Comments on: A marketing problem

By: .

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 02:32:14 +0000

Are you one of those kooks who believe that Christmas is an evil Popish plot to corrupt Protestants and send them to Hell?

Those guys are funny.

Alexander Hislop was a crackpot and a fraud. Fundamentalists also believing in latter day prophets and a pre tribulation rapture is funny and ironic, but I doubt they’ll get it.

By: sdog

sdog — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:58:05 +0000

‘mas’ = death so Christmas is “Christ’s death”. These meanings seems to get mixed up over time.

"Mas" does not mean "death" in either Spanish or English, the two main languages spoken in the USA. If there were the confusion between the holiday celebrating Christ's birth and that celebrating his resurrection, that would not explain it. Are you one of those kooks who believe that Christmas is an evil Popish plot to corrupt Protestants and send them to Hell?

By: Chris M

Chris M — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:19:55 +0000

‘mas’ = death so Christmas is “Christ’s death”. These meanings seems to get mixed up over time. Santa = female saint so Mr Claus is actually Mrs or perhaps transgender. Easter is from Ishtar, pagan goddess of fertility or something.

By: sdog

sdog — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:39:36 +0000

my brother spent a couple Christmases in the US, and reckons they promote the crucifixion story a lot more around Christmas than we do

No. It's all nativity scenes and nativity plays all over the place. Americans might be silly in a lot of ways but it's still an overwhelmingly unashamedly Christian country at heart and anyone with enough of a religious grounding to be commemorating a specific event from the life of Jesus on the day knows the difference between Christmas and Easter.

By: Infidel Tiger

Infidel Tiger — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:08:36 +0000

So no Christmas bonk?

The tryptophan in the turkey usually puts an end to those plans.

By: Sinclair Davidson

Sinclair Davidson — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 10:41:43 +0000

Sinc, mate, Easter is the Resurrection

Heh – I reckon those Romans were more efficient than you’re giving them credit. People who were executed probably stayed executed.

By: Sinclair Davidson

Sinclair Davidson — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 10:39:49 +0000

“Merry” implied we were going to get liquored up and attempt dancing.

So no Christmas bonk?

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 10:36:32 +0000

At the risk of being criticised for commercialising Xmas also I nonetheless propose a Catallaxy petition to improve the sorry state of Melbourne Xmas decorations. I look at pictures at the Rockefeller centre in New York and cringe at our pastel plastic trash passing for decorations. It is hard to say whether they have just faded in the sun being such great quality Chinese product or bargain basement relics from the set of Miami Vice. They say it’s the thought that counts. Can’t say I find any thought in this sorry trash bag of ba humbug. I urge all Catallaxy readers to email Doyle and demand better!!

By: Anne

Anne — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 10:32:40 +0000

Yes IT, we must remain impassive and try to keep the cheerfulness from breaking through.

By: Infidel Tiger

Infidel Tiger — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 07:32:53 +0000

But your post touches on something about Christmas that always bothers me, and that’s this increasing insistence – even among non-religious types who celebrate it – on making it a sombre occasion.

My Baptist Grandmother used to get very upset when we would say “Merry” Christmas. “Merry” implied we were going to get liquored up and attempt dancing.