Christmas cancelled in the UK

[stevewinn]

Christmas is all about... Turkey, Drinking loads...getting drunk and sitting back to watch the Bond movie...

It a sacred tradition..

I agree except its the wrong movie, it should be the great escape with steve McQueen, why its shown every year i dont know, another one is, santa claus the movie with dudley moor,

[glorybebe]

I agree except its the wrong movie, it should be the great escape with steve McQueen, why its shown every year i dont know, another one is, santa claus the movie with dudley moor,

I find this whole idea absolutely ridiculous. If any of the other religions had a problem with Christmas, they shouldn't move to a country that celebrates it. In the US (I think it was Seattle) last year, a Rabi was all p***y that there were Christmas Trees in the airport but not anything Jewish. The Christmas trees were removed until he relented and apologized. why did he apologize? He got threatening letters. It's silly. For us, Christmas is Santa Day. The myth was based on a real person who gave out gifts from the kindness of his heart-how much better of a reason is that?

[IronGhost]

Well, I know one thing, a lot of Brits really know how to celebrate Christmas.

I'm an American but last year I was in England on business around Christmas time. One evening after a long day of work I was sitting in the pub of my hotel having a pint, and I struck up this conversation with a guy because he had his Jack Russell terrier in the pub with him, and I like dogs, and I was telling him that there aren't too many bars in the U.S. where people bring their dogs along, but they do this all the time in British pubs.

Anyway, it turns out this guy was working for some local fuel company and the company Christmas party was kicking off a bit later in the hotel, and before you know it, this guy and his wife ask me if I want to go to their company Christmas party with them, and I'm all alone in England during the X-Mas season, so I say "what the hell" ...

And I end up going to this Christmas party where everyone is wearing goofy paper hats, and they are drinking huge quantities of some kind of black British ale tat would be deemed a Class I controlled substance in the U.S., but I drink a lot of it anyway -- and they have this DJ who is playing, like, a lot of Rolling Stones and old Rod Stewart songs, and I'm dancing with total strangers, and having a great time ...

And then somebody tells the DJ that I'm from Minnesota, and the DJ plays that Rod Stewart song "You Wear It Well" because Rod the Mod mentions "Minnesota" in the song, and when Rod signs: "I've been meaing to phone ya from Minnesota" everyone cheers and points at me -- and I'm so blasted and wearing a dumb hat ... and later I eat a huge gobbing portions of what I later learned was "Spotted Dick" -- a desert so rich in sugar and cholesterol that it would also be banned in America as a toxic substance ...

... and then the the morning I wake up with my head exploding, and I think -- "This was really a terrific way to celebrate the sacred birthday of the Messiah!!""

[crtDzyn]

Nothing like some good spotted dick to top off the night

Sounds like it was an awesome Christmas

[IronGhost]

Nothing like some good spotted dick to top off the night

Sounds like it was an awesome Christmas

Right. You know, you never know when you're going to end up in some foreign country eating some stranger's Spotted Dick and then later throwing up in the toilet after celebrating the Birthday of Jesus.

[glorybebe]

Nothing like some good spotted dick to top off the night

Sounds like it was an awesome Christmas

We made Spotted Dick in Home Ec. It is awesome! But you have to be careful how you say you like Spotted Dick over here.....LOL

[pai mei]

Let everybody celebrate whatever they want. If I have a religion that says I must party 300 days a year and I can afford then let me do it what do you care ? Same about Christmas, who says I cannot do whatever I want that particular day ?

[odas]

i have just been listening to a debate on this on the radio. Muslim after muslim and jew after jew have been coming on saying how ridiculous this proposal is, how much they like xmas and how reports like this only widen gulfs and make much more trouble than they could ever hope to solve.

Stupid people with nothing better to justify their ridiculous positions and incomes upon. Plenty of qualifications and zero common sense. New labour finds new problems.

And one more muslim voice against this stupidity. I was raised to respect Christmass and always celebrated with my Christian friends. I agree that other religious holidays should be added and Christmass, Hanukah and Eid should be celebrated only by those who really respect this event.

Of course, I am sure that those who are against those holidays do not complain about the paid time of from work.

Another hit for us. CJM, wake up.

