Holiday Happenings

FLORIDA COURT SETS ATHEIST HOLY DAY

In Florida , an atheist created a case against Easter and Passover Holy days.

He hired an attorney to bring a discrimination case
against Christians and Jews and observances of their holy days. The
argument was that it was unfair that atheists had no such recognized days.

The case was brought before a judge. After listening to
the passionate presentation by the lawyer, the judge banged his gavel
declaring, "Case dismissed!"

The lawyer immediately stood objecting to the ruling
saying, "Your honor, How can you possibly dismiss this case? The
Christians have Christmas, Easter and others. The Jews have Passover,
Yom Kippur and Hanukkah, yet my client and all other atheists have no
such holidays.."

The judge leaned forward in his chair saying, "But you
do. Your client, counsel, is woefully ignorant."

The lawyer said, "Your Honor, we are unaware of any
special observance or holiday for atheists."

The judge said, "The calendar says April 1st is April
Fools Day. Psalm 14:1 states, 'The fool says in his heart, there is no
God.' Thus, it is the opinion of this court, that, if your client says
there is no God, then he is a fool. Therefore, April 1st is his day.

Court is adjourned...

How about some Global Warming!

I need some Global Warming and I live in Florida!

Check out this sign...

These so-called experts used to say snow would be a thing of the past... Now this! Whatever happens is a result of Global Warming... Too cold? Global Warming... Too hot? Global Warming... Not enough rain? Global Warming.... Flooding? Global Warming... Who are they trying to kid?

Finally, in the spirit of the season, some Christmas quotes:

Joan Mills
Christmas is the keeping-place for memories of our innocence.

Dale Evans Rogers
Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give. It's Christmas.

Charles Dickens
Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home!

Charles Dickens
I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys.

W. C. Jones

The joy of brightening other lives, bearing each others' burdens, easing other's loads and supplanting empty hearts and lives with generous gifts becomes for us the magic of Christmas.

Harlan Miller
I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month.

Julia Peterkin, A Plantation Christmas
I hear that in many places something has happened to Christmas; that it is changing from a time of merriment and carefree gaiety to a holiday which is filled with tedium; that many people dread the day and the obligation to give Christmas presents is a nightmare to weary, bored souls; that the children of enlightened parents no longer believe in Santa Claus; that all in all, the effort to be happy and have pleasure makes many honest hearts grow dark with despair instead of beaming with good will and cheerfulness.

Bill McKibben
There is no ideal Christmas; only the one Christmas you decide to make as a reflection of your values, desires, affections, traditions.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO US ALL!