Well, it’s the 25th of December. If you’re a Christian or living in a largely Christian country, you’ll probably be celebrating Christmas in some way. Even for those of us who aren’t religious, this can be a very special time of year.
What probably started out as a simple celebration that we’d made it through the darkest days of the winter and were now heading towards the rebirth of spring has been adopted by every major western belief system and worked into their mythology since long before the birth of that influential carpenter in Bethlehem.
From the Pagans through the Ancient Romans to the Christians and now, arguably, those that worship at the altar of consumerism. We’ve allowed this time of year to be moulded into whatever philosophies we, as a culture, are exploring at that point in history.
We assign importance to those transient philosophies but we make them conform to a few simple aspects of the core celebration we’ve always enjoyed. These are the things that I think are truly important at this time of year. The timeless things that we can all see the value of, even those that don’t believe in virgin births.
Family, compassion, love, warmth, celebration and friendship. Those are the things that have always been the point to this midwinter celebration. We celebrate the embrace of family and friends in the face of the bitter cold that the world throws at us at this time (at least in the northern hemisphere, where these traditions were born). We find warmth in each other, even through the darkest days of winter. Whether it’s the Pagan Yule, Roman Saturnalia, Christian Christmas or any of the many other celebrations we’ve assigned.
So it doesn’t matter if you’re celebrating the birth of your Messiah, the cycle of nature, the God of agriculture or anything else. We wish you a very enjoyable December 25th and hope that you get to spend it with family and friends, doing what is perhaps the most important thing a human can do: feeling compassion and love for your fellow humans.
Happy Holidays.
TSBonyman
My, look who was up early for Santa ;)
Merry Xmas to all!
DrNate86
Happy Jesus’ Birthday! Make sure you sin sin sin!
bunimomike
Don’t forget. Sinning isn’t just for Christmas either folks.
gazzagb
Merry Christmas guys!
sesameseed
Have a good xmas everybody :D
Ro6afc11
Merry Christmas to everyone at TSA wherever you may be around the globe.
Rockband 3 in the bag already :) oh and EA Active 2, are they trying to tell me something!! You may all snigger when you see me playing it.
Rocket_345
Merry Xmas guys
Foxhound_Solid
Merry Christmas guys. Best games site ever.
ProjectJAY
Mirry Chrestmas! :)
MXZ
I had a pretty disappointing christmas but i hope you all had a great day
(now if you excuse me im going to start waiting for 2011)
nemesisND1derboy
Happy Xmas, one and all!