Merry christmas
Merry Christmas
Just wanted to wish you all a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, or a Happy whatever you are celebrating at this time of year. I hope you are spending it well with family and friends! 
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Merry Christmas!
Id like to be among the first to wish you a very Merry Christmas. Im not sure what Christmas means …
The Volokh Conspiracy Blog Archive Merry Christmas!
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Inmemoryofheath: Merry Christmas!
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Merry Christmas guys. Boub, your work has been appreciated and am looking forward to another year of news hopefully featuring and detailing Cataclysm and whats around the corner. Keep up the good work, G_A. …
Marginal Revolution: Merry Christmas
MERRY CHRISTMAS. Posted by: Adam at Dec 25, 2009 7:55:03 PM. That is a glorious image, thank you for sharing it. Merry Christmas, and blessings of the season to the Marginal Revolution team. Posted by: Seppo at Dec 25, 2009 8:04:48 PM …
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As incredible as it sounds Washington Wizards teammates Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton drew guns on each other during a Christmas Eve locker room argument over a gambling debt, according to the New York Post.
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Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to you, Marie. And thank you for your faithfulness as you keep your readers informed and help us solve our gardening problems. I wonder how many people decorate their gardens for the holidays? I did it for the first time …
GIRLS-(preferrably in college) please help me?
EASY TEN POINTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SORRY ITS KINDA LONG BUT I NEED HELP HERE! THANX!!!!!this kid lets name him taylor. i have had this really good friend–or so i thot. i started 2 like him. he then found out. he never sed anything about it 2 me. my cuzin went with me 2 tn and she wanted 2 see my phone. she went thru my contacts and she found taylors name. we calld him. he was fine wit it. l8r on my cousin took my phone and loked herslf in the bathroom and kpt callin and txting him and he thot it was me. he got really po’d and he sent me a txt 2 leave him alone. i calld him and told him d situation and he forgave me. 4 days l8r– i got a text–”i dont care if it was ur cuzin leave me alone! i didn’t even call or txt or anything and i alrdy left tennesee and my cousin. on xmas i put
“merry christmas b(guy)f! (best guy frend)”he sed”this better not b what i tink it is and then sed on the txt “hoping b means best” i explaind 2 him wat it ment and then sed on the txt”and uhh no that wood b wierd!”then taylor must have gotten his monthly present and went all off on me and sed “really cuz my frend told me you punchd him out of the way just 2 look @ me” I REALLY DIDNT DO THIS! so i told him it wasn’t tru and he sed everytime i txt him its abt insulting people and i only did that one time and it was about his exgf and he thot it was funny and he didn’t no it was me txting him cuz it was off my friends cell! i told him im bipolar and im takin meds 2 fix my negativity. then he sed don’t talk 2 me anymore. i told him agen i didn’t do wat his frend said i did and sed i only think of him as a frend (i didn’t want 2 loose best guy friend)and then i said…or do i?(what i meant was or do i think of him as a frend @ all cuz frends always trust each other .) i didnt put what was in parenthesis. he sed i dont like u leave me alone! and i sed i don’t like u! and then he sed”o ya then y did u follow me around @ ur bday party and half the school told me u did? i said i swear 2 god taylor i don’t like u i like somebody else! i really like someone else after he had yelled at me thru txting. then he sed leave me alone 4 the 50th time! i sed u no what tell all i have bipolar disease so everyone will hate me and you will win cuz u love 2 fite! i didn’t do anything but u no do it!!!!!(only him and my bgf no)and he sed ur keepin up the fite just shut up! i then said if u wanted 2 get rid of me it worked and if u wanted me to feel like dog**** it worked have a nice life taylor (last name)! (last message)my question is wat did i do wrong here and how can i fix this and do u tink i have the prob here or taylor
What do i do about this BOY?
My boyfriend (17 years old) of 4 years took the blame for something that his 19 year old sister did wrong. He didnt want her to be grounded for her December birthday. So he’s been on lockdown for the past week.. But whats making me a little mad is that he didnt even say “Merry Christmas” on Christmas day or say “Happy new year” on New years. He was able to text me through his sisters phone AFTER Christmas, so I don’t understand why it’s not possible for him to grab a phone somewhere and simply say that to me? I mean, I would call him. I would make the effort. Plus it’s not like he couldn’t get away from his mom for like a minute! What do you think? I’m feeling very disconnected from him. I haven’t seen him for almost 3 weeks now and I have barely talked to him either. He was grounded the weekend after Christmas..
I want to know if I’m being ridiculous or if you would be a little ticked too?
My ex boyfriend broke up with me 2 weeks ago. He said he can’t do this right now and I believe he is depressed over some other issues in his life right now. We had a very loving relationship and the break up was out of the blue.
