I don't know about you, but I have Never had a problem conveying a seasons greeting. Be it "Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, Happy Holidays or Cool Yule," no one Ever got bent out of shape either by a precise salutation which matched the person's doctrine of life or religion, or saying "Blessed Solstice" to an Episcopal minister. everyone understood it was the Intention of the greeting to warm the heart of both giver and receiver.
Today population scornfully call it being "politically correct!" As if notice is a Political issue? When did trying to make the other someone feel happy and comfortable become the Wrong thing to do? I do not consider it a problem to endeavor to match the right holiday greeting with the right person. Hence, when we do Not know what to say, what's so horrible about, "Happy Holidays?" It is, after all, the month and time of year of Holi, Holy and Secular Days.
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Thanks to an exceptional woman, Waverly Fitzgerald from Seattle, Wa, who has dedicated her life to compiling an encyclopedic variety of facts, recipes, literature and articles called "School of the Seasons," here are only a Few events you may wish to celebrate (or even know existed!):
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He became Congress’s most acerbic and influential critic of slavery as well as a tireless proponent for human freedoms and First Amendment rights. This remarkable congressional career utterly transformed him, the public’s perception of him, and his legacyin many ways redeeming his failed presidency. Mr. Adams’s Last Crusade renders an insightful portrait of a man who placed his country above politics.
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Dec. 1st: Bona Dea, St. Leonard's Ride; Dec.8th: Feast of the Immaculate Conception; Dec. 9th: view of St. Anne; Dec. 12th: Feast of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Hari No, and St. Lucy's Eve;
Dec. 13th: Feast of St. Lucy; Dec. 14th: Halcyon Days; Dec. 16th: Hannukah begins; Dec. 17th: Saturnalia, Sow Day, and Ember Day; Dec. 18th: Epona's Day and Our Lady of Solitude; Dec. 19th: Opalia; Dec. 20th: St. Thomas' Eve, Midwinter Eve, and another Ember Day; Dec. 21st: Winter Solstice and Hertha; Dec. 22nd Ursids Meteor showers; Dec. 23rd: Larentalia or Acca Laurentia; Dec. 24th: The Mothers Feast, Christmas Eve, and Adam & Eve's Day; Dec. 25th Christmas and Juvenalia; Dec. 26th: Boxing Day, 12 Days of Christmas begins, Feast of St. Stephen, and Kwanzaa starts; Dec. 27th St. John's Day; Dec. 28th: Holy Innocents Day; Dec. 31st: Vesta; Yemaya, St. Silvester's Eve.
There is even more going on colse to the world in the month of December to celebrate, remember or feast-til-you-burst over! Why would anything be offended if we met them at the Post Office, or some other popular convention place at this time of year, and shouted, "Happy Holidays, Friend! Every darned one of them!"
Think of it, St. Lucy's Day with your kids serving you Lattes at Barnes & Noble , Our Lady of Solitude Day at home, alone; New Year's Eve might be spent with an enchanting St. Silvester biography, or there could be large noisy parties at midtown hotel banquet rooms for the Goddess Yemaya! I daresay, hardly anything would find That offensive, would they?
So at the end of the day, maybe St. Lucy's Eve, if someone waves wildly out their car window at you, screaming, "Happy Holidays, Every Darned One Them!" don't be offended, it's only me on my way to Solstice Carolling practice.
Happy Holidays - Is It Ok To Say That?Sirah20A/Muslim Qibla in the Holy ancient Books(Apocrypha bibles) Video Clips. Duration : 9.97 Mins.The change of the Qibla. God says in the Holy Quran what means "Even if thou wert to bring to the people of the book all the signs (together), they would not follow thy Qibla; nor art thou going to follow their Qibla; nor indeed will they follow each other's Qibla. if thou after the knowledge hath reached thee, wert to follow their (vain) desires, then wert thou indeed (clearly) in the wrong. "The people of the book know this as they know their own sons, but some of them conceal the truth which they themselves know. (Al-Bakera :145-146) The Quranic verse "The people of the book know this" refers to the change of the place of Qibla , as it is clear from the context ,ie, the Holy book contains and still holds what implies the change of their Qibla to another one this is clear in the following text from the Holy Book " The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship .Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. " (John 4:19-23 ) Though Moslem scientists referred to this text as a reference to the Kabba and the Holy Mosque , I'd like to say ' I have found direct speech about the Kabba in Pseudepigrapha ,which says :Adams says to his son Sheeth" God will show the honest people the place where they should build His house " The Book of "Adam and Eve -29:5-7 ...
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