Holiday Blog

By Hellbent

December 19, 2007 8:15 AM | Link to this

The Kingston Trio’s Christmas album “The Last Month of the Year”.

By sharon

December 19, 2007 8:20 AM | Link to this

Without day after Thanksgiving shopping and my Trim-A-Tree Party. It kicks everything off.

By Ryan's Nana

December 19, 2007 8:27 AM | Link to this

Around our house it is not Christmas without homemade chocolate pudding with merangue on top.

By Camille

December 19, 2007 8:40 AM | Link to this

eggnog

my decorated Christmas tree

Christmas music

my Santa hat that I wear when passing out gifts on Christmas morning!

By Weather Man

December 19, 2007 8:45 AM | Link to this

I LIKE TURTLES!!

By Weather Man

December 19, 2007 8:45 AM | Link to this

I LIKE TURTLES!!

By Weather Man

December 19, 2007 8:45 AM | Link to this

I LIKE TURTLES!!

By Atlanta Pearl Girl

December 19, 2007 8:50 AM | Link to this

A Charlie Brown Christmas!!!! I can remember being maybe 10…sitting on our sofa..all the lights dim except for the brightly lit ‘silver’ Christmas Tree….it was beautiful….. my mother would wrap me up warmly in a blanket and tons of pillows….and I would watch A Charlie Brown Christmas and of course cry at the end when the little tree sagged. ::::::eyes tearing even now::::::

With my kids…. Antonio the “Magic Elf’ comes only in December….. he rolls the house thinking it’s snow. It’s all about making it magical for your kids…..

By lovelyliz

December 19, 2007 9:01 AM | Link to this

What’s Christmas without…..

My mother’s fruitcake. She sends one every year to me and each of my sisters. None of us like fruitcake. Years ago my younger sister told her not to bother, but you can’t tell my mother anything so each year we get our packages with the fruitcake. We take it into work and throw away the 90% that is left.

By Voice of Reason

December 19, 2007 9:11 AM | Link to this

As the song says: Christmas just “ain’t” Christmas without the one you love.

By pie hole

December 19, 2007 9:12 AM | Link to this

It would not be Christmas without eating mom’s delicious Christmas dinner with all the fixin’s, followed by her home made apple pie or hello dolly’s, and then.. the viewing of “It’s a Wonderful Life”, followed by the obligatory passing out on the couch.

By CHRISTmas

December 19, 2007 9:48 AM | Link to this

Christmas just isn’t Christmas without… Being able to celebrate it without offending some foreginer who has more rights than a citizen, and we have to respect thier religion. Christ is the reason for the season, so why do you celebrate it without mentioning this???

By Jen

December 19, 2007 9:55 AM | Link to this

Christmas isn’t Christmas without going to the [bonfires] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_bonfires) on the Mississippi River levee on Christmas Eve and all the open house parties in town….

I really miss that…

By hmmm

December 19, 2007 9:58 AM | Link to this

Family Vacation with Chevy Chase.

By Jen

December 19, 2007 10:04 AM | Link to this

Oops, I messed up the link. Here’s a second try—

Christmas isn’t Christmas without going to the bonfires on the Mississippi River levee on Christmas Eve and all the open house parties in town….

I really miss that…

By JJ

December 19, 2007 10:17 AM | Link to this

When I see the Macy’s Christmas Parade down on Peachtree Street;

My Annual Cookie party;

When I watch the original How the Grinch Stole Christmas; and Merry Christmas Charlie Brown.

Then and only then is it Christmas time!!!

By LydiasDad

December 19, 2007 10:17 AM | Link to this

…my grandfather, who died in Dec. of 2004.

By LydiasDad

December 19, 2007 10:36 AM | Link to this

…children.

By Old School

December 19, 2007 10:41 AM | Link to this

…the Christmas Eve service at our small Presbyterian Church. The simple candle light service of lessons and carols in our pretty little sanctuary sets the tone for my holiday. It is like finding an oasis of peace in the middle of all the rush and ruckus.

By Rod

December 19, 2007 10:57 AM | Link to this

Christmas just isn’t Christmas without…

Remembering that God sent his Son - Jesus Christ - to save us from our sins.

By Karen

December 19, 2007 10:58 AM | Link to this

Family and friends.

