe at least, but after going to Uni and being away from home I then really appreciated it again and have ever since.

    Xmas Eve Eve for less than 2 more hours, then Xmas Eve - and then - PRESENTS!

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    Quote Originally Posted by MinionZombie View Post
    I often stick to "Xmas" myself, it's more what it is now...or the Atheist's version of Christmas anyway.
    Pointless fact...the name "Xmas" is just-as, if-not more religious than the name "Christmas"
    In ancient Christian art, χ and χρ are abbreviations for Christ's name.[4] In many manuscripts of the New Testament and icons, X is an abbreviation for Christos, as is XC (the first and last letters in Greek, using the lunate sigma); compare IC for Jesus in Greek. The Oxford English Dictionary documents the use of this abbreviation back to 1551, 50 years before the first English colonists arrived in North America and 60 years before the King James Version of the Bible was completed. At the same time, Xian and Xianity were in frequent use as abbreviations of "Christian" and "Christianity"; and nowadays still are sometimes so used, but much less than "Xmas".
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xmas

    Despite the holidays origin I think its a great holiday...and I think mass population holidays are important societal devices...so since I dont have that particular belief system I created my own holiday that takes place during the same time (thinks of Seinfield and "Festivus")....my holiday is called "Gib Lat Tribute".....presents are distributed as loot...or tribute to the person....in treasure chests or loot pouches....so thats how I give gifts.... I know Im a crazy person....theres actually all these rules and rituals I devised to go along with the holiday...
    One of these days I should make a webpage detailing the rules and rituals of ""Gib lat tribute"
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    God you're annoying Terran!

    The common usage of Xmas though, I'd say, involves less religion and more a sense of commercialism ... to everyday folks I'd reckon.

    Also, gay used to mean happy...see what I mean?

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    Quote Originally Posted by MinionZombie View Post
    During my stint in the Sixth Form I was all a bit groany about Xmas, or the whole surrounding vibe at least, but after going to Uni and being away from home I then really appreciated it again and have ever since.
    Same here!

    And woo, Liam and I are exchanging gifts Xmas Eve morning, as we both want to spend the rest of the time with our own families. So, considering what time we usually get up, I've got 12 hours until I get to unwrap something. Be jealous.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chic Freak View Post
    Couldn't get your elf thing to work Neil, presumably due to my crappy computer (please god, or santa, or anyone else who might be listening, let me have a new laptop for christmas... for the love of baby jesus).

    Anyway, merry Christmas and a happy new year to anyone who might be reading this! Or "happy holidays", to cover all the non-christmas festivals too

    This reminds me of something I saw on a Christmas card once, which was apparently taken from a real church.

    It's a picture of a church in the snow with the following sign outside:

    "To our Christian friends, Merry Christmas,
    To our Jewish friends, Happy Hanukkah,
    and to our atheist friends, Good Luck!"

    No I don't know how to spell... hannukah? hannuka? I don't know.

    Nice set of baubles...
    Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. [click for more]
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    the only good thing about Xmas is Robot Santa blasting open the chest cavities of those naughty naughty humans.

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