Christmas discussion!

[Woytgirl]

Welcome! My favorite Christmas cookie is probably peanut butter blossoms, which are peanut butter cookies with a Hershey kiss in the middle.

 

[Woytgirl]

Anyone else have chicken cookie cutters? This one says 3 French hens on it, so it's from a 12 days of Christmas set. I haven't made any yet this year, here are some from a previous year:
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Those are fantastic! That’s a cool way to bring chickens into Christmas traditions.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

Does anyone here like to listen to the Messiah? I love that song!

 

[IamRainey]

What a fabulous chocolate village!

We build 1 or 2 new Lego buildings from sets each Christmas. Then we store them intact for next year. Good thing! Because even laying out the grid and the train tracks takes some fiddling and re-engineering each year. And then there are more people and vehicles every year to fight for their space in the display.

Love the chicken cookies and the painted moose! Gotta have lights, lights, LIGHTS this dark time of year. And cookies or cupcakes or kringles, doesn't matter as long and it's homemade for the holidays and yummy, am I right or am I right or am I right?!

 

[Peppercorngal]

My favorite Christmas music is trans siberian orchestra.

I like them too!

 

[Peppercorngal]

Does anyone here like to listen to the Messiah? I love that song!

Yes, I love the harmony! "For unto us a child is born (unto us a son is given)" and on and on, so good!

 

[Peppercorngal]

Anyone else have chicken cookie cutters? This one says 3 French hens on it, so it's from a 12 days of Christmas set. I haven't made any yet this year, here are some from a previous year:
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That's wonderful, I have never seen chicken cookie cutters! I actually have tons of them but no chicken! I'll have to look for one. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Woytgirl]

So I’ve been wondering about something for a long time. As everyone knows, we Catholics and Christians celebrate Christmas as the birth of Jesus. I know that some of you celebrate it even if you’re not Christians. I guess I just wonder why you celebrate and what traditions you have.

 

[IamRainey]

So I’ve been wondering about something for a long time. As everyone knows, we Catholics and Christians celebrate Christmas as the birth of Jesus. I know that some of you celebrate it even if you’re not Christians. I guess I just wonder why you celebrate and what traditions you have.

I grew up Catholic so Christmas is simply part of my life. Always has been. Besides, who wouldn't find something to celebrate during these short dark days of the year?

I don't see the necessary link between Christmas and religion. ...especially since the holiday existed well before Christianity plopped the birth of Christ (which was probably in the Spring if you accept the Biblical description) on top of it.

If you're European -- and our American traditions are largely European -- it's an important and a joyful cultural celebration. ... as every department store seems to know (and who questions their spiritual beliefs?). Who needs more excuse than that to show our love and generosity and fellowship with one another? Who can't get into the spirit of a communal revel? Even Jewish people have raised the profile of Hannukah -- which was modest and private when I was a kid in the 50s -- to a general part of the December bacchanal.

As for how to celebrate, I bet my Christmas looks very much like yours. I even -- since I've collected Christmas ornaments for 50 years -- have all kinds of nativity scenes. I don't have to believe in it to nod to the iconography.

PS I don't believe in Santa anymore either. But I still LOVE the concept!

PPS Let me know if this violates the spirit of your thread 'cause I wouldn't want to harsh anyone's Christmas buzz. I will happily delete it if it's unhelpful.

 

[Woytgirl]

I can see that we both have some different opinions, so I won’t get into any deep discussions about this. So do you celebrate one thing? Or do you celebrate it as a winter holiday and a time of love and generosity? I’m honestly just curious, I hope I don’t come off as rude.
I also don’t believe in Santa anymore...but I like the St. Nick holiday.