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Merry Christmas

Post by Ad Orientem » Tue Dec 25, 2018 11:57 am

Wishing a blessed feast to all those celebrating the Nativity on this day.

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Re: Merry Christmas

Post by Xan » Tue Dec 25, 2018 3:07 pm

Thanks, Ad O. And a merry (early) Christmas to you too!
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Post by dualstow » Tue Dec 25, 2018 3:29 pm

Just came home from a Christmas feast ... at a Chinese restaurant. O0 Pretty great.

Upon our return, house was full of liquid cat vomit. Not so great.
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Re: Merry Christmas

Post by europeanwizard » Wed Dec 26, 2018 2:30 am

Happy Christmas!

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Post by Kriegsspiel » Wed Dec 26, 2018 7:02 am

Hope everyone had the best Christmas ever.
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Post by WiseOne » Thu Dec 27, 2018 10:24 am

And merry christmas to all of you too!

Dualstow, you now know for certain that a) your cat loves you, and b) you need a new cat sitter. Also check out the article in the NY Times about the Jewish tradition of going out for Chinese food on Christmas because that traditionally was the only type of restaurant open.
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Re: Merry Christmas

Post by buddtholomew » Thu Dec 27, 2018 10:37 am

WiseOne wrote:
Thu Dec 27, 2018 10:24 am
And merry christmas to all of you too!

Dualstow, you now know for certain that a) your cat loves you, and b) you need a new cat sitter. Also check out the article in the NY Times about the Jewish tradition of going out for Chinese food on Christmas because that traditionally was the only type of restaurant open.
So true...also in A Christmas Story.
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Re: Merry Christmas

Post by dualstow » Thu Dec 27, 2018 11:34 am

WiseOne wrote:
Thu Dec 27, 2018 10:24 am
And merry christmas to all of you too!

Dualstow, you now know for certain that a) your cat loves you, and b) you need a new cat sitter. Also check out the article in the NY Times about the Jewish tradition of going out for Chinese food on Christmas because that traditionally was the only type of restaurant open.
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A couple clarifications - nothing to do w/ the sitter. We'd just been gone for a few hours, so no sitter.

I saw an article in the Atlantic saying that although more recently, it was about that being the only type open like you said -- and the same thing is heard in the background of that that Elena Kagan confirmation video clip -- but that the tradition goes back to Jewish and Chinese immigrants kind of coming of age together in New York. //sorry for this rambling sentence.

I do love Christmas, though. Grew up in a very white, very Christian town and I always wanted a tree.
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Re: Merry Christmas

Post by dualstow » Thu Dec 27, 2018 11:39 am

Kriegsspiel wrote:
Wed Dec 26, 2018 7:02 am
Hope everyone had the best Christmas ever.
I didn't notice the link in there until today.
Awesome. O0
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Re: Merry Christmas

Post by Mountaineer » Thu Dec 27, 2018 2:26 pm

dualstow wrote:
Thu Dec 27, 2018 11:34 am
WiseOne wrote:
Thu Dec 27, 2018 10:24 am
And merry christmas to all of you too!

Dualstow, you now know for certain that a) your cat loves you, and b) you need a new cat sitter. Also check out the article in the NY Times about the Jewish tradition of going out for Chinese food on Christmas because that traditionally was the only type of restaurant open.
O0
A couple clarifications - nothing to do w/ the sitter. We'd just been gone for a few hours, so no sitter.

I saw an article in the Atlantic saying that although more recently, it was about that being the only type open like you said -- and the same thing is heard in the background of that that Elena Kagan confirmation video clip -- but that the tradition goes back to Jewish and Chinese immigrants kind of coming of age together in New York. //sorry for this rambling sentence.

I do love Christmas, though. Grew up in a very white, very Christian town and I always wanted a tree.
I always wanted a Red Ryder, not so much the leg lamp! Full disclosure: I prefer Vietnamese and Japanese food to Chinese. :)
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Re: Merry Christmas

Post by dualstow » Thu Dec 27, 2018 3:22 pm

Mountaineer wrote:
Thu Dec 27, 2018 2:26 pm

I always wanted a Red Ryder, not so much the leg lamp! Full disclosure: I prefer Vietnamese and Japanese food to Chinese. :)
All great stuff. If I recall correctly, I met my future sister-in-law in a Korean restaurant on Christmas.
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Re: Merry Christmas

Post by Mountaineer » Thu Dec 27, 2018 5:51 pm

dualstow wrote:
Thu Dec 27, 2018 3:22 pm
Mountaineer wrote:
Thu Dec 27, 2018 2:26 pm

I always wanted a Red Ryder, not so much the leg lamp! Full disclosure: I prefer Vietnamese and Japanese food to Chinese. :)
All great stuff. If I recall correctly, I met my future sister-in-law in a Korean restaurant on Christmas.
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Re: Merry Christmas

Post by Ad Orientem » Sun Jan 06, 2019 10:14 pm

And Merry Christmas again!

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Re: Merry Christmas

Post by Kriegsspiel » Mon Jan 07, 2019 6:09 pm

What just happened... Did I get Patriarch Rolled? Orthodoxxed?
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Re: Merry Christmas

Post by Ad Orientem » Mon Jan 07, 2019 6:43 pm

Kriegsspiel wrote:
Mon Jan 07, 2019 6:09 pm
What just happened... Did I get Patriarch Rolled? Orthodoxxed?
That only happens in Russia...

https://youtu.be/EiuzLOs__TI?t=762
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Re: Merry Christmas

Post by Kriegsspiel » Mon Jan 07, 2019 7:04 pm

Nope, not falling for it again.
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Re: Merry Christmas

Post by Ad Orientem » Mon Jan 07, 2019 7:48 pm

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Re: Merry Christmas

Post by Ad Orientem » Tue Jan 08, 2019 9:02 am

MangoMan wrote:
Mon Jan 07, 2019 7:50 pm
Just curious what the objection is to sitting. I once went to a Russian Orthodox funeral service and it was just like your youtube link: everyone standing, on top of each other, for 2 hours without a break. And worse yet, holding candles. How some woman's hair did not catch on fire that day was the true miracle. Those are loooong services to be standing the whole time.
In Eastern Christianity standing is the traditional posture for worship. There are usually benches along the wall of the church for the elderly and infirm. Kneeling is a penitential act, normally done during confession and a lot during Lent. And yes, our services tend to be long. That said one will find pews in some Orthodox parishes in the West. Usually they are former Protestant or Catholic churches that we acquired. Here in the US, the Greeks have embraced pews and most of their parishes have them. At or near the top of my list of advice for visitors to an Orthodox church service is to wear comfortable shoes. (Ladies for the love of G-- don't wear high heels!)
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