Comments on: Christmas!

By: Rid

Rid — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:41:28 +0000

No, it’s a Christian holiday, through and through. This is why it galls me every year to see public displays for it. That kind of discrimination should not be allowed - Christmas represents an oppressive genocidal religion, and if you want presents and cheer THAT badly, you can make your own holiday for it. The government needs to uphold separation of Church and State, and cut Christmas out of America.

By: Chakolate

Chakolate — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:31:00 +0000

Detcord (24) ‘Phooey’ doesn’t have the tongue sticking out, does it? Tiffany in the last panel is definitely making the mouth move of a raspberry.

By: Keera

Keera — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:15:17 +0000

Fett101 @11, I call it caving in. Actually, I call it an excuse to get together with loved ones, same as with Thanksgiving. I mean, since the boss gives me the day off, anyway.

By: Buzz Killington

Buzz Killington — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:05:52 +0000

“It’s a Christian holiday, Tiffany. How unbelievably stupid would I have to be not to know that?”

I don’t care how stupid she is, she looks great in a bikini!

By: Tom T.

Tom T. — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:51:23 +0000

Bill’s proposed retort doesn’t really help the situation.

Luann: “It’s a Christian holiday!”
Tiffany: “So how come school is closed on Christmas?”
Luann: “Um, it’s….”

By: Detcord

Detcord — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:46:12 +0000

Chakolate (18)

I think Tiffany is giving the pouty version of phooey, rather than a raspberry.

By: Detcord

Detcord — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:40:09 +0000

George P (19)

“Detcord, the Winter Solstice happens on December 21st or 22nd, not the 25th”.

Yep, I know. If you re-read my post, you’ll note that I said the Celebrations began when the Sun began to rise again. That rise is difficult to discern until a few days have passed after the Solstice and it’s only really apparent around December 25th. So, no, December 25 is NOT the Winter Solstice, but the first day primitive people can feel assured the Sun isn’t just going to vanish after the Winter Solstice.

It was a big holiday, which is why the early Christians subsumed it into their calendars. A very accommodating and clever strategy - IMO.

According to Wikipedia, “Saturnalia was introduced around 217 BC to raise [Roman] citizen morale after a crushing military defeat at the hands of the Carthaginians.” So it predates “Christmas” by a few hundred years. Again, the Christians simply redirected the established holiday into their own calendar. If you can’t beat ‘em, get ‘em to join you. A clever, and successful, concept.

By: Igelino

Igelino — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 07:44:21 +0000

George, the solstice actually happens on January 1st. Over the years, calendar engineering has improved. Nowadays our calendar engineers design a fudge factor of about 6 days into our calendars. ; )

It’s still not perfect. About ten years ago we had problems because various calendar engineers couldn’t quite agree on the universal constants.

By: Frank the curmudgeon

Frank the curmudgeon — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:05:36 +0000

St. Nicholas was not a Turk. He was most likely a Byzantine Greek. The Turks did not arrive for another 500 years.

By: mitch4

mitch4 — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 01:05:02 +0000

Did all of you catch the “Where were you last Christmas?” dialogue from the Kagan hearings?