While he was out of town for two weeks visiting family, I sent him a text wishing him a Merry Christmas and he responded immediately and included a couple smilies:). Then today, a week later, I sent him another text saying Happy New Year. Again, he responded immediately. (within 2 minutes)
I am confused as to why he would text back so quickly. Is there any meaning behind the quick responses or am I reading too much into it?
Ex boyfriend responds to my text immediately?
I used to be VERY happy. I had a best friend who I would see everyday and share my experiences with. We had an amazing laugh and apart from that I had a number of slightly less close friends and aquaintences who I would socialise with regularly. However three months ago my best friend got a boyfriend and since the week she met him I have all but disappeared. I could be dead and she would not notice. Now to an extent I can accept that as I know she’s excited etc (although I’ve been in love before and still maintained our friendship) but she has taken it a little to far. I text her to say merry christmas and happy new year and she couldn’t even be bothered to reply! She has not text or called in three months. Our friendship will never be the same again and when this relationship wares off I shall not come running. But I do feel really lonely and I don’t know why. I have other friends other then her and I socialise all the time but I feel great loneliness now. Why, when I have got many aquaintances and social friends do I feel so crippled with loneliness? Is it the lack of a “real friend”??? I know many people who have less friends then me and are happy. How can I learn to not be in constant need of company???
How to deal with loneliness? I have lost my best friend?
I am writing an essay on the lord of the flies and i need some help.
We are suppose ti pick three symbols from the book so i picked:
Knife
Conch
Fire
So i said that fire represents hope…like the fire they build on the top of the Mountain
I said knife represents food and safety
And the conch represents order
Does anyone have any more examples of what these three symbols can mean from the story?
Thanks so much in advance
Hope you had a very merry christmas and a happy new year
Also does anyone know how the first paragraph should sound…like the opening sentence?
Essay help! 10 points?
I am writing an essay on the lord of the flies and i need some help.
We are suppose ti pick three symbols from the book so i picked:
Knife
Conch
Fire
So i said that fire represents hope…like the fire they build on the top of the Mountain
I said knife represents food and safety
And the conch represents order
Does anyone have any more examples of what these three symbols can mean from the story?
Thanks so much in advance
Hope you had a very merry christmas and a happy new year
Also does anyone know how the first paragraph should sound…like the opening sentence?
Please help…english essay! Happy 2010 EVERYONE ?
How do you say,
Merry Christmas,
Season Greeting’s
In spanishh? andddd
Christmas in spain
How to say words in spanish/?
So i have been with my partner for 3 years now we moved in together in May and got married in August and got our first baby on the way in February.. So when i was living with my mother at the beginning of 2009 my brother was staying with my mum & I too. We always had parties and got drunk and stuff and there was ALWAYS arguments. So one night when we were drinking, mum and my brother got into an arguement and my brother was rough treating my mum so my husband got in the middle and was trying to pull mum away. My brother started hitting him and because my husband didnt want to hit him he turned around and punched the wall to take his anger out. Because of the alcohol this all happened and my brother decided to grab a knife and chase my husband around the house with it. Eventually everything cleared up and things were kind of ok. So in May when my husband and I moved out a couple of months later my brother came to me and asked me if he could move in cause he had no where to go. I talked to my husband about it and we agreed on letting him stay. At the time my brother was taking drugs and smoking and drinking. We made it clear we didnt want any of this in our house. The 2nd day he was here i caught him smoking drugs in my bathroom. I talked to him about it and he said sorry. However after that he started stealing little things around the house like loose change we leave around, and he started taking food from the house. Ontop of this he was not paying us any rent. I was so angry i told him to leave. So ever since this day my partner has not spoken to my brother. He says that he always takes advantage of us and hes not going to let him do it again. I got married in August and my brother was not allowed on the stage to take a photo with me cause my partner was going to start a scene on our wedding day. Recently my brother has moved into my older sisters house and he is really trying to change. He is off drugs and cigarettes and has an occasional drink. Hes really matured and trying to make a living for himself. I think what happened at my wedding not being able to have a photo with his baby sister kind of make him wake up and change his ways. Now that i tell my husband all this he still isnt stopping his grudge towards him. He dosent talk to my brother not even hi. On christmas day my brother said merry xmas to him and he didnt say anything. I have given up talking to my husband about it cause it just forms into a huge argument. He said my brother isnt allowed in my house but just recently i told him that he cant do that as i have a baby on the way and what was going to happen when baby comes? isnt his uncle allowed to see him. So hes said ok for him coming in the house (after a huge arguement) but my brother just has to stay out of his way and not talk to him. Not even say hi. But does anyone know what i can do to just make it better between them. My brother has said sorry to me for what he done in the past, and i forgive him for it. Everytime i think about this i always feel so sad and hurt that 2 people that i love dont get along.. Does anyone know what i could do? or is anyone free to talk please leave your email addy just need to get a lot of my chest. Im due to have my baby in 5 weeks and dont want any stress when he arrives
What do i do about my brother and my husband?
