Christmas mass

r93kaey5p2izun

No, haven't been in nearly 20 years. I quite liked Christmas Eve mass though (didn't mind mass in general tbh) and in some ways would love to go.

Pherekydes

My mass goes up substantially over Christmas.

So my Christmas mass is about 10kg.

IsaacWunder

RayM wrote: »

He gives good mass.

Father Clippett does a good, long mass, three hours since he had his stroke.

Ruu

Used to go to the midnight mass with my gran but after she moved on from this realm, I never bothered much with it. We have a celeb doing our mass now anyway.

vicwatson

Id self combust if I walked into a church.

Chucken

Ruu wrote: »

Used to go to the midnight mass with my gran but after she moved on from this realm, I never bothered much with it. We have a celeb doing our mass now anyway.

If it's the celeb I'm thinking of, I'd nearly go to hear him

vicwatson

"Father, is there anything to be said for another mass"

Zamboni

vicwatson wrote: »

Id self combust if I walked into a church.

There is more evidence for SHC than there is for the existence of a deity in fairness :pac:

Galwayguy35

Yes will be going on Christmas Eve.

P_1

Standing in a crowded unheated building in the middle of flu season never struck me as a good idea so I shan't be partaking again this year.

JaseBelleVie

I was always brought to Christmas Eve mass when I was a kid. I much preferred it, as it meant you could spend all day on Christmas Day just opening presents and not having to leave the house. Fighting with the brother over what presents were his and which were mine and all that.

One year, however, the trauma of it all. It was too stormy to go to mass on Christmas Eve. Myself and the brother were delighted as we thought we'd dodged mass altogether. Imagine our dual horror when we were dragged from bed at 8am the following morning, out to the car and down to a 2 hour long mass. We felt like it would never end. I was 8 and he was 5, so we were both just aching to get to our presents.

I'll probably go this year, the local church has mass at 9pm and I'll go with the parents and the brother just to do a family thing. It's usually spot on too, with some Christmas carols and stuff, so more entertaining than the usual mass.

6541

I will be going for the sake of Irish Tradition, then I will do the xmas swim !

Manach

Usually wait.for midday mass. Easier to spot anyone else bearing coal.

ChunkyLover54

JaseHeath wrote: »

One year, however, the trauma of it all. It was too stormy to go to mass on Christmas Eve. Myself and the brother were delighted as we thought we'd dodged mass altogether. Imagine our dual horror when we were dragged from bed at 8am the following morning, out to the car and down to a 2 hour long mass. We felt like it would never end. I was 8 and he was 5, so we were both just aching to get to our presents.

Your folks brought you to mass before you opened your presents? That's practically child cruelty.

cloud493

My traditional christmas day when I was a kid

6am - christmas walk to mass
8am - mass (the church was a good hour and a half walk from us)
10am - walk back from mass.
12pm - open one present
1pm - walking
4pm - finally eat some food that wasn't communion wafer
6pm - mass
8.30pm - finally open the ****ing presents.

iguana

I'd rather boil my head. Next year I might take my son to a pre-Christmas carols concert that's held in the local CoI cathedral as he loves choral music and he should be old enough to enjoy it as part of the build up to Santa's birthday. But that's it. An evening of well regarded singers belting out a few carols might be fun, no need for a lecture to go with it.

shruikan2553

Haven't been to mass for any other day the past 10 years, see no reason to start now. Rest of the family tend to go though.

JaseBelleVie

ChunkyLover54 wrote: »

Your folks brought you to mass before you opened your presents? That's practically child cruelty.

I know, right! I think my little brother actually did cry in the car on the way. I sulked more than cried. But it was all forgotten and we got what we asked for so it was all blissful afterwards. But it says something when I can still remember the "incident" nearly 20 years after it happened. :P

cena

iguana wrote: »

I'd rather boil my head. Next year I might take my son to a pre-Christmas carols concert that's held in the local CoI cathedral as he loves choral music and he should be old enough to enjoy it as part of the build up to Santa's birthday. But that's it. An evening of well regarded singers belting out a few carols might be fun, no need for a lecture to go with it.

I hope your not telling your son its Santa's birthday on the 25th?

Sure its Jesus birthday.

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

Christmas eve is for the pub until such time as I have kids.

Christmas morning is for mass and trying to shake off a hangover while listening to the screams and cries of the products of our latest baby boom.

braddun

Christmas eve mass is early this year

RayM

ChunkyLover54 wrote: »

Your folks brought you to mass before you opened your presents? That's practically child cruelty.

Being dragged away from your presents, shortly after opening them, was only marginally less cruel.

the groutch

Kevin McCloud wrote: »

I love a good mass, the priest has to know how to use the alter altar though.

sorry I had to alter that on you

iguana

cena wrote: »

I hope your not telling your son its Santa's birthday on the 25th?

Sure its Jesus birthday.

I've read enough of the Bible to know that Jesus was most certainly not born in December so it's definitely not his birthday at Christmas. That's another good reason not to bring my little guy to mass. I'd hate for him to get a false idea about the sheep farming methods practiced by middle-eastern shepherds two thousand years ago.

ballsymchugh

iguana wrote: »

I'd rather boil my head. Next year I might take my son to a pre-Christmas carols concert that's held in the local CoI cathedral as he loves choral music and he should be old enough to enjoy it as part of the build up to Santa's birthday. But that's it. An evening of well regarded singers belting out a few carols might be fun, no need for a lecture to go with it.

where is local if you don't mind me asking?
although it's no good to you now, if you're in Dublin, the Dublin Gospel Choir do a carol concert on the last sunday before Christmas in Church St. was at it earlier. excellent stuff to help the friary homeless shelter.

Chucken

iguana wrote: »

I've read enough of the Bible to know that Jesus was most certainly not born in December so it's definitely not his birthday at Christmas. That's another good reason not to bring my little guy to mass. I'd hate for him to get a false idea about the sheep farming methods practiced by middle-eastern shepherds two thousand years ago.

So why take him to CoI to hear carols?

I think we all know the dates are out of sync but I'm sure a lot of people like mass at Christmas..where they celebrate the birth of Jesus.

iguana

Chucken wrote: »

So why take him to CoI to hear carols?.

Because he loves choral music and the cathedral is where they hold the concert.

iguana

ballsymchugh wrote: »

where is local if you don't mind me asking?
although it's no good to you now, if you're in Dublin, the Dublin Gospel Choir do a carol concert on the last sunday before Christmas in Church St. was at it earlier. excellent stuff to help the friary homeless shelter.

Other side of the country but that's good to know as we're in Dublin quite a bit and that might end up suiting us better depending on the dates.

Chucken

iguana wrote: »

Because he loves choral music and the cathedral is where they hold the concert.

I'll take my 2 year old grandson to our local Catholic Church and CoI Cathedral for the aul sing song in the next few days
They will all be singing from the same hymn sheet..literally

Cantremember

Copped on to that drivel years ago. Only been in churches for weddings and funerals since. Thankfully fewer of those being done there now too.