Merry Christmas

[DaveW]

Merry Christmas from England, may your winter be mild and your plants grow well next year.

Hope it's better than this though:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTx-sdR6Yzk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzdKDXGIues" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[cortez753]

Merry Christmas from Colorado, I really liked the first video!

[adetheproducer]

Nadolig llawen, from here in Wales

[majcka]

Nadolig llawen, from here in Wales

Interesting. I didn't even know Welsh is that different than English.

'Vesel Božič' from Slovenija.

[jp29]

[KittieKAT]

You too hunnie! The It's a little early for Christmas wishes

[adetheproducer]

Nadolig llawen, from here in Wales

Interesting. I didn't even know Welsh is that different than English.

'Vesel Božič' from Slovenija.

Its a form of germanic language much older than english, there are similar languages used around the world still, Cornish(kernow) is its closest sister language and gaelic have similarities but also it shares many worlds with some native american languages too surprisingly. It is a national language in Argentina and Chile in the patagonia region and has many fluent first language speakers in the USA as well. Also most may not be aware but JRR Tolkien use welsh as well as gaelic as a basis for the languages in his books, in particular the elves language is very similar.

[DaveW]

Another for Cortez then:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C56mlHB2qf4" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The Scots have a Gaelic language too though English is the common language of Great Britain, just as it's the de facto common language in India. But Norman French was the English language in the 13th to the 15th century:-

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/educa ... 54456.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Unfortunately the English have let Offa's Dyke and Hadrian's Wall fall into disrepair, so we are having a job keeping the Scots and Welsh out these days!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... -born.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.aboutscotland.com/hadrian/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[cortez753]

Another for Cortez then:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C56mlHB2qf4" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Lol! That one was alright.

[DaveW]

Anyway joking apart Merry Christmas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewsZnAu6IgM" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLo-Njq3ZUc" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[majcka]

Nadolig llawen, from here in Wales

Interesting. I didn't even know Welsh is that different than English.

'Vesel Božič' from Slovenija.

Its a form of germanic language much older than english, there are similar languages used around the world still, Cornish(kernow) is its closest sister language and gaelic have similarities but also it shares many worlds with some native american languages too surprisingly. It is a national language in Argentina and Chile in the patagonia region and has many fluent first language speakers in the USA as well. Also most may not be aware but JRR Tolkien use welsh as well as gaelic as a basis for the languages in his books, in particular the elves language is very similar.

Thank you for your explanation. It is obvious I don't know much about speaking in your part of the world.

[hendryterok]

Selamat Natal dan Tahun Baru from Indonesia

[SnowFella]

To those who enjoy it, Merry Christmas.
Though at a personal level...bah humbug! 13 years worth of working a retail related job has forever ruined it for me I'm afraid.

[DaveW]

I think Christmas is really just an excuse for over eating and the shops increasing their winter sales SnowFella. It has little to do with modern religions anyway since it is originally a pagan winter festival that they adopted. Some historians tell us he was born in September anyway, but nobody can be certain when he was born:-

http://www.livescience.com/25779-christ ... anism.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Remember also since that time we have switched calendars, so if still celebrating things on the same date we are at least 10 days out:-

http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/jul ... witch.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Another example of modern religions adopting pre-existing pagan ceremonies is the rather gruesome Day of the Dead in S. America:-

http://www.mexicansugarskull.com/suppor ... story.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[KittieKAT]

All holidays were/are pagen holidays And festivals the Christians adopted these holidays and renamed them creating there own holidays (for their religion) because people were beginning to become pagans and the church couldn't have THAT! So they basically ripped off the pagans solstice ceremonies/holidays to get people to reform back to the church
*Long story short version*