How do you say: “Hello. I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a good New Year
Thank you for your support in my art and writing. I would not be here today
Without your support. I love you all and I hope you enjoy my works that I will be presenting this year.” I don’t want the answer in Korean Characters. I want to know how to say it.
How do you say this in Korean?
Hi , How are you today ?
Just a Break and We will be back to Politics 
Have you seen any of your Y! A Contacts ? who were they ?
I’ve met 3 of them and It was awesome Merry Christmas . Wish you all a good year .@ Saj : khob dige . no they wasn’t my friends before , but now we are good friends
@ Saj 2:man sale jadid ro be unayi ke sale jadideshune tabrik goftam , dustamun ham inja sale jadid ro be hamuna tabrik goftan , iradi nadare ke 
@ Massy : thanks , I’m feeling good . and chasm , no politic question will be asked by me for a while
@ ????? : I hope you pass all of them with 20 kie ? and mer30 . i’m ok .
@ Hoopoe : I think I know who is she: D but about others , i have no idea .
@ sky roof : I hope you see them .@ sky roof 2 : and pass your exams with 100
@ Annahita : good to see you’re eslah talabaneh shayad bara in nagoftan ke man avvalesh nagoftam . I’ve met MORTEZA , vali dar morede baghiye bayad ejaze nameye katbi begiram
@ ? Daisy: good luck to you too , eeeeeeeeeeeeee , che bahal yani inghad bahal budaan ?@ Iran ? : I like to meet them too .
Holiday greetings are a selection of greetings that are often spoken with good intentions to strangers, family, or friends, in nations around the world, during the months of December and January.
Holidays with greetings include Christmas, New Year’s Day, Chinese New Year, Thanksgiving (United States), and Hanukkah. Some greetings are more prevalent than others, depending on the cultural and religious status of any given area.
Typically, a greeting consists of the word “Happy” followed by the holiday, such as “Happy Hanukkah” or “Happy New Year”, although the phrase “Merry Christmas” is a notable exception. In the United States, the collective phrase “Happy Holidays” is often used as a generic cover-all greeting for all of the Winter holidays, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day. Controversy has arisen in the U. S regarding its usage of the phrase “Happy Holidays”, as an alleged attempt to diminish the Christian elements of Christmas, although its use promotes other holidays commonly celebrated there.
The greetings and farewells “Merry Christmas” and “Happy Christmas” are traditionally used in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Australia, commencing a few weeks prior to Christmas (December 25) of every year.
The phrase is often preferred when it is known that the receiver is a Christian or celebrates Christmas. The nonreligious often use the greeting as well, however in this case its meaning focuses more on the secular aspects of Christmas, rather than the Nativity of Jesus.
As of 2005, “Merry Christmas” remains popular among countries with large Christian populations, including: the United States; Canada; the United Kingdom; Ireland; Australia; South Africa; Mexico; and Western Europe not affiliated with the Eastern Orthodox rites.
It remains popular in the largely non-Christian nations of People’s Republic of China and Japan, where Christmas is celebrated primarily due to Western cultural influences. Though it has somewhat decreased in popularity in the United States and Canada over the past decades, polls from 2005 indicate that it remains more popular than “Happy Holidays” or other alternatives.
“Merry,” derived from the Old English myrige, originally meant merely “pleasant, and agreeable” rather than joyous or jolly (as in the phrase “merry month of May”).
Though Christmas has been observed since the 4th century AD, the first known usage of any Christmastime greeting, dates back to 1565, when it appeared in The Hereford Municipal Manuscript: “And thus I comytt you to God, who send you a mery Christmas.” “Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year” (thus incorporating two greetings) was in an informal letter written by an English admiral in 1699. The same phrase is contained in the sixteenth century secular English carol “We Wish You a Merry Christmas,” and the first Christmas card, produced in England in 1843.
Also in 1843, Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol was published, during the mid Victorian revival of the holiday. The word Merry was then beginning to take on its current meaning of “jovial, cheerful, jolly and outgoing.” “Merry Christmas” in this new context figured prominently in A Christmas Carol. The cynical Ebenezer Scrooge rudely deflects the friendly greeting: “If I could work my will.. every idiot who goes about with ‘Merry Christmas’ on his lips should be boiled with his own pudding.” After the visit from the Ghosts of Christmas affect his transformation, Scrooge exclaims; “I am as merry as a school-boy. A merry Christmas to everybody!” and heartily exchanges the wish to all he meets. The instant popularity of A Christmas Carol, the Victorian era Christmas traditions it typifies, and the term’s new meaning appearing in the book, Dickens’ tale popularized the phrase “Merry Christmas.”