Christmas Eve Service at our church where I am the “baby handler” behind the scenes for the live baby in our Nativity Scene. I just love holding the baby, and trying to get them all happy before the head out to play the part of Baby Jesus, then going out to watch with everyone else.

By Remember Christ

December 19, 2007 11:11 AM | Link to this

Cookies, shopping, television shows, music, parades, parties, Santa Claus……

Are you guys a bunch of atheists? Do you even have a clue what Christmas is really about?

It’s the non-believers who are trying to make Christmas about shopping and television and visiting people - so that you don’t focus on The Reason for the Season - which is Jesus Christ. Family time is great, TV shows are fun - but remember to keep JESUS as the number one reason for Christmas.

By f '(x)

December 19, 2007 11:17 AM | Link to this

Just remember - right-wing fundamentalists who presume to judge how other people observe Christmas and who suck ALL the joy and happiness out of the season make the baby Jesus cry.

Why don’t you people just shut the hell up and keep your VERY unwelcome opinions and bigotries to yourselves. It’s people like you that give Christianity a bad name.

By Amy

December 19, 2007 11:21 AM | Link to this

Hopefully to the religious zealots they can still remember snuggly feelings including cookies and hugs from parents while honoring traditions.

We make sausage balls only at Christmas, bake for friends (you know, GIVING), lie on the couch watching Christmas shows (some about JESUS). Sing songs for a month (about JESUS).

By Jen

December 19, 2007 11:52 AM | Link to this

Yes, I am an atheist.

For my Catholic parents and siblings Christmas is about Christ’s Mass, etc. For me it is about family and humanistic ideals, which match most religious ideals, of love and peace, etc.

So, sorry, Christmas isn’t a religious holiday for everyone. Perhaps that’s what is offensive. But it won’t change the way I feel about Christmas.

By LydiasDad

December 19, 2007 11:58 AM | Link to this

Exactly, Jen. Christmas can be observed as non-religious. So why are we letting nuts ban the word Christmas from stores and public? If you say “Merry Christmas”, it’s appropriate whether you’re speaking to a Jew, Christian, Muslim, or atheist because it IS the Christmas season and a US FEDERAL HOLIDAY. It’s bad enough that Sears has renamed their Christmas trees “Holiday Trees” and mall Santas have to hand out “Holiday Activity” books with no reference to Christmas inside. Don’t believe me? Go see Santa at Cumberland or Perimeter.

By Mike

December 19, 2007 12:14 PM | Link to this

Eating Key Lime Pie and drinking cuban coffee on the waterfront in Key West!

By Jen

December 19, 2007 12:17 PM | Link to this

I don’t care either way about interchanging Holiday for Christmas. As someone else mentioned Holiday is derived from Holy Day. And this time of year there are many. So, it’s a general term.

What does offend me is someone making a stink about it in either direction.

By Shipps

December 19, 2007 12:19 PM | Link to this

Collard Greens….yum!

By J

December 19, 2007 12:25 PM | Link to this

it’s not Christmas without baking gingerbread men with my kids, decorating the tree and house with my kids, and buying things that I know will make my kids happy and give them joy once a year. Every Christmas I ask them “So, whose birthday is it?” They exclaim “Jesus!” I remind them every year that it’s not all about presents, food, and decorations. It’s about Jesus and if it wasn’t for him, we wouldn’t have any Christmas. So, this Christian can actually enjoy the traditions while remembering Jesus, and being thankful for giving His life for us. Christians are allowed to have FUN too! Merry CHRISTmas everyone!

By Dawg4 life

December 19, 2007 12:32 PM | Link to this

my daddy

By CHRISTmas

December 19, 2007 12:42 PM | Link to this

Athiests take advantage of a Christian based society and all Holiday Christians celebrate. True hypocrites, they want the benefits and then call us religous zealots. Be thankful you live in a Christian based society and have rights and can express your opinions, by the way, without religion you are just a monkey. So maybe bananas is Christmas is about to you.

By Jen

December 19, 2007 12:49 PM | Link to this

You really sound pretty crazy.

I don’t think believers are zealots. The definition of a zealot is a fanatical partisan (of anything, not just religion). So, by being a believer you are not automatically a zealot.

However, this phrase by the way, without religion you are just a monkey. has some pretty strong zeal behind it, bub.

Not to mention it’s just a plain stupid thing to say about another human being.

