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Merry CHRISTmas

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  1. RipponRedeaux

    RipponRedeaux Well-Known Member

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    The above is my greeting. I emphasize Christ, literally and hopefully in my life itself. When I am the one to initiate this greeting I sometimes get a mystified look of "Huh?" But the same prevails when I respond to someone who gives me the standard "Merry Christmas!" "What did you say?" they exclaim. Most people say "Merry Crissmis" in their pronunciation. If you tried you wouldn't recognize that Christ is there at all.

    A non-Christian friend asked me "Do you feel the Christmas spirit? The Holy Spirit was not on his radar. He was in a hurry so all I could say was "What spirit are you speaking of?"
     
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    "Mear Crismiss 'n hapa new yer to yew 'n yers!":Biggrin:Biggrin
     
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    Are you sure you are annunciating “Christ” correctly? I think the Greek is something closer to “Christus”. And “Jesus” is really “Yeshua” which is “Joshua” in Hebrew. And Baptist don’t NT do “Mass” anyway.

    Maybe, just to be accurate, we should say, “Happy Yeshua birthing day”

    Now that would turn a few heads.

    peace to you
     
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    I'm Merikun. So I speak Merikun.
     
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    Quick story. Years ago I was serving in the Army in Egypt. We got leave to go to Israel, Televi. So, I decide to go to the Hilton Hotel just to check it out. I’m asking these well dressed ladies, who spoke French I think, to dance and I was generally having a good time and everyone was very nice and all smiles.

    The waiter comes over, bringing me a drink, and he says, “sir, what part of the United States are you from?” I said, “how do you know I’m from the United States?”

    He looks at me, smiles and said, “sir, everyone in here knows you are from the United States”.

    Peace to you
     
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    The 'mas' ending of Christmas refers to the Roman Catholic mass, right?

    So if we eliminate the ending we would have Christ alone.

    It would be silly to say Merry Christ.

    So, if we are conversing with Christians we could say "May you rest in the joy of Christ." Or, "Be happy in the Lord." Or, "Happy Immanuel's Day." And on and on.

    If we address non-believers we could say : "Christ is exalted." That would inevitably lead to questions, and that would be good! And there is the standby :"Jesus is the reason for the season."

    Any other suggestions for both the saved and the lost when we greet them at this time?
     
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    and there is another meaning of Mass -
    : a large body of persons in a group a mass of spectators

    I was wondering how long before someone brought up mass as in Roman Catholic.


    Well, we could say -- I am so blessed to be celebrating the birth of our Savior, our Lord Jesus Christ.
    Or we could say "happy holidays" oh that is not RC (not religiously correct!)
     
    #7 Salty, Dec 25, 2021
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    Merry Christmas!

    "I am so blessed to be celebrating the birth of our Savior, our Lord Jesus Christ." :Thumbsup
     
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    That makes as much sense as "It could mean the abbreviation of Massachusetts."
     
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    Then there's the standard "Yuletide greetings." Then there's "Noel to you."
     
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    As they say

    much ado
     
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    about what?
     
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    I thought the abbreviation for Massachusetts was “crazyliberalgonewild”.

    peace to you
     
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