Im all out of ideas
12-18-2005, 11:59 PM
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i was under the impression that christmas was developed as a marketing ploy by large corporations and the jewish community in order to whip the gentiles into a buying frenzy for several weeks each year.
12-19-2005, 12:05 AM
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Originally Posted by phinsup' post='787949' date='Dec 19 2005, 12:59 AM
i was under the impression that christmas was developed as a marketing ploy by large corporations and the jewish community in order to whip the gentiles into a buying frenzy for several weeks each year.
gentile = jewish
12-19-2005, 12:09 AM
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gen·tile (jntl)
1. One who is not of the Jewish faith or is of a non-Jewish nation.
2. A Christian.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Gentile
lol
1. One who is not of the Jewish faith or is of a non-Jewish nation.
2. A Christian.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Gentile
lol
12-19-2005, 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by phinsup' post='787949' date='Dec 19 2005, 12:59 AM
i was under the impression that christmas was developed as a marketing ploy by large corporations and the jewish community in order to whip the gentiles into a buying frenzy for several weeks each year.
No, young Skywalker. That's what our materialistic society has turned Christmas into. You need to go back a little further....
Every Who down in Who-ville, the tall and the small,
Was singing! Without any presents at all!
He HADN'T stopped Christmas from coming!
IT CAME!
Somehow or other, it came just the same!
And the Grinch, with his grinch-feet ice-cold in the snow,
Stood puzzling and puzzling: "How could it be so?
It came without ribbons! It came without tags!
"It came without packages, boxes or bags!"
And he puzzled three hours, `till his puzzler was sore.
Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before!
"Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store.
"Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!"
And what happened then...?
Well...in Who-ville they say
That the Grinch's small heart
Grew three sizes that day!
And the minute his heart didn't feel quite so tight,
He whizzed with his load through the bright morning light
And he brought back the toys! And the food for the feast!
And he...
...HE HIMSELF...!
The Grinch carved the roast beast!
- From "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" -
