Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,095
Good old Pam.
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,095
Just had the usual cheery greeting whilst walking through town
'Hello,
Merry Christmas,
Thank you
Big Issue'
Time for the ChristmasJumper:-
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Weird Granny Slater
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 3,069
'We are striving to be an inclusive, eco conscious and intercultural worshipping community (IWC) engaged with issues of social, racial and climate justice.'
https://allsaintsloughborough.org.uk/
All that ^ has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with all this > (obvs)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/11/29/uk-census-christians-now-minority-england-wales-first-time/ 'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,095
Venn Diagrams - not just for Christmas.
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Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,928
Well it's nearly here now
Then it will all be over and we wait for the following Xmas lol
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Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
I do wish people would call it Christmas.Celebrating the birth of Christ We are celebrating the birth of Christ.Unless for Some it’s an excuse time for a big Booze up.
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Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,879
Sue it all depends on whether you are a practicing Christian who is a regular church goer, not just for weddings or funerals .
I would guess for the majority it is simply a time for family and friends to meet up and enjoy themselves.
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Button
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,057
Jan Higgins wrote:Sue it all depends on whether you are a practicing Christian who is a regular church goer, not just for weddings or funerals
There was a time when the latter were called "four-wheeler" Christians, attending church to hatch, match and despatch.
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,095
I know it's a bit late to ask but does anybody know of someone who will be spending Christmas all on their own this year?
We've got a load of people coming round tomorrow and need to borrow some chairs ....
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Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,879
Captain...Not at all funny and in rather poor taste..
To Chris and all the members of this group have a very Happy Christmas.
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The Gov- Registered: 24 May 2020
- Posts: 151
And the same to you Jan and members.
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,928
To Chris and all on Dover forum merry Xmas and new year
Jan
It wouldn't be Bob without his deliberate controversy
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,095
Merry Christmas to ALL forumites. Fingers crossed for a peaceful if not prosperous New Year.
Here at Marlinspike Hall Santa brought me everything I asked for AND a jar of pickled onions which I'm taking as a good omen for my new part time job as an 'intimacy coordinator' to a number of local dramatic groups.
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,095
5:30pm and I’ve gone up at least two dress sizes already
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Button- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,057
Sue Nicholas wrote:I do wish people would call it Christmas.Celebrating the birth of Christ We are celebrating the birth of Christ.Unless for Some it’s an excuse time for a big Booze up.
I don't disagree with you (and my Mother held that there was a special place reserved in the 6th circle of Hell for whomsoever re-named 'Mothering Sunday' as 'Mothers' Day'). However, my cracker informs me that 'X' stands for Christ in Greek and lo, the term 'Xmas' was born. So, clearly an EU invention from which Brexit has freed us, etc etc.
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Reginald Barrington
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,257
Button wrote:I don't disagree with you (and my Mother held that there was a special place reserved in the 6th circle of Hell for whomsoever re-named 'Mothering Sunday' as 'Mothers' Day'). However, my cracker informs me that 'X' stands for Christ in Greek and lo, the term 'Xmas' was born. So, clearly an EU invention from which Brexit has freed us, etc etc.
That's just heresy!
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,928
Well that the main Xmas day over
Not long till next Xmas lol
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Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,879
Keith Sansum1 wrote:Well that the main Xmas day over
Not long till next Xmas lol
But before that we have New Year's Eve, when all the drunken moron's rise up to shout and scream as they stagger home in the early hours.
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,928
I don't feel those having a celebration to bring the new year in.
But really with so many places getting extended licensed to sell alcohol till 3-4 am
Is it any wonder we have drunken brawls ?
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Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,879
Keith Sansum1 wrote:I don't feel those having a celebration to bring the new year in.
I do not think it would be right to ask Keith to expand on who or what he likes to feel instead.
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