Christmas or Xmas?

shoz · Post by **shoz** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 10:54 am

Which do your prefer? I personally HATE Xmas and never ever use the word.

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 11:06 am

May I refer the honourable gentleman to last year's discussion about this very subject, started by....Shoz?

viewtopic.php?t=942&highlight=xmas

Deb GP · Post by **Deb GP** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 11:21 am

I hate Winterval more.
And people who try to wangle discounts because "It's Christmas" when actually it's still Advent
and stupid perfume adverts on the telly
and people who put up decorations on 28th November
and silly baby outfits with reindeer antlers
and that bl**dy Ocado advert on Classic FM.

shoz · Post by **shoz** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 11:25 am

Richard Ruck wrote:May I refer the honourable gentleman to last year's discussion about this very subject, started by....Shoz?

viewtopic.php?t=942&highlight=xmas

My apologies, I had forgotten.

BTaylor · Post by **BTaylor** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 11:32 am

Deb GP wrote:I hate Winterval more.
And people who try to wangle discounts because "It's Christmas" when actually it's still Advent
and stupid perfume adverts on the telly
and people who put up decorations on 28th November
and silly baby outfits with reindeer antlers
and that bl**dy Ocado advert on Classic FM.

Bah Humbug

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 11:45 am

shoz wrote:
Richard Ruck wrote:May I refer the honourable gentleman to last year's discussion about this very subject, started by....Shoz?

viewtopic.php?t=942&highlight=xmas
My apologies, I had forgotten.

No apology needed! There are many things for us to get grumpy about at Christmas and 'Xmas' is one of them.

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 2:10 pm

Ramadan or 'Starvation' ???

Great Plum · Post by **Great Plum** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 2:15 pm

I'm with Debbie on this one...

some of our neighbours have had an inflatable Tigger with a Christmas hat on in their front garden since the 11th November

Deb GP · Post by **Deb GP** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 2:20 pm

Oh Plum... didn't you know that Gabriel appeared to Tigger and the heffalump in the Hundred Acre wood to warn him not to eat the wise men as they passed through on their way from the Orient.

blondie95 · Post by **blondie95** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 5:57 pm

I dont like Xmas but will use it when posting messages etc as takes too long and too challenging on my spelling to get Christmas right

Great Plum · Post by **Great Plum** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 7:38 pm

Deb GP wrote:Oh Plum... didn't you know that Gabriel appeared to Tigger and the heffalump in the Hundred Acre wood to warn him not to eat the wise men as they passed through on their way from the Orient.

Maybe it took them so long because they were looking for the woozle!

cj · Post by cj » Wed Dec 13, 2006 11:58 pm

In my book Xmas means Kiss-mas (which is not necessarily a bad thing!). I am now starting to ignore what everyone else is doing and just carrying on with my own little thing. The mothers at our pre-school and toddler groups are getting agitated because they can't remember all the names of the children in the class for their Chrissy (hee hee) cards. At 3 years of age???????????????????????? Do me a favour folks and get a grip. The look of abject horror when I said that I didn't know and, frankly, didn't care because Cora is only 3 and we don't do cards was highly amusing. And hugely liberating.

DavebytheSea · Post by **DavebytheSea** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 12:28 pm

blondie95 wrote:I dont like Xmas but will use it when posting messages etc as takes too long and too challenging on my spelling to get Christmas right

I think you are a wise, if somewhat etymologically challenged, girl

blondie95 · Post by **blondie95** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 2:36 pm

DavebytheSea wrote:
blondie95 wrote:I dont like Xmas but will use it when posting messages etc as takes too long and too challenging on my spelling to get Christmas right
I think you are a wise, if somewhat etymologically challenged, girl

Thanks DBTS although i had to look that one up had no idea what that meant!):

Euterpe13 · Post by **Euterpe13** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 10:30 am

:mutley: