...to everybody. Hope you all have a good time with your family and relatives - most of mine come from the Marlborough region of New Zealand and will be helping me have the best Christmas ever {yolkfolk}:cheers:
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You too, Steve.
Merry Xmas to you all. {special}:festive:
Yeah Merry Xmas everyone - specially you game makers but a special Merry Xmas to you Grandad for enabling me to drink & waste so much of my life playing your games - happily i might add.
Have a good one one & all xxx
Have a good one one & all xxx
Yes, Happy Christmas everyone. {yolkfolk}:cheers:
Merry Christmas is normally written as two words, let’s break it into the original three.
Christ is the English version of the Greek term “Christos” whuch literally means “annointed.” Annointing was an ancient ritual in which someone was honoured by pouring oil over them, often before being sent out to do a task. Christos is a job title, in the same way that Prince is. The idea here is that Jesus was annointed by God and sent into the world, and as part of that annointing became Christos Jesus, or Jesus the Christ, or Jesus Christ. The annointing and birth are seen as inseperable.
Mass is a simplification of the old English word maesse, which was a festival.
So Christmas is a festival to celebrate the birth of Jesus. It’s not a birthday as such, we’re not claiming he was born in late December. It’s just the date we’ve chosen for that celebration.
Merry is the current spelling the Old English word “myrige” (which in turn came from old German) which meant “pleasing” or “delightful.”
So Merry Christmas is a phrase that expesses a hope that the recipient will have a delightful time at the festival of Christ.
Christ is the English version of the Greek term “Christos” whuch literally means “annointed.” Annointing was an ancient ritual in which someone was honoured by pouring oil over them, often before being sent out to do a task. Christos is a job title, in the same way that Prince is. The idea here is that Jesus was annointed by God and sent into the world, and as part of that annointing became Christos Jesus, or Jesus the Christ, or Jesus Christ. The annointing and birth are seen as inseperable.
Mass is a simplification of the old English word maesse, which was a festival.
So Christmas is a festival to celebrate the birth of Jesus. It’s not a birthday as such, we’re not claiming he was born in late December. It’s just the date we’ve chosen for that celebration.
Merry is the current spelling the Old English word “myrige” (which in turn came from old German) which meant “pleasing” or “delightful.”
So Merry Christmas is a phrase that expesses a hope that the recipient will have a delightful time at the festival of Christ.
Yes, very instructive ...although you totally left out the fact that the term and date were deliberately chosen by the church in the fourth century to coincide with traditional Pagan and Roman festivals ...and then, typically, over the generations spread the word that their fairytale was the original reason for celebrations.
Happy Saturnalia everyone {yolkfolk}:cheers: