In any case, some of us might not be on the boards tomorrow, so I thought i'd write this now.
Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year
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.Also, happy Solstice, and please enjoy ignoring Christmas entirely, if that's your thing.
.Merry Christmas, Baby!
Yeah, that's now how Kwanza is spelt. Anyhow, PC consideration can jump into a fireplace for all I care. Pass the milk and cookies .
its KWANZAA
Happy Hollidays to you everyone out there
Yeah, that's now how Kwanza is spelt. Anyhow, PC consideration can jump into a fireplace for all I care. Pass the milk and cookies .
its KWANZAA
Depends on where you're celebrating it (locally, or Africa). Much more accurate than starting with a "Qu" anyways.
Yeah, that's now how Kwanza is spelt. Anyhow, PC consideration can jump into a fireplace for all I care. Pass the milk and cookies .
its KWANZAA
Depends on where you're celebrating it (locally, or Africa). Much more accurate than starting with a "Qu" anyways.
Wait, what does Kwanzaa have to do with Africa?
EDIT: Oh yeah, and Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah everyone!
Anyhow, PC consideration can jump into a fireplace for all I care. Pass the milk and cookies .
Will do Guvnor! AGHHHHH IT BURNS! Why Ragitsu, WHY?
Sick pic.
wiki:
Solstice celebrations
The term solstice can also be used in a wider sense, as the date (day) that such a passage happens. The solstices, together with the equinoxes, are connected with the seasons. In some languages they are considered to start or separate the seasons; in others they are considered to be center points (in English, in the Northern hemisphere, for example, the period around the June solstice is known as midsummer, and Midsummer's Day is 24 June, about three days after the solstice itself). Similarly 25 December is the start of the Christmas celebration, and is the day the Sun begins to return to the northern hemisphere.
Many cultures celebrate various combinations of the winter and summer solstices, the equinoxes, and the midpoints between them, leading to various holidays arising around these events. For the December solstice, Christmas is the most popular holiday to have arisen. In addition, Yalda, Saturnalia, Karachun, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Yule (see winter solstice for more) are also celebrated around this time. For the June solstice, Christian cultures celebrate the feast of St. John from June 23 to June 24 (see St. John's Eve, Ivan Kupala Day, Midsummer), while Neopagans observe Midsummer. For the vernal (spring) equinox, several spring-time festivals are celebrated, such as the observance in Judaism of Passover. The autumnal equinox has also given rise to various holidays, such as the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. At the midpoints between these four solar events, cross-quarter days are celebrated.
In many cultures the solstices and equinoxes traditionally determine the midpoint of the seasons, which can be seen in the celebrations called midsummer and midwinter. Along this vein, the Japanese celebrate the start of each season with an occurrence known as Setsubun. The cumulative cooling and warming that result from the tilt of the planet become most pronounced after the solstices, leading to the custom using them to mark the beginning of summer and winter.
In the Hindu calendar, two sidereal solstices are named Uttarayana and Dakshinayana. The former occurs around January 14 each year, while the latter occurs around July 14 each year. These mark the movement of the Sun along a sidereally fixed zodiac (precession is ignored) into Mesha, a zodiacal sign which corresponded with Aries about 285, and into Tula, the opposite zodiacal sign which corresponded with Libra about 285.