Merry Christmas!

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timeodanaos
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Merry Christmas!

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It's just turning midnight Central European Time, so I suppose this is it.

I hope everyone has a merry time, be their celebration Christian or Pagan or be it neither. :)

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¡Feliz Navidad a todos! :D

Y recuerden el verdadero significado de la Natividad:

Et pastores erant in regione eadem vigilantes et custodientes vigilias noctis supra gregem suum, et ecce angelus Domini stetit iuxta illos et claritas Dei circumfulsit illos et timuerunt timore magno et dixit illis angelus nolite timere ecce enim evangelizo vobis gaudium magnum quod erit omni populo quia natus est vobis hodie salvator qui est Christus Dominus in civitate David et hoc vobis signum invenietis infantem pannis involutum et positum in praesepio, et subito facta est cum angelo multitudo militiae caelestis laudantium Deum et dicentium gloria in altissimis Deo et in terra pax in hominibus bonae voluntatis.

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Lisa: Relax?! I can't relax! Nor can I yield, relent, or... Only two synonyms? Oh my God! I'm losing my perspicacity! Aaaaa!

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Merry Christmas! And now here we go with the Greek:

και ποιμενες ησαν εν τη χωρα τη αυτη αγραυλουντες και φυλασσοντες φυλακας της νυκτος επι την ποιμνην αυτων
και ιδου αγγελος κυριου επεστη αυτοις και δοξα κυριου περιελαμψεν αυτους και εφοβηθησαν φοβον μεγαν
και ειπεν αυτοις ο αγγελος μη φοβεισθε ιδου γαρ ευαγγελιζομαι υμιν χαραν μεγαλην ητις εσται παντι τω λαω
οτι ετεχθη υμιν σημερον σωτηρ ος εστιν χριστος κυριος εν πολει δαβιδ
και τουτο υμιν το σημειον ευρησετε βρεφος εσπαργανωμενον κειμενον εν τη φατνη
και εξαιφνης εγενετο συν τω αγγελω πληθος στρατιας ουρανιου αινουντων τον θεον και λεγοντων
δοξα εν υψιστοις θεω και επι γης ειρηνη εν ανθρωποις ευδοκια

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'...and they feared with great fear!' - the best part of the Bible.

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Especially in Dutch, where "vrees" means "fear" and "frees" means "milling cutter". Gives a completely new meaning to "zij vreesden met grote frezen" or "zij freesden met grote vreze"... ;-).

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Merry Christmas everyone :). I hope your holidays are happy and peaceful.

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Merry Christmas, sodales!
Horae quidem cedunt et dies et menses et anni, nec praeteritum tempus umquam revertitur nec quid sequatur sciri potest. Quod cuique temporis ad vivendum datur, eo debet esse contentus. --Cicero, De Senectute

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Merry Christmas, or Chanukkah, or religious or non-religious holiday you are celebrating!
Dolor poetas creat.

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