Neither fluffy or pagan, here

[jay]

You are 'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing'. You take
Christmas very seriously. For you, it is a
religious festival, celebrating the birth of
the Saviour, and its current secularisation
really irritates you. You enjoy the period of
Advent leading up to Christmas, and attend any
local carol services you can find, as well as
the more contemplative Advent church services
each Sunday. You may be involved in Christmas
food collections or similar charity work. The
midnight service at your church, with candles
and carols, is one you look forward to all
year, and you also look forward to the family
get together on Christmas Day.


What Christmas Carol are you?
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Comments

'Deck the Halls'

[purpletigron.livejournal.com]

"... you know full well that there were no shepherds in the fields in December, and that the date of Christmas was put at midwinter specifically to coincide with the older celebrations ... And you do enjoy the seasonal celebrations, regardless of their name... A merry Yule to you!"

Re: 'Deck the Halls'

[mnfiddledragon.livejournal.com]

In the middle east? Isn't it still warmish there?

Re: 'Deck the Halls'

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

(smile) compared to Minnesota?

Re: 'Deck the Halls'

[mnfiddledragon.livejournal.com]

EVERYTHING's warmish compared to MN in December ;)

*laugh*

Re: 'Deck the Halls'

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

When I visit Minneapolis for a long weekend in February, the past two years, I've noted that local temperatures are only usually 20F warmer than Resolute's in the High Arctic... where there's 24-hour darkness... brr.

Re: 'Deck the Halls'

[mnfiddledragon.livejournal.com]

aw, dispell the myth why don't you? ;)

Re: 'Deck the Halls'

[purpletigron.livejournal.com]

My hazy recollection is that the date of the birth of Christ was determined by committee in the fourth century AD. I don't think that a detailed consideration of herding practice came into it either way :-)

Re: 'Deck the Halls'

[purplecthulhu.livejournal.com]

Someone on radio 4 claimed that the actual date was sometime in October.

And it does get pretty cold in the ME at christmas.

Re: 'Deck the Halls'

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Actually, I agree that the date seems largely arbitary, placed for cultural continuity with previous winter celebrations... (nods).

Re: 'Deck the Halls'

[purpletigron.livejournal.com]

Indeed - in an agrarian society, when else would you allow your primary producers up to 12 days of leisure but when most food crops are dormant! :-)

Re: 'Deck the Halls'

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

I rather like who the church assigns as my own birthday-saint's day: Mary Magdalene (July 22 ;).