OT: Merry Christmas!

[Todd]

Dear Friends,

This is wishing you a Blessed and Merry Christmas!

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. --Isaiah 9:6 KJV

And the music to go with it:

God is With Us!

-T

P.S. If any of you are curious as to our choice of the winter solstice to celebrate Christmas, my church chose the date for Christmas based on scripture: the Gospel of Saint John 3:30: "He [Jesus] must increase, but I must decrease [Saint John the Baptist]."

As the length of the days after the Winter solstice increase, the Winter solstice was chosen as Jesus' birthday ("He must increase") and as length of the days after the Summer solstice decrease, the Summer solstice was chosen as Saint John the Baptist's birthday ("I must decrease").

We also destroyed a bunch of debauchery that was also celebrated on the solstice. Substituted it with a good family friendly holiday!

[bob_villa]

Merry Christmas to you...I couldn't agree more with the sentiment!

[ChairMan]

In news:m7fb38$el1$ [e-mail], Todd belched:

And to you and yours a very Merry and Blessed CHRISTMAS

[Gordon Shumway]

I was not offended. If it did offend anybody, I certainly don't care. Oren, you have that more and more rare characteristic that enables you to say the truth and that makes you honorable. It also eliminates your chance of being a politician. If there were more honorable, truthful politicians this country would be far better than it is today.

Merry Christmas to all and Happy New year, too!

[bob_villa]

Save the bull shit for New Year's...have a Merry one, nun the less!

[Todd]

That came from a cow? I am pretty sure that came from a horse. Don't mislead us now. :-)

[Snuffy "Hub Cap" McKinney]

Raht back atchee, Todd, and fellow home repairers.

[clare]

you had cut all the bamboo, ploughed it under, and applied extra strength Glysophate to the sprouts, and worked it again, then treated the resulting sprouts, within several applications and less than 2 years you would have been rid of all the Bamboo - regardless what genus

[gfretwell]

Garlon kills just about anything.

[Todd]

Merry Christmas Clare!