a typical Christmas Day for young Jesus
$Zero
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firstly, no tree.
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manger scenes in the public squares?
nope.
though one could expect to find large busts of Caesar plastered all
over the place.
and all year round, too.
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how about the shopping madness?
nope.
no holiday rush.
no huge credit card debts mounting.
no after-Christmas sales.
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did young Jesus even get a birthday cake?
biblical scholars cannot come to a consensus on that.
besides the arguments over the history of bakery (particularly
frosting) in the middle east, there's many disputes over the date.
and so on.
but few people ever discuss this subject.
partly because the youth of Jesus is shrouded in such mysteries.
and it's a lot more fun to find some mistletoe to kiss under.
-$Zero...
one of the best song covers of all time
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/2c61d2a12f6ab4f0
Bill Penrose
But they did travel and there was a shortage of hotel rooms.
On the way home, they even had time to make a side trip to Egypt.
In place of Equifax and the other two credit agencies, He had the
Three Kings.
DB
$Zero
> a typical Christmas Day for young Jesus
>
> ...
>
> firstly, no tree.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_symbol
> ...
>
> manger scenes in the public squares?
>
> nope.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nativity_scene
> though one could expect to find large busts of Caesar plastered all
> over the place.
>
> and all year round, too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue
> ...
>
> how about the shopping madness?
>
> nope.
>
> no holiday rush.
>
> no huge credit card debts mounting.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_card
> no after-Christmas sales.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_day
> ...
>
> did young Jesus even get a birthday cake?
>
> biblical scholars cannot come to a consensus on that.
>
> besides the arguments over the history of bakery
> (particularly frosting) in the middle east,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_cake
> there's many disputes over the date.
>
> and so on.
>
> but few people ever discuss this subject.
>
> partly because the youth of Jesus is shrouded in such mysteries.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_Jesus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shroud_of_Turin
> and it's a lot more fun to find some mistletoe to kiss under.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistletoe
life before wikipedia.
no instant access to opinionated facts!
yikes.
think of the competition!
there's just no way they could possibly keep up.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia_Salesmen
they don't even get an entry, FFS
-$Zero...
first day of winter
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/05177256e93e70af
so a poem instead.
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/06be7100aa235f3d