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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: SqueakyVoice on December 18, 2024, 10:23:01 AM

Title: The miracle(s) of Christmas (1/n)
Post by: SqueakyVoice on December 18, 2024, 10:23:01 AM
Joseph and Mary didn't have to cook a turkey.
Title: Re: The miracle(s) of Christmas (1/n)
Post by: jeremyp on December 18, 2024, 10:49:26 AM
Mrs Brown's Boys got recommissioned despite being utterly shite.
Title: Re: The miracle(s) of Christmas (1/n)
Post by: Nearly Sane on December 18, 2024, 11:10:01 AM
That you've been able to wrote Christmas despite it being banned by the thought police
Title: Re: The miracle(s) of Christmas (1/n)
Post by: Steve H on December 18, 2024, 01:54:03 PM
That Coca-Cola, makers of a fizzy drink usually served cold, got it indelibly associated, in the minds of the gullible and thick, with a midwinter festival, and even convinced many people that they invented the modern image of Father Christmas.
Title: Re: The miracle(s) of Christmas (1/n)
Post by: Steve H on December 18, 2024, 01:58:16 PM
That it always snows on Christmas day in TV soaps and sitcoms, but practically never does in reality.
Title: Re: The miracle(s) of Christmas (1/n)
Post by: Alan Burns on December 18, 2024, 11:20:41 PM
From today's "Word on Fire" gospel reflection:

The King comes as a helpless infant, born of insignificant parents in a small town of a distant outpost of the Roman Empire. He will conquer through the finally irresistible power of love, the same power with which he made the universe.

The true miracle of Christmas
Title: Re: The miracle(s) of Christmas (1/n)
Post by: SqueakyVoice on December 30, 2024, 12:53:44 PM
Joseph and Mary didn't have to cook a turkey.
And, after loads of advice from Auntie Beeb, I /still/ haven't watched an episode of Gavin and Stacey.