Seasons Greetings

Windwalker

I've been away for ages but just wanted to stop and say HAPPY CHRISTMAS :tongue2:

Hope to be around more in the New Year.

Palzang

Hi Windwalker, nice to see you again. Happy holidays to you.

I managed to find your post amongst the load of spam that somehow managed to bust their way onto the board. Will someone please check the spam filter? Brian, can ya hear me?

Palzang

not1not2

I've already reported one of the threads so it will hit his e-mail. That should be enough to get him on here to do some clean-up.

Anyway, winter solstice was yesterday, so that means things will be getting a little brighter here on out. We're observing yule this year at our home & Christmas at our relative's. So, happy Roman-catholicized & more recently secularized version of the celebration of Mithras' rebirth!! Long live the sun king! :tonguec:

And may your hearts be warm, though your noses be cold.

metta
_/\_

Simonthepilgrim

not1not2 wrote:

I've already reported one of the threads so it will hit his e-mail. That should be enough to get him on here to do some clean-up.

Anyway, winter solstice was yesterday, so that means things will be getting a little brighter here on out. We're observing yule this year at our home & Christmas at our relative's. So, happy Roman-catholicized & more recently secularized version of the celebration of Mithras' rebirth!! Long live the sun king! :tonguec:

And may your hearts be warm, though your noses be cold.

metta
_/\_

N1N2,

Sounds wonderful.

It's the great advantage of "Pick'n'Mix" that we can celebrate the season in so many ways.

YogaMama

Season Greetings to you as well, Windwalker! Good to see you again!!

Brigid

Hi, Windwalker!

I wish you much joy and peace during this season and every season!!

MERRY EVERTHING, EVERYBODY!!!

Padawan

Yuletide felicitations to all on this cybersangha! May I take the opportunity to wish all of you peace, joy and good things while we celebrate the birth of a very enlightened and compassionate being!

Celebrin

umm ditto... *looks at his full box of xmas cards*

DharmaKitten

Eh, that's why I don't even buy cards for the holidays. Maybe next year. Maybe when my husband decides that he really can handwrite and therefore help out. Maybe not.

Besides, this month I had other occasions I had to send out notes for.

DharmaKitten

Oh, and Season's Greetings! In my case, it's Xmas with the family and Yule with my hubby.

Celebrin

yep i havent bought any, but me mam has boxes full.. and i didn't give 1 to anyone.. i recieved 1 card lol

Makarov

Wishing Everyone a Super New Year filled with Peace, Compassion and Understanding.Erich

Makarov

Hey Celebrin.....don't dismay.

I'm just 43 years old but with each year of increasing materialism, commercialism and insincerity surrounding the holidays in general...I just kinda "opt out".

I do send very "non-religious" cards, you know....the "Wishing You Peace Joy & Happiness in the New Year" type of Jesus-free cards to those I really care about. It usually numbers about 10-15 cards a year. As for presents?....I gave 5 and got 3, The Pugs got 2 and I received 12 cards!

Simonthepilgrim

Since my earliest childhood, I have sent Christmas cards. Because so many of my friends and family were non-Christian, I learned to choose cards with care. The guiding principle was - and remains - the preference of the recipient.

When I was in business, we sent out hundreds of cards, chosen and printed the August before. I hated the process because my own cards are chosen with some care for the people to whom I shall be sending them.

As with the gifts we give, it is surely more important to choose that which will bring some pleasure to your 'target', without necessarily violating one's own integrity. A 'religious' card received from an atheist friend is either ironic (but they have to be close friends) or insulting in its impersonality.