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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 05:07 PM
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Serving birthday cake on Christmas: Where did this come from?
Edited on Sat Dec-24-05 05:14 PM by prolesunited
I had never heard of churches serving birthday cake, in honor of Jesus' birth of course, before, but I've been reading about it more and more. I don't recall it while I was growing up, but I was raised Catholic, so what do I know about Christianity. :P

I really got a kick out of a story about a parade that featured a living Nativity walking the route, followed by Santa Claus handing out pieces of baby Jeebus' birthday cake. :crazy:

Is this a regional or denominational thing or something churches are just beginning to promote?
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 05:08 PM
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1. A living Nativity followed by birthday cake and Santa?
:wtf:

Birthday parties and cake for Jesus is just strange to me. I truly don't get it.
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 05:16 PM
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4. It almost sounded like a South Park episode
Hope you're feeling better. :hi:
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 05:16 PM
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5. I'm much better, thanks.
Anti-biotics are a good thing. :hi:
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 05:22 PM
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6. Yes they are
speaking as a person who had double pneumonia earlier this month.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 05:23 PM
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7. Oh yeah...I'm glad you're better.
I've never had single pneumonia, much less double. :scared:
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 05:50 PM
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10. Just means it's in both lungs
rather than just one. But I guess it does make it twice as bad.
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 05:11 PM
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2. my former MIL
makes a b-day cake for dessert w/ Christmas dinner. She started that when the children, her grandchildren were little tykes. They NEVER did a santa claus thing. Opened gifts christmas eve after church. I believe they still celebrate that way to this day.

aA
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 05:15 PM
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3. Interesting
What region and religion is she?
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 06:33 PM
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13. they are
Evangelical Missionary (Wesleyan)
And they live in Southwestern Ontario in Mennonite country.

Very special and wonderful folks.
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scarlet_owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 05:37 PM
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8. My friend's mom does this.
That was the first time I had heard of it.
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 05:40 PM
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9. I think it's an evangelical-fundamentalist thing
I've never heard of it from Lutherans or Episcopalians.

On the other hand, Japanese people serve what they call a "Christmas cake" on Christmas Eve, and it's basically a decorated bakery cake. You order it ahead of time, and on Christmas Eve day, the bakeries are full of boxes with names on them.

The other way that Japanese celebrate Christmas Eve is that it's the biggest night of the year to go drinking and clubbing. The non-Christians among them are mostly unaware that there's a "day" to go with the "eve."
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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 05:52 PM
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11. I think it's moronic
and trivializes the holiday. and i've never heard of it before this year, maybe last year at the oldest
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 06:35 PM
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15. my former family has done it for years.
When done in sincerity there is nothing moronic about it. I'd say they've done it for about 26 years now if my memory serves me well.

ymmv.

aA
Merry Christmas :)
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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 06:38 PM
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16. well
I'm referring to the ones doing it as part of the war against the war on christmas...

when done for kids especially, i can see how it would be good

Merry Christmas
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 06:05 PM
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12. How many candles should go on it?
And who blows them out?

Idiotic, considering that His birthday is NOT Dec. 25th, anyway.

However, to each his/her own. If folks want to celebrate the "birthday" this way, then so be it.
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 06:34 PM
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14. My aunt bakes one for her Sunday School every year.
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 06:48 PM
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17. What is her religion
and where does she live?
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-24-05 06:49 PM
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18. Assemblies of God
Tacoma, WA.
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