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12-25-2008, 10:14 AM
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Playful Ghoul
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Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to all, wherever you are! I wish you the best of days in the holiday season.
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12-25-2008, 01:02 PM
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Fair and Cold
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: the big onion
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Merry Christmas to you too.
Incidentally, I'm celebrating an entire 7 years on the Downs. How time flies. 
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12-25-2008, 04:23 PM
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Curmudgeonly Wordwraith
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Ensconced in curmudgeonly pursuits
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Congrats on your septenary anniversary, Lush.
And joyeux noel to all! I am currently half way through an excellent bottle of merlot and listening rather nostalgically to Jethro Tull's 'Christmas Song', perhaps my favorite holiday tune: Once in a royal David's city Stood a lonely cattle shed Where a mother held her baby. You'd do well to remember the things he later said. When you're stuffing yourselves at the Christmas parties You'll just laugh when I tell you to take a running jump. You're missing the point I'm sure does not need making: The Christmas spirit is not what you drink. So how can you laugh when your own mother's hungry, And how can you smile when the reasons for smiling are wrong? And if I've just messed up your thoughtless pleasures Remember, if you wish, this is just a Christmas song. (Hey! Santa! Pass us that bottle, will you?)
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And your little sister's immaculate virginity wings away on the bony shoulders of a young horse named George who stole surreptitiously into her geography revision. |
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12-25-2008, 09:00 PM
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Guard of the Citadel
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Oxon
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Nice to see you made a thread for this, I'll join in and wish everyone all the best for the holidays!
Merry Sol Invictus!
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12-26-2008, 12:05 AM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: midway upon... in a forest dark
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Maligayang Pasko, Downs! Although, it's already the 26th here in the Philippines.
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12-26-2008, 04:44 AM
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Fair and Cold
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: the big onion
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One of my favourite Christmas songs is actually by Dave Matthews. It's not very Orthodox, but it's beautiful and sad. Like this stanza, towards the end:
Father up above, why in all this hatred, Do you fill us up with love, love, love? ... And the blood of our children all around. And, of course, there's the Ukrainian Bell Carol, which is actually called Schedrik, Schedrik in the original, and has to do with a swallow flying in to a house and predicting a prosperous year for the family. It's a very haunting tune, for a happy, happy song.
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12-26-2008, 09:13 AM
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Flame Imperishable
Join Date: Dec 2007
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Merry Christmas for yesterday, and Happy Boxing Day.
Or, since I'm learning Russian: S Rozhdestvom!
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12-26-2008, 09:20 AM
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Cryptic Aura
Join Date: May 2002
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Here's it in Ukrainian: Shedrik And here's the Trans Siberian Orchestra's version: Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24
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12-26-2008, 02:45 PM
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Mellifluous Maia
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: A glade open to the stars, deep in Nan Elmoth
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*emerges from lurkdom*
Merry Christmas! I've just been informed that it is actually still Christmas - the second day of it - so I'm actually not late at all. 
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12-26-2008, 08:19 PM
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Estelo dagnir, Melo ring
Join Date: Oct 2002
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A very merry Christmas to everyone!!
(And happy deathday to Lush!) |
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12-27-2008, 07:14 PM
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Spirit of Mist
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Tol Eressea
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Happy Holidays and happy New Year all!
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12-27-2008, 08:06 PM
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The Sweetest Spoiler
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: from beneath you it giggles incessantly
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Pippin CHRISTmas, everyone!
~~Sally~~
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"My heart always cowers behind the defense of my wit." Friendship is two pals munching on a well-cooked face together. Fenris bookworm.
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12-27-2008, 08:58 PM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Where young people go to retire
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Random Titles are still celebratin'...
Merry (belated) Christmas and I thought I should say Happy Hanukkah since it's still going on til Sunday.
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12-31-2008, 09:25 AM
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Deadnight Chanter
Join Date: Sep 2000
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Merry (belated) Christmas and, since we are at it and it's only 4 hours hence down my road - Happy New Year too
(Hannukah and all other coinciding festivities including )
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01-01-2009, 09:08 AM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Jun 2006
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Happy new year, everyone!
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01-01-2009, 12:25 PM
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Flame Imperishable
Join Date: Dec 2007
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Happy New Year!
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12-24-2009, 04:39 AM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Jun 2006
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Merry Christmas again, Downs!!~
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12-24-2009, 08:52 AM
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Alive without breath
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla
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I managed to find a snow Wizard just for the occasion!
 Alas, it said I could not pass.
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12-24-2009, 10:15 AM
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Playful Ghoul
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Ontario, Canada
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Meeeeerrrry Christmas, everybody!
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12-24-2009, 04:26 PM
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The Sweetest Spoiler
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: from beneath you it giggles incessantly
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*especially with a nice wine* Anyway, seconding Mnemo's sentiments and happy Christmas everyone!