[HollyDolly]

I think they are carrying this PC business too far. There are other cultures who may take decorating the house,getting a tree and making a feast for the family from our Christmas, but put their own spin on it.Why,because Christmas is about caring about your family and friends,about the people you come in contact with. And they like that idea, because whether jewish,Muslim,Hindu etc.family is important in their culture.

I hate all the crass commercialism of the holidays. I like the old fashioned meaning of it.

It was St.Boniface,the apostle of the German people who took the sacred tree of oak or fir,forgot which,and turned it into a Christmas symbol.

The nativity scene which is displayed all over the place is credited to St.Francis of Assi,who used it to honor Jesus and as a method of teaching the story of Jesus's birth to others who couldn't read,which many of the poor couldn't do in his day.He was a friend to animals,known for his preaching to the birds and brother wolf,and for his gentleness.That's why on his feast day,there is a ceremony to bless the animals.

I don't need the Ten Commandments set up on the courthouse lawn. Everyone should know them anyways.

This constant pc business is driving people apart,not together at all. This will backfire someday,wait and see.

[ships-cat]

You forgot scoffing your way through a big tin of quality street.

We always had Terry's Chocolate Oranges at Christmas

THUDrustlerustlemunchmunchmunchmunchmunch

Meow Purr.

[Duality]

We always had Terry's Chocolate Oranges at Christmas

THUDrustlerustlemunchmunchmunchmunchmunch

Meow Purr.

Tap it, and unwrap it

Never mind Chocolate oranges, my early memories were satuma's in the cristmas stocking.

[chemical-licker]

i think im annoyed

LEAVE CHRISTMAS ALONE

Dress a muslim in red he could almost be mistaken for father christmas, watch out hes not creeping because of waking you, its because the bomb in his sack might go off

[Lord Umbarger]

Christmas should be 'downgraded' to help race relations says Labour think tank

Christmas should be downgraded in favour of festivals from other religions to improve race relations, says an explosive report.

Labour's favourite think-tank says that because it would be hard to "expunge" Christmas from the national calendar, 'even-handedness' means public organisations must start giving other religions equal footing.

The leaked findings of its investigation into identity, citizenship and community cohesion also propose:

Learn to be more "Accomadating" to non-assimialting outsiders here.....

Heh-heh, maybe if we in the west screw our homes up as bad as the places the immigrants came from, they'll go home? Is that what he's getting at? Is he serious? I just can't ever tell with some of these socialist loons.

[Cradle of Fish]

Shouldnt they upgrade the other holidays to the same level as Christmas? Or will the natives cry about that?

[stevewinn]

Shouldnt they upgrade the other holidays to the same level as Christmas? Or will the natives cry about that?

sit down cradle keep your brain warm, You come to this country you accept the way of life, simple, if you dont like it pack your bags,

Religion Number (in millions) % of total population

Christianity 42.079 71.6%

No religion (Incl. Jedi) 9.10 15.5%

Refused to answer 4.29 7.3%

Islam 1.59 2.7%

Hinduism 0.559 1.0%

Sikhism 0.336 0.6%

Judaism 0.267 0.5%

Buddhism 0.152 0.3%

Other 0.179 0.3%

Total population 58.789 100.0%

Edited November 2, 2007 by stevewinn

[Michelle]

One morning, a couple of weeks ago, our city council announced that we weren't going to have the live nativity scene at the Grand Illumintaion this year. They were so inundated with phone calls that by the five o'clock news they had rescinded the decision and invited other religions to have their own displays. hehehe

[Bill Hill]

Jesus H Christ.. we've got the same problem in the UK..

Look, you live other there.. and we'll live over here... and everyone we'll be happy..

I'm talking about liberals..

[Tiggs]

What a splendid idea!

As an official representative of the Jedi council, I demand that May the 4th be celebrated as Jedi day, whereupon all men must wear Jedi robes, all women wear metal bikinis and all children must dress up as Ewoks and sing our religious anthem:

"Yub nub, eee chop yub nub;

Ah toe meet toe peechee keene,

G'noop dock fling oh ah.

Yahwah, eee chop yahwah;

Ah toe meet toe peechee keene,

G'noop dock fling oh ah.