The alternative “Happy Christmas” gained usage in the late 19th century, and is still common in the U. K and Ireland alongside “Merry Christmas.” One reason may be the Methodist Victorian middle-class influence in attempting to separate their construct of wholesome celebration of the Christmas season from that of common lower-class public insobriety and associated asocial behaviour, in a time where “merry” was also understood to mean: “tipsy” or “drunk.” Queen Elizabeth II is said to prefer “Happy Christmas” for this reason. In the American poet Clement Moore’s “A Visit from St. Nicholas” (1823), the final line, originally written as “Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night,” has been changed in many later editions to “Merry Christmas to all,” perhaps indicating the relative popularity of the phrases in the U. S.
“Christmas Gift” is an expression traced back as early as 1844 in the southern United States. It is derived from the tradition of saying “Christmas Gift!” among typically poor African American and Anglo farming familes in rural areas, when people would wake on Christmas morning and rush to say “Christmas Gift” before anyone else. The person being told “Christmas Gift!” is expected to present the person saying it to them with a present. In addition, while “Merry Christmas” is the common and current seasonal salutaion, “Christmas Gift” was an equivilent expression used in the rural south and also in southern Pennsylvania, Ohio Valley, West Virginia, and later in northeastern Texas as a simple greeting and recognizing the birth of Christ as a gift..
“Christmas Eve Gift” is another variation. The Dictionary of American Regional English traces the first written uses of “Christmas Eve Gift” back to 1954. The tradition is similar to the “Christmas Gift” tradition, but occurs on Christmas Eve. The person being told “Christmas Eve Gift!” is expected to present the person saying it to them with a small present, traditionaly candy or nuts
Some social conservatives in the United States and Canada have charged that “Happy Holidays” is a neologism deliberately coined to be an all-inclusive, generic greeting for the holiday season, which not only includes Christmas, but other (Northern hemisphere) winter holidays like Hanukkah and New Year’s. They claim that the term is a bland and politically correct maxim, that is part of an alleged secular “War on Christmas,” with the intent of deliberately diminishing the centrality of Christianity
Advocates on the other hand, maintain that “Happy Holidays” is an inoffensive and all-inclusive greeting that is not intended as an attack against Christianity, but rather a response to a growing and increasingly diverse population.
It is unclear whether “Happy Holidays” is indeed a recent or politically – motivated coinage. Widespread commercial use of the term “Happy Holidays” dates back at least to the 1970s. Use of the term may have begun with the Irving Berlin song “Happy Holiday” (released in 1942 and included in the film “White Christmas”) or the term may predate that song.
In the United States, it can have several variations and meanings:
The phrase “Happy Holidays” also considers the fact that New Year’s Day and Boxing Day (Or St. Stephen’s Day in Ireland) occurs shortly after Christmas. Hence, “Happy Holidays” is effectively a short form for the greeting “Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.”
In the United States, “Happy Holidays” (along with the similarly generalized “Season’s Greetings”) has become the common greeting in the public sphere within the past decade, such as department stores, public schools and greeting cards.
Some Christians, concerned that the 20th-century conflation of St. Nicholas Day (December 8), Christmas (December 25), and Epiphany (January 6) subsumed the meaning of Christmas itself, have taken to using “Happy Holidays” and “Season’s Greetings” throughout the season, reserving “Merry Christmas” for December 25.
“Season’s Greetings” is a greeting more commonly used as a motto on winter season greeting cards than as a spoken phrase. In addition to “Merry Christmas”, Victorian Christmas cards bore a variety of salutations, including “Compliments of the Season” and “Christmas Greetings.” By the late 19th century, “With the Season’s Greetings” or simply “The Season’s Greetings” began appearing. By the 1920s it had been shortened to “Season’s Greetings,” and has been a greeting card fixture ever since. Several White House Christmas cards, including U. S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s 1955 card, have featured the phrase.
Some believe that the “Season” in “Season’s Greetings” is referring to the Christmas season. Consequently, some consider the replacement of “Merry Christmas” with “Season’s Greetings” as an attack on the Christian elements of the Christmas holy day. Others claim it is commercially-motivated pandering to a greater consumer base hoping that avoiding overtly Christian or Christmas messages will spur shoppers to spend, regardless of any religious overtones. (see also: Christmas controversy)
A differing opinion claims the phrase “Season’s Greetings” is more neutral and avoids any implication of one “holy” day’s dominance over another. It may be used to be more inclusive of other winter holidays (such as Kwanzaa or Hanukkah), or to acknowledge the possibility that the reader may be non-religious.
Winter greetings are often strung together. English greetings often begin: “Have a…”; “Wishing you a…” ; or sometimes end in “…to all!”.
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