New peeve thread???

[slick]

God and Jesus are being taken out of Christmas

Jen, I agree with you and some might get down my throat about this but I just hate to see the word "Xmas". It's Christmas, folks.

[JenBKR]

Jen, I agree with you and some might get down my throat about this but I just hate to see the word "Xmas". It's Christmas, folks.

Yes me too! Thanks for bringing that up

[CathyBogart]

Jen, I agree with you and some might get down my throat about this but I just hate to see the word "Xmas". It's Christmas, folks.

And I hate the fact that nobody seems to care that it was a pagan holiday to begin with.

[JenBKR]

And I hate the fact that nobody seems to care that it was a pagan holiday to begin with.

Well, technically it wasn't actually a pagan holiday - Christmas was 'scheduled' at that time of year to overshadow the pagan holiday. They are actually two seperate holidays. No one knows when Jesus was actually born, but it is actually thought that He was born around springtime.

[zippy-kat]

Jen, I agree with you and some might get down my throat about this but I just hate to see the word "Xmas". It's Christmas, folks.

Late in reading this thread/posting this but actually, Xmas isn't meant to be an offensive term.

"This usage is nearly as old as Christianity itself, and its origins lie in the fact that the first letter in the Greek word for 'Christ' is 'chi,' and the Greek letter 'chi' is represented by a symbol similar to the letter 'X' in the modern Roman alphabet. Hence 'Xmas' is indeed perfectly legitimate abbreviation for the word 'Christmas' (just as 'Xian' is also sometimes used as an abbreviation of the word 'Christian')."

I had heard this before at Church but had to look it up to explain it (Snopes).


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Add me to the list of "No problem-ers." And I "take" money, too. (Technically, it just goes into their accout - much like a bank deposit - I don't sell anything.) I'll be more aware of this now.


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I LOATHE the "get her done" or "git 'er done" or whatever that saying is! *shudder*


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When I'm sick, we have "substitutes" that come in. These guys are suppose to know everything that I know about the industry, workings of the company, etc. (Not hard at all considering they are trained the same way as the full-timers, etc.) My boss's wife is the substitute for our office.

Recently, I was out for a week for my grandmother's funeral (which I ended up being too sick to go to - another story entirely). I came back to find not a d@mn thing done - the mail wasn't opened, no faxes were faxed, etc - the reason? She was in the hospital.

Ok. Well, I can certainly understand why she didn't do anything. But my boss was running his biz in the mornings and spending the afternoons at the hospital. Why didn't he do the faxing? HE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO WORK THE FAX MACHINE! (He's only had a fax machine for 17 yrs.)

I assume he didn't know how to use a letter opener as well...

Edited to add:
I hope this post didn't come across as cold-hearted.

I can understand him being concerned about his wife being hospitalized and thus, perhaps his response was just a cop out. But if he wasn't in the right frame of mind to even fax documents, maybe he shouldn't have been in the office at all.

On the other hand, I've never seen him fax anything so it is quite possible that he doesn't know how.

There are some simple office procedures that people just need to learn.

[slick]

Late in reading this thread/posting this but actually, Xmas isn't meant to be an offensive term.
"This usage is nearly as old as Christianity itself, and its origins lie in the fact that the first letter in the Greek word for 'Christ' is 'chi,' and the Greek letter 'chi' is represented by a symbol similar to the letter 'X' in the modern Roman alphabet. Hence 'Xmas' is indeed perfectly legitimate abbreviation for the word 'Christmas' (just as 'Xian' is also sometimes used as an abbreviation of the word 'Christian')."
I had heard this before at Church but had to look it up to explain it (Snopes).

Smarty pants!!!!
I still prefer Christmas for person/religious reasons. Also, to me it just seems lazy to write Xmas instead of Christmas. Just like r instead of are, u instead of you, b4 instead of before....I hate those too.

Gee, I didn't think I had anything to complain about this week.

[zippy-kat]

LOL Is anyone watching 20/20? "Myths, Lies, and Nasty Behaviors" is the title and they're doing the top 10.

So far we've covered littering and cell phones... lol

[lady_zana]

Just like r instead of are, u instead of you, b4 instead of before....I hate those too.

Oh, me too! I hate all those "internet slang" words.....like l8er (later) and kewl (cool)........and all the others I can't think of right now.....

[Lady's Human]

Richard, I would grant them citizenship under one restriction. First they have to complete a 6 year enlistment in the military. After that, they're home free.

[Karen]

Richard, I would grant them citizenship under one restriction. First they have to complete a 6 year enlistment in the military. After that, they're home free.

Yes, Mr. Heinlein?

[Lady's Human]

Actually, that was Heinlein's plan for voting rights.

France does the same thing with the French Foreign Legion, and unlike their regular immigration policies, it actually works.