One for Pastafarians everywhere

I LOVE IT!

Taueret

That's fun.

But can someone tell me why the word 'Christmas' is never said or written?

I could be wrong of course (it has been known!) but that tree looked like a Christmas tree and the upcoming holiday is surely the Christmas holiday?

Mary

"Mary Fisher" wrote in news:475e70ec$0$760$ snipped-for-privacy@master.news.zetnet.net:

because it's an American site & Americans are oh-so- politically-correct about not favoring one religion over another. it might offend someone to mention Christmas, despite the fact that it has become a pretty much totally secular holiday here.

apparently it escapes the notice of the politically correct that most religions have some sort of holiday around the winter solstice... usually involving lights, or the return of the sunlight. i really don't understand how mentioning the name of the holiday you celebrate at this time of year could or would offend others, or if it does, why that should bother one. it is, after all, the offendee's problem, not yours. some people take offense at the weirdest things. lee

Yes, it's pretty much become a secular holiday, but the fact is that there are people here, like me and my family, who don't celebrate Christmas even in a secular way. Sure, I have a tree, but I celebrate Solstice, which always happens before Christmas. The rest of my family is Jewish, and Hanukkah ends tomorrow. No Christmas here.

I have no issue if someone wants to talk about Christmas on their website; it's theirs, they can talk about whatever they want. I have, however, started responding to workers in grocery stores who with me a "Merry Christmas" with "Glad Yule". I think it's rather arrogant to just assume that everyone acknowledges Christmas. When I was a kid all stores wished everyone "Happy Holidays" and no one got all offended by that.

Then you have people like Bill O'Reilly who made up this "war on Christmas" a few years ago, mostly to bash folks like the ACLU who have rightly brought court cases against municipalities who put up religious Christmas displays without allowing other religions to have their displays.

And Christmas was put there to counteract the pagan celebrations.

Well, since I acknowledged my paganism some 7 years ago I've become more aware of which stores near me understand that Christmas isn't the only holiday at this time of year, and I tend to avoid those who only promote Christmas. Call me petty, but it's my money and I'll spend it where I please.

Why does every store have to acknowledge Christmas at the exclusion of others? Besides, it wasn't non-Christians who fired the first shot in the so-called "war on Christmas". It was Christians who threatened to boycott stores because they dared to say "Happy Holidays". What you're seeing from non-Christians is called backlash. These Christians groups, like Focus on the Family - and maybe they should focus on their own highly dysfunctional families instead of others' - are doing their damnedest to shove their religion at everyone, and they get upset when the Constitution is shoved in their faces in response. Too bad. We have a secular government, with no mention of God in the Constitution - a "Creator" is mentioned in the Declaration of Independence, but that's not the foundational document of this country - and John Adams signed the Treaty of Tripoli, which clearly states that this country is in no way a Christian nation; this matters because the Constitution states that any treaties that have been signed and ratified become supreme law of the land.

Offense is in the eye of the beholder, this is true; however, maybe there's a reason for the offense people take at some things. This is just the latest.

The Other Kim kimagreenfieldatyahoodotcom

And the tree is not from Christianity either.

The Flying Spaghetti Monster was created to point out that using the same rules some fundamentalists wanted, any off-the-wall concept could claim equal time. It has since become very popular.

=Tamar What would FSM do? Touch you with His Noodly Appendage!

Yup :-)

Mary

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I love this monster! What is this wool? Can it be knit with any worsted?

Wendy

I would assume so. Once I'm done with all the holiday knitting I'm gonna see what I have in my stash for this.

Now to find a knitted Cthulhu...

The Other Kim kimagreenfieldatyahoodotcom

"The Other Kim" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@mid.individual.net:

i'd use a spool knitter instead of making miles of I-cord. gah!

ah! here you go!

That's the plan, and it's something I can have my youngest daughter help with. I hate doing I-cord.

The Other Kim kimagreenfieldatyahoodotcom

Oh I dunno....I find making I-cord one of those mindless things I can do while watching TV. :)

WendyA Knitting Fool in CT mysmt=at=sbcglobal.net

myswendy wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@d4g2000prg.googlegro ups.com:

ah, there's my problem. i don't watch tv. i just haven't figured out how to knit & read at the same time yet either... lee

Rather than do miles of i-cord or spoolknitting, I think I'd cast on lengthwise, knit enough rows to get the thickness, and do a 3-needle bind-off. That way I could even make the tentacles striped lengthways.

=Tamar

Oh THAT'S an interesting idea!

Wendy