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Favorite Holiday....
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handy
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: Danielle, I can certainly understand your reservations. Let me add my .02 to Danielle's OP here: The thread is about YOUR favorite holiday. It is not about whether we should observe holidays, whether holidays are Pagan, or which Holiday you hate. It's about your favorite holiday. If you don't observe or have problems with holidays, then you don't have a favorite one and can post on a different topic!
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handy said:
Let me add my .02 to Danielle's OP here: The thread is about YOUR favorite holiday. It is not about whether we should observe holidays, whether holidays are Pagan, or which Holiday you hate. It's about your favorite holiday. If you don't observe or have problems with holidays, then you don't have a favorite one and can post on a different topic!
Handy...one word....AMEN!
Caroline H
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My favourite holiday is Thanksgiving :-D
Caroline H
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Well, I too do not want to initiate a debate, but my reason is this...
Christmas to me, while still a nice holiday, is more of an agravation than a joy. The only things I like about Christmas are being with my family and meditating on God's gift through his son Jesus. I am always torn between feeling like I need to act a certain way or do what "the world" thinks should be done at Christmas that it just takes most of the joy out of it. So to me, Thanksgiving is more of what I think Christmas should be.
...And I don't like Halloween, and Valentine's Day is just a money-maker :D
How about you?
Christmas to me, while still a nice holiday, is more of an agravation than a joy. The only things I like about Christmas are being with my family and meditating on God's gift through his son Jesus. I am always torn between feeling like I need to act a certain way or do what "the world" thinks should be done at Christmas that it just takes most of the joy out of it. So to me, Thanksgiving is more of what I think Christmas should be.
...And I don't like Halloween, and Valentine's Day is just a money-maker :D
How about you?
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I think my favorite holiday is the 4th of July.
It's still warm outside and if I go to Wa, my family gathers around a big bar-b-q with ribs and chicken. Umm umm. We all just spend the day together enjoying each other's company or playing games.
If I stay in Mi, a bunch of us from Church always get together to enjoy some time together and end the day watching fireworks from the park.
It's still warm outside and if I go to Wa, my family gathers around a big bar-b-q with ribs and chicken. Umm umm. We all just spend the day together enjoying each other's company or playing games.
If I stay in Mi, a bunch of us from Church always get together to enjoy some time together and end the day watching fireworks from the park.
handy
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I'm a pushover for the holidays, I like 'em all! For my favorite, that's hard because each holiday is special for it's own reasons. It's a toss up between Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter, but I think I'll go for Christmas. I actually do have a bright red sweatshirt with a Christmas Tree on it decorated with actual toys and Jingle Bells, and I actually do wear it.
We always have a tree, we always put out the Nativities, we always take part of the Community Christmas program and our church's living nativity. We always count the days down by reading specially selected texts that put the whole thing into perspective, we always decorate Gingerbread Houses, and bake special cookies to give as gifts (and eat as well). On Christmas Eve, Steve always reads the kids The Night Before Christmas, they set out some of those special cookies, a glass of EggNog and a carrot. On Christmas morning, Santa always comes with the best present, (even though the kids really know it's just Steve and I) and we just enjoy each others company before we go to the folks for Christmas dinner. I guess it's just building those family traditions. Each year the kids play with the Nativites and each year we have some kind of disaster or another. (Nothing as bad lately as when my m-i-l's dog lifted his leg on the tree, mistaking it for indoor plumbing no doubt.)
Besides, it's the only holiday at our house that gets a whole month. Christmas for us starts the day after Thanksgiving and ends promptly on January 2. In our house, everything changes at Christmas. Normal routines go by the way side and I guess that is yet another good way to show how Christ coming to this earth changed everything as well.