By f '(x)

December 19, 2007 12:55 PM | Link to this

You understand that no one is “banning” the word Christmas, right? If malls use “Happy Holidays” rather than “Merry Christmas” it’s because the corporation that owns the mall or mall store has made a specific decision to use a non-sectarian phrase. There is no force of law involved, only the force of commerce.

And honestly, Christmas is a federal holiday on one day of the year - not the entire season. Do you go around saying “Happy President’s Day!” the first two weeks of February? No? Then your argument is…well…stupid.

But then, anyone who actually feels the need to scream “IT’S ABOUT JESUS YOU HEATHEN SCUM” in the faces of everyone who doesn’t say exactly right words probably isn’t that smart to begin with.

By Jacob

December 19, 2007 12:57 PM | Link to this

Christmas is about CHRIST.

If you don’t believe in Christ - then you don’t believe in Christmas. You just tag along to get a day off work.

By Rod

December 19, 2007 12:59 PM | Link to this

f’(x) - I hate to tell you, but Christmas is about Jesus. What part of that don’t you understand? Seriously?

By f '(x)

December 19, 2007 1:06 PM | Link to this

I hate to tell YOU, Rod, but you don’t have the right to tell anyone how they are required to celebrate a holiday. It’s your business how you celebrate Christmas. It’s mine how I celebrate it.

If you want state-mandated worship, move to Saudi Arabia.

By JJ

December 19, 2007 1:07 PM | Link to this

I have heard Merry Christmas at every store check out this season. I was at Mall of Georgia all day yesterday, and heard Merry Christmas from EVERY SINGLE CLERK.

This year, I believe people are taking Christmas back, and not once have I heard “Happy Holidays”…..

MERRY CHRISTMAS BOYS AND GIRLS.

By ladyc

December 19, 2007 1:15 PM | Link to this

christmas is not christmas without……early am whoopee on christmas morning…

By f '(x)

December 19, 2007 1:19 PM | Link to this

So, JJ…would you be upset if you heard “Happy Holidays”, even knowing that the person making that statement was genuinely being kind, and also realizing that there are other holidays celebrated during this festive season that don’t involve Christmas?

Are you so adamant that your religion and ONLY your religion be recognized that you can’t even accept kindness when kindness is offered without being ugly about it?

You are a very, very sad excuse for a Christian if you can’t.

By maybe

December 19, 2007 1:20 PM | Link to this

COLD WEATHER CHRISTMAS MUSIC CHILDREN OUT SIDE RIDING BIKES AND SKATING.

By maybe

December 19, 2007 1:21 PM | Link to this

COLD WEATHER CHRISTMAS MUSIC CHILDREN OUT SIDE RIDING BIKES AND SKATING.

By lovelyliz

December 19, 2007 2:25 PM | Link to this

Midnight mass.

By Jen

December 19, 2007 2:30 PM | Link to this

Ahhhh, the old Catholic midnight Mass…even this atheist doesn’t mind going to that. It’s so serene and peaceful and gothic.

By JJ

December 19, 2007 2:57 PM | Link to this

DON’T FEED THE TROLLS.

F’(x) is a troll, and is trying to stir stuff up. Don’t play his game.

By Aurora

December 19, 2007 3:18 PM | Link to this

CHRISTmas I believe that Christmas was stolen from the Pagans.

When all this crap about a man being cruicified and coming back to life was made up 400 years after it suppossedly happened, the Christians couldn’t stand that the Pagans celebrated the changing of the seasons, so they stole it and made it a religious holiday. They did the same thing with Halloween, but the Christians made that one out to be a bad celebration. It was originally the Pagans who were worshipping the changing of the summer season to the fall season…….

Same reason for celebrating in December, the changing from fall to winter………

So get off your high horse. If I want to celebrate Christmas, I’ll celebrate Christmas. I don’t believe in God or Jesus, and I’m certainly NOT celebrating a birthday for some mythical man in the sky on December 25.

By Jen

December 19, 2007 3:31 PM | Link to this

Actually, f’(x) is the first derivative of a function of x which can be used to determine whether a given critical point of a function is a maximum, a minimum, or neither.

By Jack

December 20, 2007 8:55 AM | Link to this

Being able to enjoy time with family and friends.The pleasure of seeing the excited children with all of their new games and toys. Eating all of the good food and special drinks. THen no matter what day being able to turn on a college of pro football game for the next week.