Hi y'all - I'm throbbing with the anticipation of huddling close to you. I'll be at the Solstice!!
On Aug 30, 2:17 pm, "Liz Purkrabek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In my family, Christmas was about playing poker and eating until we got > physically ill, opening presents and then eating again. In the good years. > > The other years were about yelling and fighting and stress and wishing to > hell it was all over with. Now I feel like Solstice is a suitable season to > celebrate because, to me, it stands for a time when ancient peoples huddled > close together and thought, "I am still here and at last the night is at its > longest." I see Solstice as a time to celebrate the people who made it > through the darkest night of the year, and to remember those who did not. > Just as those who huddled cold but close, I know I could not have made it > through the darkest nights of my winters without huddling close to my dear > friends. > > Liz > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Taylor > Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 2:06 PM > To: Memphis Freethought Alliance > Subject: Re: Christmas is coming. > > <<entirely a religious holiday.>> > > The holiday is entirely whatever you make it to be. ;-)- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