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12-24-2009, 04:29 PM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Back on the Helcaraxe
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Happy Christmas Eve (4:30 pm here at the moment) and a Merry Christmas to all tomorrow!
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12-24-2009, 04:47 PM
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Curmudgeonly Wordwraith
Join Date: Jun 2007
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Ditto for what I said last year.
Hmmm...that's not very sincere, is it? *sighs* Well, it may be Christmas for some, but it's Festivus for the rest of us! Okay, channeling Seinfeld isn't very appropriate either. In any case, I'd loike to leave you wif' anotha Jethro Tull Christmas song -- in keepin' wif' th' season 'n' all, and wif' me previously posted pla'itudes. Lor' bless you and your'n. Through long December nights we talk in words of rain or snow, while you through chattering teeth reply and curse us as you go. Why not spare a thought this day for those who have no flame to warm their bones at Christmas time? Say Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow. Now as the last broad oak leaf falls, we beg consider this: there's some who have no coin to save for turkey, wine or gifts. No children's laughter round the fire, no family left to know. So lend a warm and a helping hand: say Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow. As holly pricks and ivy clings, your fate is none too clear. The Lord may find you wanting, let your good fortune disappear. All homely comforts blown away and all that's left to show is to share your joy at Christmas time with Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow. Through long December nights we talk in words of rain or snow, while you, through chattering teeth, reply and curse us as you go. Why not spare a thought this day for those who have no flame to warm their bones at Christmas time? Say Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow.
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12-24-2009, 05:40 PM
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The Werewolf's Companion
Join Date: Aug 2009
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Merry Christmas, everyone.
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I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. Double Fenris
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12-24-2009, 06:15 PM
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Wight of the Old Forest
Join Date: Dec 2008
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To everybody who hasn't got anything better to do than to go online on Christmas Eve, a Merry Christmas, Yule or whatever appeals to you! I·kal entúlië!
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12-24-2009, 07:47 PM
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Sage & Onions
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Britain
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Merry Christmas One and Alland Nadolig Llawen as well isn't it
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12-25-2009, 07:29 AM
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Fair and Cold
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12-25-2009, 03:34 PM
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Flame of the Ainulindalë
Join Date: Jan 2006
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Hyvää joulua!
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12-26-2009, 11:05 AM
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This is what went through my mind: Person 1: Pippin Christmas. Stop discriminating him. Person 2: But they're both Hobbits from the East of the Brandywine. Aragorn Christmas, anyone? P1: But they're both humans. That's discrimination. How about Legolas Christmas? P2: Or Gimli Christmas? P3: This is getting ridiculous... why even bother sticking to Tolkien? How about an Eönwë Christmas? P1 and P2: *simultaneously* Uh... that is Tolkien... P3: I meant the BDer  *spirals off into insanity* Quote:
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12-26-2009, 11:25 AM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Feb 2009
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So I expect all of you to wish your friends a very William Huggins Arbor Day this coming year.
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12-26-2009, 12:03 PM
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P1: So we're agreed on Meriadoc Christmas, right? P2: Yeah, Merry isn't his full name, Kalimac doesn't sound right with English, and Shagrat and Teleporno... erm... P3: Yeah, Meriadoc Christmas. P1: Right. P2: Yeah. P3: So how about New Year? We can't use Meriadoc again. P1: Or the others... P2: I kind of liked P3's idea before. We don't need to stick to Tolkien, let's go for other mythologies. P3: You mean like Njord New Year? P1: Or Prometheus New Year? P2: Quetzalcoatl New Year? P3: How about Hapi New Year? It has a kind of ring to it (no pun intended). P1: Pun, what pun? P3: Because it's a Tolkien forum... P1: Erm... ok. But yeah, I agree, Hapi New Year does sound good. P2: Yeah. P3: So we're agreed: Meriadoc Christmas and a Hapi New Year.
Happy New Year, Barrow Downs!
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12-31-2009, 01:00 PM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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Now that that's settled, are you going to take on Kwanzaa? (a little late for Chanukkah, I'm afraid
)Won't be the new year for another 11 hours, here, but a Happy one to all!
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Mighty Quill
Join Date: Aug 2007
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A happy new year to everyone on the Downs! I'm glad I can bring this one in with a black and green screen!
P.S. Thank you Eönwë for finally settling that.
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The Werewolf's Companion
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Happy New Year...at exactly 12 my time!
I wonder what this says, that I'm on at midnight on New Year's...huh.
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01-02-2010, 04:14 PM
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Wight of the Old Forest
Join Date: Dec 2008
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A happy and blessed new year, gutes neues Jahr, blwyddyn newydd da etc. to everybody!
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