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.
hannes_truce
Merrrryyy Chrissttmaaaaaaaass.
TheShepanator
Merry christmas! 8)
Manorhowze
Merry crimbo everyone.
BadBoyBoogie
A Merry Christmas to all at TSA and to all my fellow TSA’ers as well. :)
skibadee
happy xmas guys
mugsybalone
Merry Christmas to everyone at TSA, and to all it’s lovely followers :)
Boomshanks
Merry Christmas to anyone who is reading this. Yes that would be you :p
Dexter17
Have a great day guys.
KillaScorp
Happy Christmas everyone
R1MJAW
Happy Holidays TSA.