you can't remove christ from christmas

Comment #7

justxploring — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 21:19:45 GMT

Chanukkah. Festival of Lights.

Comment #6

Winner2Be — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 02:25:18 GMT

Hanukkah~

Comment #5

justxploring — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 02:13:49 GMT

I skipped a lot, because it's too personal. My childhood wasn't happy. But those are some very warm memories and proves, like you said, you don't need to be wealthy to have fun. I'm not a parent of young children, but I bet it's much tougher these days with all the technology. We had a round black & white 9" TV that was set in a cabinet. Now my 2004 32" color set with a digital tube is obsolete because it's a tube and not widescreen and not HDTV. The composite & S-video connections w... [ More ]

Comment #4

Tenaj — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 00:13:49 GMT

You are so right about this: I think this current administration & the fundamentalists have actually torn people apart by preaching religion and using the word "Christian" to symbolize political viewpoints instead of spiritual commitments. People since the beginning of time have always been torn apart, the politicians just take advantage of it and Christianity has always been abused throughout history to justify wrong doings. But in our genre the sad thing is that ma... [ More ]

Comment #3

justxploring — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 22:06:53 GMT

I was thikning about this article Mike posted. Roland Martin is a good journalist & author, but I've been hearing about society and how Americans no longer have the spirit for 30 years and I don't totally agree. I think what is happening is the gap between the rich and the poor has widened so much that the former middle class has so much less. The majority of charitable donations come from people who aren't rich at all. Everyday I read about kindness, generosity and heroic acts of selfle... [ More ]

Comment #2

Tenaj — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:04:53 GMT

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Comment #1

justxploring — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 08:07:15 GMT

I grew up in a Jewish family and my parents spoke Yiddish and were very ethnic. We certainly didn't have a Christmas tree and we lit the Menorah for 8 days. Mom & Dad would sit down with a long list of friends and neighbors and send out lots of Christmas cards. No, the cards didn't have a picture of Jesus in the manger, but they were still cards to wish everyone a joyous holiday season. Does it really matter what words you use? Some years I'd join the neighborhood kids and go caroling.... [ More ]

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LOTTOMIKE — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 04:39:53 GMT