Y U CHRISTMAS, HUH?

Turtwig

Seeing as Hallo'ween is now over. Christmas has officially begun! Or not really but everywhere likes to tell you it has - like here . So I decided to pip Mr Pudding to the post with starting the thread for the inevitable atheists, agnositics and christmas conundrums that emerge. This is after all his traditional thread. As we all know though around here traditions are meant to be scrutinised. So my thread this time!

:pac:

CarrickMcJoe

Ah yes, its that time of year when all non believers come out and celebrate the birth of Christ. Welcome all prodigals.

smokingman

CarrickMcJoe wrote: »

Ah yes, its that time of year when all non believers come out and celebrate the birth of Christ. Welcome all prodigals.

In fairness, zombie king has nothing to do with that time of year anymore.

Links234

Mince Pies, Mulled Wine, Turkey & Stuffing, presents, Doctor Who special, what's not to love?!

Turtwig

CarrickMcJoe wrote: »

Ah yes, its that time of year when all non believers come out and celebrate the birth of Christ.

The believers do too.

Squeedily Spooch

CarrickMcJoe wrote: »

Ah yes, its that time of year when all non believers come out and celebrate the birth of Christ. Welcome all prodigals.

No I celebrate eating my own weight in food, sleeping in front of the tv and meeting up with friends for nights out. No zombie Jew necessary.

He wasn't even born on Dec 25th ya know

lazygal

CarrickMcJoe wrote: »

Ah yes, its that time of year when all non believers come out and celebrate the birth of Christ. Welcome all prodigals.

In fairness the believers aren't celebrating the birth of Christ either, but a traditional pagan festival piggybacked onto by Christians.

Absolam

I do it 'cos I enjoy it. Good enough for me

Tipsy McSwagger

I love Xmas. It's all about family, presents, Santa, Kevin McCallister, East 17, Willy Wonka, drinking, eating, football etc, If you can't enjoy Xmas then you're a miserable sod.

5uspect

Links234 wrote: »

Mince Pies, Mulled Wine, Turkey & Stuffing, presents, Doctor Who special, what's not to love?!

I never got Dr Who personally.

Lucena

5uspect wrote: »

I never got Dr Who personally.

HERETIC!!!!!! Stone him!!!!

rainbow kirby

10 days back in Ireland, Munster v Leinster with a hot whiskey in my hand, plenty of time to catch up with family and friends - can't complain really.

eviltwin

CarrickMcJoe wrote: »

Ah yes, its that time of year when all non believers come out and celebrate the birth of Christ. Welcome all prodigals.

I celebrate wanton commercialism and gluttony. Tis great so it is

Delirium

CarrickMcJoe wrote: »

Ah yes, its that time of year when all non believers come out and celebrate the birth of Christ. Welcome all prodigals.

It's my favourite story. That of a baby found beneath a pine tree by a jolly old man out delivering care packages to the poor

biko

For me it's just something to look forward to as the evenings gets darker.
Oh, and presents.

Pherekydes

Jesus is the reason for the season!!!

And the Earth's axial tilt has nothing to do with it, at all atall.

Christmas is all about Trundling around the Goal mile, roast sprouts, Home Alone or Die Hard and staying up ridiculously late to watch the end of the NFL regular season. And Miller, lots of Miller.

Turtwig

5uspect wrote: »

I never got Dr Who personally.

Banned.

Squeedily Spooch

Dr Who is awful, there I said it.

Nodin

CarrickMcJoe wrote: »

Ah yes, its that time of year when all non believers come out and celebrate the birth of Christ. Welcome all prodigals.

Sure we'd celebrate the birth of Zeus if there was a few jars and a couple of days off in it.

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/35774/?

5uspect

Sheesh, you'd swear The Doctor was the fecking messiah and rose from the dead, again and again. :pac:

I guess I don't get it because I didn't grow up with 'the channels' so when I watch it now I cringe at how ropey it is.

Doctor DooM

I'm on crappy Irish rail wi fi, quick someone find that Doctor Whumanism video to make the non believers feel bad!

shruikan2553

I can't wait for family members who only go to mass once a year to question me celebrating Christmas.

Nodin

shruikan2553 wrote: »

I can't wait for family members who only go to mass once a year to question me celebrating Christmas.

...or family members urging you to go to mass, because that one day of the year will make up for your complete lack of belief and participation the other 364.

Midnight mass in rathmines used be a bit of craic though, for all the wrong reasons. The record was apparently 40 cops, 2 vans, 4 garda cars and a few bikes.

MrPudding

Turtwig wrote: »

Seeing as Hallo'ween is now over. Christmas has officially begun! Or not really but everywhere likes to tell you it has - like here . So I decided to pip Mr Pudding to the post with starting the thread for the inevitable atheists, agnositics and christmas conundrums that emerge. This is after all his traditional thread. As we all know though around here traditions are meant to be scrutinised. So my thread this time!

:pac:

Bugger. Was going to dig my old thread out today.

MrP

ShooterSF

shruikan2553 wrote: »

I can't wait for family members who only go to mass once a year to question me celebrating Christmas.

Whilst complaining about people wishing people "Happy Holidays".

"Sure Christmas is not about religion."

Absolam

ShooterSF wrote: »

Whilst complaining about people wishing people "Happy Holidays".

"Sure Christmas is not about religion."

Ah here.... Happy Holidays? Damn pc hippies.

You can have your Yule, your Hannukah, your Kwanzaa, I'll Happy you any of those you like, and any other midwinter festival you're partial to. But Happy Holidays? Bite me. And have a nice day now!

ShooterSF

Absolam wrote: »

Ah here.... Happy Holidays? Damn pc hippies.

You can have your Yule, your Hannukah, your Kwanzaa, I'll Happy you any of those you like, and any other midwinter festival you're partial to. But Happy Holidays? Bite me. And have a nice day now!

On a personal basis it can be a bit PC but it has it's uses as a catch all. If say you're running a business and at the end of the year you want to send a happy whatever the hell it is you celebrate to all your clients it covers all bases.

robindch

Nodin wrote: »

Midnight mass in rathmines used be a bit of craic though, for all the wrong reasons. The record was apparently 40 cops, 2 vans, 4 garda cars and a few bikes.

They could tempt me back with a rerun of that famous 1975 classic, "Plastered Trumpet-Player Regales Killarney Cathedral During Consecration".

branie2

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory will most likely be on TV over the holiday

Shrap

Y ME CHRISTMAS? Convention. I have children so I have to pull out all the stops and do the whole pressies/dinner/sh1te tv/pulling crackers thing.

Am I the only one here who isn't looking forward to the obligation of it all? Really don't want to bring people down who enjoy Christmas, but honestly the only part of the season I enjoy is covering the house in outrageous quantities of bling (the only way I can get myself geared up for the "big day") and I have to get the timing absolutely bang on or I will have burned out my "Christmas spirit" by about a week beforehand. That's the main reason I hate the post-Halloween count-down. I'm bored of the whole thing by Dec.25th.

I do like that there is a day where we all give presents to each other. That bit is cool, but I am looking forward to the day where my kids aren't really bothered and I get to go away for a week in a mobile home looking over the sea or similar and just go for a walk instead of making the massive effort.

Bah humbug.

MrPudding

Shrap wrote: »

Y ME CHRISTMAS? Convention. I have children so I have to pull out all the stops and do the whole pressies/dinner/sh1te tv/pulling crackers thing.

Am I the only one here who isn't looking forward to the obligation of it all? Really don't want to bring people down who enjoy Christmas, but honestly the only part of the season I enjoy is covering the house in outrageous quantities of bling (the only way I can get myself geared up for the "big day") and I have to get the timing absolutely bang on or I will have burned out my "Christmas spirit" by about a week beforehand. That's the main reason I hate the post-Halloween count-down. I'm bored of the whole thing by Dec.25th.

I do like that there is a day where we all give presents to each other. That bit is cool, but I am looking forward to the day where my kids aren't really bothered and I get to go away for a week in a mobile home looking over the sea or similar and just go for a walk instead of making the massive effort.

Bah humbug.

As I said in the previous, and in my opinion superior, thread on this topic, I FCUKING LOVE CHRISTMAS!!! And yes, I did use 3 exclamation marks. That did just happen.

MrP

smacl

Links234 wrote: »

Mince Pies, Mulled Wine, Turkey & Stuffing, presents, Doctor Who special, what's not to love?!

