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The Holidays 2018-2019
7 years ago
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Twelfth Night, the traditional end of the Christmas season, is tomorrow. Therefore, I consider this information timely, if only just.
In the past few years, some Protestant... um, let's say "groups." ...have spoken and in some ways acted to "win Christmas back for Christ," by protesting and trying to suppress all references to "The Holidays." Their objections come from a level of ignorance which they could easily correct with a little Google-whacking, would they but look beyond the ends of their noses. Here, then, is my list for this year.
Sunday, December 2nd[– Beginning of Chanukkah (Jewish, ends 10th), Advent Sunday (Christian, ends 24th)
Wednesday, December 5th – Krampusnacht (Austria), Day of the Ninja, Walt Disney's Birthday (1901), Sinterklaas (begins, two days)
Thursday, December 6th - St. Nicholas Day (Christian)
Saturday, December 8th - Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary (Catholic), Bodhi Day (Rohatsu, Buddhist)
Monday, December 10th - Human Rights Day (UN)
Tuesday, December 11th - Anniversary of the Statute of Westminster
Wednesday, December 12th - Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Catholic)
Friday, December 14th - Monkey Day
Saturday, December 15th - Zamenhof Day (Esperanto), International Tea Day
Sunday, December 16rth - Posadas Navidenas (Hispanic Christian, ends 25th), Dhanu Sankranti (Hindu), Beethoven's Birfday (1770)
Monday, December 17th (sunset) - Asara B'Tevet (Jewish)
Tuesday, December 18th - Geeta Jayanti (Hindu)
Thursday, December 20th - World Barking Day
Friday, December 21st – Winter Solstice, First Day of Winter, Yule (Pagan), Yule (Christian), Saint Thomas the Apostle (Christian), Blue Christmas (Christian), Yalda (Zoroastrianism), Global Orgasm Day
Sunday, December 23rd – Humanlight (Secular Humanist), Festivus (Seinfeld), Christmas Adam (because Adam came before Eve)
Monday, December 24th – Christmas Eve (Christian)
Tuesday, December 25th – Christmas Day (Christian), Feast of the Nativity (Orthodox Christian), Newtonmas (Sir Isaac Newton's birthday, 1642)
Wednesday, December 26th – Boxing Day, Feast of St Steven (Christian), Zarathosht Diso (Zoroastrianism), Wren Day, National Whiners Day, Kwanzaa (to January 1)
Friday, December 28th - Holy Innocents (Christian)
Sunday, December 30th - Holy Family (Christian)
Monday, December 31st – New Year’s Eve, Watch Night (Christian)
Tuesday, January 1st – New Year’s Day, Mary Mother of God (Catholic), Feast of the Circumcision of Christ (Catholics), Feast Day of St Basil (Orthodox), Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus (Orthodox), Gantan-sai (Shinto New Years), Global Family Day (UN), Z Day (Secular)
Wednesday, January 2nd – Day After New Year’s Day (Quebec)
Thursday, January 3rd – J.R.R. Tolkein’s Birfday (1892)
Saturday, January 5th – Twelfth Night (trad.), Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti (Sikh), National Bird Day (USA)
Sunday, January 6th – Epiphany (Christian), Dia de Los Reyes (Three Kings Day, Hispanic Catholic), Feast of the Epiphany (Theophany, Orthodox), Nativity of Christ (Xmas, Armenian Orthodox)
TOTAL HOLIDAYS and OCCASUIONS = 59 (does not include January 6th)
Religious = 32
Christian = 21
And that’s why we call it “The Holidays.”
In the past few years, some Protestant... um, let's say "groups." ...have spoken and in some ways acted to "win Christmas back for Christ," by protesting and trying to suppress all references to "The Holidays." Their objections come from a level of ignorance which they could easily correct with a little Google-whacking, would they but look beyond the ends of their noses. Here, then, is my list for this year.
The Holidays 2018-2019 Sunday, December 2nd[– Beginning of Chanukkah (Jewish, ends 10th), Advent Sunday (Christian, ends 24th)
Wednesday, December 5th – Krampusnacht (Austria), Day of the Ninja, Walt Disney's Birthday (1901), Sinterklaas (begins, two days)
Thursday, December 6th - St. Nicholas Day (Christian)
Saturday, December 8th - Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary (Catholic), Bodhi Day (Rohatsu, Buddhist)
Monday, December 10th - Human Rights Day (UN)
Tuesday, December 11th - Anniversary of the Statute of Westminster
Wednesday, December 12th - Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Catholic)
Friday, December 14th - Monkey Day
Saturday, December 15th - Zamenhof Day (Esperanto), International Tea Day
Sunday, December 16rth - Posadas Navidenas (Hispanic Christian, ends 25th), Dhanu Sankranti (Hindu), Beethoven's Birfday (1770)
Monday, December 17th (sunset) - Asara B'Tevet (Jewish)
Tuesday, December 18th - Geeta Jayanti (Hindu)
Thursday, December 20th - World Barking Day
Friday, December 21st – Winter Solstice, First Day of Winter, Yule (Pagan), Yule (Christian), Saint Thomas the Apostle (Christian), Blue Christmas (Christian), Yalda (Zoroastrianism), Global Orgasm Day
Sunday, December 23rd – Humanlight (Secular Humanist), Festivus (Seinfeld), Christmas Adam (because Adam came before Eve)
Monday, December 24th – Christmas Eve (Christian)
Tuesday, December 25th – Christmas Day (Christian), Feast of the Nativity (Orthodox Christian), Newtonmas (Sir Isaac Newton's birthday, 1642)
Wednesday, December 26th – Boxing Day, Feast of St Steven (Christian), Zarathosht Diso (Zoroastrianism), Wren Day, National Whiners Day, Kwanzaa (to January 1)
Friday, December 28th - Holy Innocents (Christian)
Sunday, December 30th - Holy Family (Christian)
Monday, December 31st – New Year’s Eve, Watch Night (Christian)
Tuesday, January 1st – New Year’s Day, Mary Mother of God (Catholic), Feast of the Circumcision of Christ (Catholics), Feast Day of St Basil (Orthodox), Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus (Orthodox), Gantan-sai (Shinto New Years), Global Family Day (UN), Z Day (Secular)
Wednesday, January 2nd – Day After New Year’s Day (Quebec)
Thursday, January 3rd – J.R.R. Tolkein’s Birfday (1892)
Saturday, January 5th – Twelfth Night (trad.), Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti (Sikh), National Bird Day (USA)
Sunday, January 6th – Epiphany (Christian), Dia de Los Reyes (Three Kings Day, Hispanic Catholic), Feast of the Epiphany (Theophany, Orthodox), Nativity of Christ (Xmas, Armenian Orthodox)
TOTAL HOLIDAYS and OCCASUIONS = 59 (does not include January 6th)
Religious = 32
Christian = 21
And that’s why we call it “The Holidays.”
Anyway, she told me that Jesus was actually a Pharisee. What he was preaching, and what Christianity is based on, is Pharisaism. (And he wasn't even very good at it, she said.) Remember the Sermon on the Mount? He didn't criticize Pharisaism, he chastised the Pharisees for not practising what they preached!
Meanwhile, Judaea abandoned Pharisaism as a religious philosophy more than a thousand years ago. Why? Because nobody could live that way! (so my friend said) The Pharisees themselves couldn't. Christians still don't today.
--jaql
Then again, where do you draw the line? If somebody says something that's really wrong, (like racism or sexism or threats of violence), should everybody still mind their own business?
-2Paw.
I hope you had a great day anyway.
...BTW, who is Gerard Depardieu?
No turkeys wlll be cooked (it has a cooking area that's along the lines of a medium-sized microwave's) but the cupcake baking was more than successful, and if we decide we'd like to make some cheese biscuits (like Bisquick) or even a small layer cake, he knows how and will be showing me how as well. :)
As for Gerard Depardieu, I think CyberCorn_Entropic beat me to it with Gerard's Wiki page. The other reason it was important to me (that we share our birthday), is that Deuce found a moderately-obscure science-fiction movie on BluRay for my birthday (he stopped over here when he was home for Christmas with his family, on the 23rd) called 'Babylon A.D.' (based on the French Cyberpunk novel called 'Babylon Babies'), starring Mr. Depardieu, Michelle Yeoh (Resident Evil, and I believe she also stars in Star Trek: Discovery, amongst her roles), and Vin Diesel (Pitch Black, The Chronicles Of Riddick), who made a thoroughly excellent Toorop. This is both true to the Cyberpunk theme, and nowhere near your traditional action movie. :)
So movies were viddied. Birthday went all proper, and thank you for the tidings thus, my excellent D'otta chummer! <hug!s>
-2Paw.