Coatee chah tu yub nub;

Coatee chah tu yahwah;

Coatee chah tu glowah;

Allay loo ta nuv. "

Anyone failing to comply will have one or two limbs ripped off by the Wookie security detail. It's only fair, after all, that all religions should have equal footing when celebrating their holidays.

[Bill Hill]

I put down Jedi! yep... I was one of the clever ones... Of course, at the time I thought I was being original.. alas...

[IronGhost]

I realize that my friend Lord Umbarger leaves no stone unturned to find some minor nonissue with which to take a poke at "liberals", but we have already been hashing out this story for a couple of days in the following thread:

http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum...howtopic=110148

[Mars]

Christmas is a very long traditional holiday for the people native to the british isles, the Pagans I believe use to celebrate it for thousands of years. Then CHristians celebrated it as Jesus's birth. Its just silly how Liberals always try to destroy traditions.

[GreyWeather]

Well. If they do that, we'll have to add ALL religious holidays.

Anyone for Chokmah-week? All hot women must pole dance AND you get free beer and shiny presents.

Anyones birthday that happens to lay in that week become void, all their presents are sent to me. For I am god. Lord Chokmah! Unbelievers are to be turned into pig food and their names destroyed from all data banks.

[Cradle of Fish]

sit down cradle keep your brain warm, You come to this country you accept the way of life, simple, if you dont like it pack your bags,

Religion Number (in millions) % of total population

Christianity 42.079 71.6%

No religion (Incl. Jedi) 9.10 15.5%

Refused to answer 4.29 7.3%

Islam 1.59 2.7%

Hinduism 0.559 1.0%

Sikhism 0.336 0.6%

Judaism 0.267 0.5%

Buddhism 0.152 0.3%

Other 0.179 0.3%

Total population 58.789 100.0%

Please, immigrants are no threat to you. Why cant they adapt their own culture to western society without discarding it entirely? What would you rather, hard working immigrants who are trying to live their dream in the west, or destructive white chavs who's families have been living in the country for fifty generations?

I'd like to see where you got your statistics from too, because i've heard the percentage of non religious was far higher than 15% in the UK.

Why are you making such a big deal out of christmas anyway? It wasn't a christian holiday to being with and it's hardly a christmas holiday now. Infact I'd say it's anti-christian because its all about greed, one of the seven deadly sins. The Jesus thing was just tacked on, even though Jesus, if he existed, probably wasnt born on December 25th.

[IronGhost]

Christmas is a very long traditional holiday for the people native to the british isles, the Pagans I believe use to celebrate it for thousands of years. Then CHristians celebrated it as Jesus's birth. Its just silly how Liberals always try to destroy traditions.

What on earth are you talking about?????? "Pagans" celebrated Christmas???? Get a clue, man. If they are pagans, they are by definition NOT Christians, and therefore did not celebrate Christmas for "thousands of years" -- especially since Christmas was only "invented" after Jesus supposedly walked the earth.

The pagans celebrated the winter solstice, which tended to occurr around the time that the Romans later chose for the birth date of Jesus, and nobody really knows the real birthday of Jesus. What the Christians did was hijack a more ancient religious holiday and made it their own -- as a way to smother out other religious systems that date back for thousands of years.

So who really "destroyed a tradition" ? Thus, before you make ridiculous claims about "liberals" stamping out "tradition" I suggets you get some perspective on history. Christianity brutaly suppressed all other religions once it became the darling religion of the Roman Emperor Constantine, and the official state religion of Rome.

There are many existing religions today that predate Christianity by thousands of years -- even Buddhism is 500 years older than Christianity. Christians have been actively squelching all competiing points of view for centuries -- and let's not forget the Dark Ages and the Inquisition.

Edited November 2, 2007 by IronGhost

[Mars]

What on earth are you talking about?????? "Pagans" celebrated Christmas???? Get a clue, man. If they are pagans, they are by definition NOT Christians, and therefore did not celebrate Christmas for "thousands of years" -- especially since Christmas was only "invented" after Jesus supposedly walked the earth.

I think everyone knew what meant, they celebrated a holiday on that day that was assimilated when Christianity came along. You're argueing over Termonology.