We always have a tree, we always put out the Nativities, we always take part of the Community Christmas program and our church's living nativity. We always count the days down by reading specially selected texts that put the whole thing into perspective, we always decorate Gingerbread Houses, and bake special cookies to give as gifts (and eat as well). On Christmas Eve, Steve always reads the kids The Night Before Christmas, they set out some of those special cookies, a glass of EggNog and a carrot. On Christmas morning, Santa always comes with the best present, (even though the kids really know it's just Steve and I) and we just enjoy each others company before we go to the folks for Christmas dinner. I guess it's just building those family traditions. Each year the kids play with the Nativites and each year we have some kind of disaster or another. (Nothing as bad lately as when my m-i-l's dog lifted his leg on the tree, mistaking it for indoor plumbing no doubt.)
Besides, it's the only holiday at our house that gets a whole month. Christmas for us starts the day after Thanksgiving and ends promptly on January 2. In our house, everything changes at Christmas. Normal routines go by the way side and I guess that is yet another good way to show how Christ coming to this earth changed everything as well.
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caromurp said:
Thanksgiving to me is well the perfect time to truly take a single day out of the year and try to look around and see what all I have to be grateful for and thank God for it. The time with family and the blessed meals prepared then are a very much liked plus. But it is mostly just having that reminder of a day to thank God when we as people so often tend to take things for granted to celebrate is a real joy for me.
Christmas is nice, I will not lie, but I feel it has become too commercial and too much about a real, and well honorable man....Saint Nickolas that we tend to forget about our Lord and Savior. Just my thoughts there.....
My appologies for ruffling any feathers if I have.
May God Bless You
Vic C.
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Amazing that a Moderator must post a disclaimer in an otherwise harmless topic. :-?handy said:
Let me add my .02 to Danielle's OP here: The thread is about YOUR favorite holiday. It is not about whether we should observe holidays, whether holidays are Pagan, or which Holiday you hate. It's about your favorite holiday. If you don't observe or have problems with holidays, then you don't have a favorite one and can post on a different topic!
With that said, I second this disclaimer. 8-)
Anyway, my two faves are Independence Day and Thanksgiving. Of course I thing The Lord's Day (resurrection Day) is awesome, but for me it's more than just a typical "holiday".
So... fireworks and turkey for everyone! You too Gabe. :-D
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My favorite holiday is, hands down, Christmas.
It's always represented something special to me. My mom is a HUGE Christmas fan, so she always made it special for us.
I love decorating the Christmas tree, I love the time with relatives, I love all the good food, I LOOOOVEEEEEEEEEEEE shopping for presents for people and seeing their faces light up when they open them up on Christmas day, but I mostly like the quality time I have with my immediate family.
My mom always did a great job at keeping Christ in Christmas. And that has always stuck with me as well.
Even when I lived on the other side of the country, I would go home on Christmas break and the smells, feelings, sights and sounds always gleamed a certain familiarity and excitement. And even though it was a reunion in a way, it was always still about the same one thing. And I wouldnt' have it any other way.
I know it can be a very hectic time of year, and it's easy to let the craziness consume you. I know sometimes I have to try really hard to not let it get to me. But overall, I refuse to let that stuff ruin my holiday. One thing Ive started doing to avoid the crazy malls is shopping online.
You can get some wicked deals without even leaving your house! I really dislike malls, so this is how I get around all that. Plus, I live on an island where you cannot just go out and buy certain things that you can get on the mainland. So I don't limit myself to the stores around here.
There are ways around everything, lol.
Sometimes you just have to pause...
look around you...and see the good. It's amazing how gratitude gets so lost in a holiday centered around giving.
Speaking of Christmas, it's a only month and a half away...OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!!!!
I'm sure most of you think I'm totally insane now,
but I'm ok with that. haha.
It's always represented something special to me. My mom is a HUGE Christmas fan, so she always made it special for us.
I love decorating the Christmas tree, I love the time with relatives, I love all the good food, I LOOOOVEEEEEEEEEEEE shopping for presents for people and seeing their faces light up when they open them up on Christmas day, but I mostly like the quality time I have with my immediate family.
My mom always did a great job at keeping Christ in Christmas. And that has always stuck with me as well.
