St Nicholas, things hanging from trees in the depth of winter solstice.... Dana
On 5/6/05, Ken Ketsdever <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Santa does come with Christmas. But I had lots of Japanese (lived there for 3 > 1/2 years) friends who had nothing to do with Jesus, (Shinto and Buddhists) > who celebrated the Santa Claus aspect of Christmas. > > I don't know if Santa is representative of the three Kings? I've not heard > that before but I don't pay much attention to the religious aspects of > Christmas. Maybe someone else knows more about Santa's relationship with the > religious aspects of Christmas. I'd like to know. > > Yes, it is time for a Beer > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 1:32 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: been a while since we talked politics > > I was never taught to believe in Santa. Santa is only universal to Christians. > I realize you don't want me to bring up religion but do you realize > Christmas is religious holiday? Santa comes on Christmas? Doesn't he > represent the three Kings bringing gifts or something like that? > > Time for a beer yet? > Speaking of religion, Bishops Finger is another excellent ale. > > On 5/6/05, Ken Ketsdever wrote: > > last I knew Christmas was a religious holiday. Santa Claus is purely > > commercial, don't find any mention of him I n the Koran, Bible or any other > > religious document that I am aware of. Retailers don't care if you are > > catholic, protestant, Buddhist, Shinto, Hindu are any other religion. > > Santa is universal. Now that bit about Jesus, that's religion. We've > > already beat each other up over politics today so I don't think this is a > > good time to bring up religion. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:156690 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
