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Thanksgiving - Celebrated the 4th Thursday of November. In the United States, Thanksgiving is a four day weekend which usually marks a pause in school and college calendars. Most business and government workers (78% in 2007) are also given both Thanksgiving and the day after as paid holidays. Families and friends gather for a reunion, a day of thanks, and a festive meal. Thanksgiving meals are traditionally family events where certain kinds of food are served. First and foremost, turkey is the featured item in most Thanksgiving feasts (so much so that Thanksgiving is sometimes facetiously referred to as "Turkey Day"). Stuffing, mashed potatoes with gravy, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, corn, turnips, and pumpkin pie are commonly associated with Thanksgiving dinner. Often guests bring food items or help with cooking in the kitchen as part of a happy, communal meal. In keeping with the holiday theme of giving thanks, during the socializing or meal, people talk about what they are thankful for or tell about experiences during the past year which have caused them to feel grateful. Read more about this holiday in wikipedia NOT |
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Happy Thanksgiving to all around. Please don't forget to give the cook(s) a hardy thank and adda girl/boy. |
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![]() Proudly Banned from Predictator@Home and now Cosmology@home as well. Added SETI to the list today. Temporary ban only - so need to work harder :) ![]() "You can't fix stupid" (Ron White) |
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heh, my sentements exactly |
codycowboy Send message Joined: 16 Jan 06 Posts: 4 Credit: 317,803 RAC: 0 |
Yes, Bah Humbug, it is, |
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Peace and Goodwill to all. Please make it a safe and happy holiday season. ------------------------- Christmas is an annual holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus. Christmas festivities often combine the commemoration of Jesus' birth with various secular customs, many of which have been influenced by earlier winter festivals. The date as a birth date for Jesus is traditional, and is not considered to be his actual date of birth. In most places around the world, Christmas Day is celebrated on December 25th. Christmas Eve is the preceding day, December 24. The word "Christmas" is a contraction of two words "Christ's mass" and is derived from the Middle English Christemasse and Old English Cristes m�sse, a phrase first recorded in 1038. In early Greek versions of the New Testament, the letter Χ (chi), is the first letter of Christ (Χριστός). Since the mid-16th century Χ, or the similar Roman letter X, was used as an abbreviation for Christ. Thus, Xmas is an abbreviation for Christmas. After the conversion of Anglo-Saxons in England from their indigenous Anglo-Saxon polytheism (a form of Germanic paganism) in the very early 7th century, Christmas was called geol, which was the name of the native Germanic pre-Christian solstice festival that fell on that date. From geol, the current English word Yule is derived. Many customs associated with modern Christmas were derived from Germanic paganism. The prominence of Christmas Day increased gradually after Charlemagne was crowned on Christmas Day in 800. Around the 12th century, the remnants of the former Saturnalian traditions of the Romans were transferred to the Twelve Days of Christmas (26 December - 6 January). Christmas during the Middle Ages was a public festival, incorporating ivy, holly, and other evergreens, as well as gift-giving. Modern traditions have come to include the display of Nativity scenes, Holly and Christmas trees, the exchange of gifts and cards, and the arrival of Father Christmas or Santa Claus on Christmas Eve or Christmas morning. Popular Christmas themes include the promotion of goodwill and peace. |
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Happy New Year to all at Rosetta@home! ![]() |
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Luuklag Send message Joined: 13 Sep 07 Posts: 262 Credit: 4,171 RAC: 0 |
![]() another happy new year to ya all [EDIT] since i now see this image is about as big as this board can take, well with my resolution of 1280*1024, i was wondering is there a sub code in the image code to enforce heigth and with in pixels, like there is in HTML? |
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Coming up will be John Quincy Adams Birthday 7/11 ![]() |
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A very special message from Santa to all members of the US armed services. me@rescam.org |
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Hi. A very Merry Christmas to all. pete. ![]() |
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