Let us not forget the real reason for the season this Holiday period: The Winter Solstice, together with the Summer Solstice one of the two most important days of the year. Today the old year died, and the new one is born. Reborn, or resurrected, if you will.
Christians appropriated much of existing Pagan celebrations of this time, and it is the pagan traditions we still celebrate, with Christian lies frosting the top. Be sure to mention this to the next mouth breather ranting about Christ in Christmas.
Happy Solstice everyone! Best wishes in the new year!
I'm going to beat the crowds by a couple of weeks: While we suffer through the vomitous waves of Xmas ads, be prepared for a refreshing break on 12/26, followed swiftly thereafter with the insufferable "Year in Review" filler for the final week of 2009.
What I'm interested in are naming conventions: Are we all going to say "Two Thousand And Ten", or "Twenty Ten"?
I'm betting the latter, though it will require a break from the last 10 years.
Finally, can you believe it's going to be 2010? Seems crazy.