Turkey?? C'mon now, Jesus didn't die for a goddamn turkey, nor all those multitudes of virgins sacrificed to various pagan deities either. Has to be goose, with crispy skin done in ginger, honey, lemon and soy. Now that's a bird worth nailing someone up for. Oh, and the spuds have to be roast in the goose fat, anything else is basically heresy

gaynorvader

What're all these Christmas shenanigans? It was winter solstice when I were a lad and that's what I'll continue to call it. Damned upstarts coming in here with their trendy new names for things.

Turtwig

Think Snoggletog is the best name for it.

Brian Shanahan

Gotta be Hogswatch.

Hotblack Desiato

ShooterSF wrote: »

On a personal basis it can be a bit PC but it has it's uses as a catch all. If say you're running a business and at the end of the year you want to send a happy whatever the hell it is you celebrate to all your clients it covers all bases.

"Happy Whatever The Hell It Is"

I like the sound of that

MrPudding wrote: »

As I said in the previous, and in my opinion superior, thread on this topic...

Turtwig, you usurped the traditional thead going all the way back to the times of myth and legend (2011). Boo-urns.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056431843

lynski

Last year I decided I was having Christmas in Christmas Eve. So started with a lovely little musical event in the village, then cooked the spread - all the trimmings, crackers the lot. Then kids to bed and did the Santa thing. Next day - no cook Brekkie (smoked salmon and brown bread) and a platter of crackers and cheese and leftover spiced beef for lunch and dinner of leftovers too. Did very little all day just built Lego and watched tv. So doing it again this year but even more so - disposable plates and cups to no dishwasher filling even. A day in pjs and no work. Can't wait.

Esterhase

Christmas Eve - catch up on current Doctor Who, meet family, presents.
Christmas Day - Meet family, nice bottle of wine/rum, delicious roast. In evening make sandwich from the remains of dinner to fill TARDIS-like stomach, watch Doctor Who and Downton Abbey specials in front of a nice warm fire.

What could possibly be better!?

lazygal

The real Christmas miracle is how one can eat a full fry for breakfast, snack liberally throughout the day, eat a full Christmas dinner, and still feel a bit peckish later on for a leftover stuffed sambo.

branie2

What I'm looking forward to is watching one of the Star Trek films in the Blu-ray box set, which is one of my main presents

Mr. CooL ICE

I'll be pregnant with a food baby by about 12. Otherwise, christmas is a failure.

Brian Shanahan

branie2 wrote: »

What I'm looking forward to is watching one of the Star Trek films in the Blu-ray box set, which is one of my main presents

As long as it's not 5, that's not canon.

recedite

A nice christmas present would be if they gave us back the old Doctor Who (ie the young one). An excess of time travel has not been kind to the new Doctor, either to his face or his demeanour.

Shrap

I FAR prefer the new face and demeanour. But then, I'm the only one in this thread who doesn't like Christmas.... and I'm old enough to find Capaldi very quite attractive

PopePalpatine

I'm still coming to terms with Capaldi not being the fearsome and sweary Malcolm Tucker.

recedite

He's a miserable old git. Have another look when you sober up.

Shrap

recedite wrote: »

He's a miserable old git. Have another look when you sober up.

Sober as a judge yer honour. And yeah he's a miserable git with wrinkles (I like them looking lived in ), but infinitely better suited to the Dr. status than the previous child and the chinless wonder before him.

I bet you like Clara too, eh? :P

The Black Oil

Christmas'll be a good time to catch up on all those A&A groupthink memos.

recedite

Shrap wrote: »

I bet you like Clara too, eh? :P

Who doesn't, pardon the pun.
But she makes him look like a paedophile. The nasty politician role suited him much better.

desertcircus

Did a 4km run through Dublin city centre at 7am last Christmas. It was one of the most strangely lovely times I've ever had in the city. We saw about five people in total; it was like being in a post zombie apocalypse scenario. Planning to stop at the Spar on the corner of Georges St and Same St this year for a coffee - it's the only open place in the city centre that morning.

After that, it's pork belly, slow-cooked beef and ham, and lots of strange beers.

Incidentally: having only gotten into Doctor Who this year, the current season suffers badly by comparison to Tennant's run. It's barely recognisable as the same show.