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Well if you really understood Darwin - You would have helped the natural selection of the human race and taken him out of the gene pool.
That's the problem today. Too many life guards for the gene pool.
Just kidding, sort of.
Hoodoo Guru
what goes around comes around. back in the day, christians co-opted the nordic and celtic seasonal "holy" day celebrations and turned them into christian "holy" days in order to drum up bidness for their new church institution. now, they're all upset some new religion [consumptionism] has come and done the same thing to their "holy" days.
I always wondered why we kept you around. This reminds me of why. Thank you.
The tangents are moot.
Prince of Fatness
Santa is a potato.
Not at it at all.
American Christmas Devil indeed.
Santa, Satan.
Both wear red.
Both work at night.
You never see them together.
rectumdamnnearkilledem
I've had Celebration Bowels...they SUCK!
Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to
remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.
~ Sarah Kay
"run" "2" "eat"
dallas... are you mocking me?
i find the sunshine beckons me to open up the gate and dream and dream ~~robbie williams
BTW yes, these are my Christmas cards this year.
The process is the goal.
Men heap together the mistakes of their lives, and create a monster they call Destiny.
Menace to Sobriety
American Christmas Devil indeed. Santa, Satan.
A difficult choice for the dyslexic.
Janie, today I quit my job. And then I told my boss to go f*** himself, and then I blackmailed him for almost sixty thousand dollars. Pass the asparagus.
As a native Irish person, I can vouch that this story is 100% authentic.
Why did I think you were from Scotland?
"If you have the fire, run..." -John Climacus
because all britishers look alike.
If my bowels are celebrating, it ususally means I'm not.
You are vouching for the idea that these are Bob's cards?
One year the Noro/Norwalk-like virus descended upon us for New Year's eve. I was not celebrating that year, but my guts were. That was not a party I was happy to be dragged-along to. I did lose 8#s in 24 hours, though...so there's that.