so it's come to my attention that in addition to wrongfully getting all the credit for the first thanksgiving, pilgrims actually outlawed christmas. (look at the bottom of the page)
now i'm not known for my abundance of love for christmas (that's another post), but i don't think people should be fined five shillings for displaying christmas spirit (well, perhaps stores that display it two months prior to christmas). and they did this before everyone got all giddy about santa. not because the religious part was too boring, but because it was too fancy.
now i'm not known for my abundance of love for christmas (that's another post), but i don't think people should be fined five shillings for displaying christmas spirit (well, perhaps stores that display it two months prior to christmas). and they did this before everyone got all giddy about santa. not because the religious part was too boring, but because it was too fancy.
i know i'm really oversimplifying this whole thing to try to be funny, so i will concede that they had the courage to stick to their convictions and only follow what was in the bible, shunning the church's taking over the winter solstice / saturnalia celebrations and turning it into christmas.
still, people who think they are all fancy because their ancestors came over on the mayflower really just need to stop.
My family claims to be descended from Mayflower pilgrims, but I've looked into it extensively and can't find any evidence to back up their claim. DAR, yeah, but Mayflower not so much.
ReplyDeleteShould I dissociate from them? They do think they are fancy.
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I love your artwork! What program are you using? Too bad Morgan can't spend some time in tutorial with you. He would eat it up!
ReplyDeletei just get annoyed when i see society types on tv acting all superior because their ancestors came over on the mayflower. in part because you don't see that from the other european settlers that came before, and don't even get me started on the native american aspect of the entire thing.
ReplyDelete@Cheryl: i use illustrator. i must confess that i didn't draw the manger all by myself though. i sometimes get lazy and modify clip art.