Even when I lived on the other side of the country, I would go home on Christmas break and the smells, feelings, sights and sounds always gleamed a certain familiarity and excitement. And even though it was a reunion in a way, it was always still about the same one thing. And I wouldnt' have it any other way.
I know it can be a very hectic time of year, and it's easy to let the craziness consume you. I know sometimes I have to try really hard to not let it get to me. But overall, I refuse to let that stuff ruin my holiday. One thing Ive started doing to avoid the crazy malls is shopping online.
You can get some wicked deals without even leaving your house! I really dislike malls, so this is how I get around all that. Plus, I live on an island where you cannot just go out and buy certain things that you can get on the mainland. So I don't limit myself to the stores around here.
There are ways around everything, lol.
Sometimes you just have to pause...
look around you...and see the good. It's amazing how gratitude gets so lost in a holiday centered around giving.
Speaking of Christmas, it's a only month and a half away...OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!!!!
I'm sure most of you think I'm totally insane now,
but I'm ok with that. haha.
Caroline H
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:smt043vic C. said:Right now, Tim is somewhere on his knees praying, "Thank you LORD!".caromurp said:
You know, I think he likes it more than me
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vic C. said:
Thanks Vic, I don't mind if I do. :D
Every Sunday is special to me but my favourite Holiday has to be Christmas!!! There is no other day that feels quite like Christmas does. Its so peaceful and perfect. Its the only day of the year that I can go outside my front door and not see another soul (or car) pass-by for hours (that really is something special when you live in a City). Its also very warming to know that there are millions of people spending that day at home with their families. I also love attending Midnight Mass and then turning up at church again eight hours later for the morning service.
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I must say Christmas.... after all it is the time of giving
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I have several favorite holidays.
I love Christmas, the carols, the smell of a fresh pine in the house, cookies, family and friends, midnight mass, fireplace, food. I grew up in a very humble house and Christmas presents were never key for us at Christmas and to this day, I try to keep the same tradition. Behides, with the economy so hard, who want's to be in dept up to their necks. :crazyeyes:
Another one is Easter and like many of my friends growing up, there was no such thing as "the Easter Bunny". Easter was about Christ and it was a very religious experience. During Holy week, we went to evening services and I remember mom and I making Easter bread. You know the "braid with the egg" in it. And for our Easter meal, we always had a traditional baked leg of lamb dinner with lots of goodies.
Thanksgiving: Oh the smell of the turkey in the oven is one smell I long for all year long. However, this Thanksgiving for me and mom will be very sad. My dad, Nick whom I adored, died last year on Thanksgiving and this year will mark his one year memorial. :smt022
Thanks for reading!
Pam, New York
I love Christmas, the carols, the smell of a fresh pine in the house, cookies, family and friends, midnight mass, fireplace, food. I grew up in a very humble house and Christmas presents were never key for us at Christmas and to this day, I try to keep the same tradition. Behides, with the economy so hard, who want's to be in dept up to their necks. :crazyeyes:
Another one is Easter and like many of my friends growing up, there was no such thing as "the Easter Bunny". Easter was about Christ and it was a very religious experience. During Holy week, we went to evening services and I remember mom and I making Easter bread. You know the "braid with the egg" in it. And for our Easter meal, we always had a traditional baked leg of lamb dinner with lots of goodies.
Thanksgiving: Oh the smell of the turkey in the oven is one smell I long for all year long. However, this Thanksgiving for me and mom will be very sad. My dad, Nick whom I adored, died last year on Thanksgiving and this year will mark his one year memorial. :smt022
Thanks for reading!
Pam, New York
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I am almost afraid to say that there is a slight chance my favorite holiday will change. With the upcoming event of a baby being added to our family...I am begining to think that my future son or daughter's birthday will be my favorite holiday with Thanksgiving close behind.
*chuckles* Amazing the way a baby can change everything.
*chuckles* Amazing the way a baby can change everything.
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MISFIT
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I have many it's hard to pick one. I love Christmas, even if it's not the day he was really born I love that we have a time set a side to celebrate the birth of our wonderful savior. Along the same note I Also love Easter.