Here's an idea to freak the wacko Christians out!

[Peanutcat]

After all the fuss about the "War on Christmas" and all the people whining when someone said "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas", here's an idea that's drive them completely insane! From now on, whenever someone wishes you a "Happy New Year" respond with "Have a Happy Feast of the Circumcision of our Lord!" Wonder how many of them will know what it means?

[BuyingThyme]

1. What does it mean?

[Warpy]

3. Jewish baby boys are circumcised 8 days after birth

and it's an occasion for a celebration. The Feast of the Circumcision is a Catholic thing. I guess Protestants were too squeamish about that sort of thing to celebrate it as a holiday.

[BuyingThyme]

5. I did not know that.

Maybe there should be some kind of badge, as with Ash Wednesday.

All of the attention-getters can wear bloody, cartoonish bandages on their crotches.

[Kerrytravelers]

16. Bwwwwaaaaahhhhh !!!!!!!!

:rofl:

[shain from kane]

17. Purple Heart Bandaids? Do you know where to get any? Did someone leave one

on somebody's chin?

[Tesha]

6. But doesn't New Years Day come *7* days after Christmas? (NT)

[Warpy]

8. Xmas is the first day

January 1 is the eighth. The first is the Feast, also the legal holiday.

[shain from kane]

7. Holy Prepuce, Batman. (Repeating earlier comment. It didn't get a laugh

the other day, as my reply, when it was reported that His Royal Foreskin was missing.)
It was also mentioned that a canonized sister wore it as a ring, to which I commented that I hoped that she didn't suck her thumb. Again, not one laugh at that crude sense of humor.


And, from Wikipedia ----

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Prepuce

[deepthought42]

2. That's certainly a mouthful...

Couldn't I just say "Happy New Year" in French?


Bonne Annee!

[Peanutcat]

9. Wouldn't have the same effect

But that's a good idea, anyway!

[Rabrrrrrr]

4. One can also ask them why they are celebrating the pagan new year,

and not the Christian new year, which is the first Sunday of Advent.

[Peanutcat]

10. Why would it bother them?

Christmas is celebrated on Dec. 25, yet it's clear from the Bible that this isn't the time of year when Christ was born. Dec. 25th was chosen only because a lot of major pagan holidays fell around that time.

[Larry Ogg]

11. I see many of you have sick, perverted and disgusting minds.

Every thing that I appreciate most in people.

[Peanutcat]

18. Why Thank You!

[annabanana]

20. Welcome to DU.

I think you're going to like it here!

[twenty4blackbirds]

12. Merry Saturnalia!

:-)

[shain from kane]

14. Let's have an orgy.

[damntexdem]

13. Freak the wacko Christians out?

Hmm, seems so redundant.

[Peanutcat]

19. Ah, but

Freaking them out with their own logic is soooooooo much fun!

[porphyrian]

15. I always like to explain how Jesus can't be the Messiah.

The Messiah is supposed to be the one who brings peace to the earth. Well, it doesn't take a detective to see that this hasn't happened yet, and I don't see why he should get the title on credit. Being the son of God isn't enough, because Jesus himself said we are all children of God, so that doesn't qualify him. His miracles, assuming we can trust the reporting sources, would simply make him a saint.

[BoneDaddy]

21. Hah Fot Cool for short