Christmas Stuff

[Hache Man]

Pay me no mind

I like Christmas and will be having some fun by posting various stuff here.........

[Hache Man]

[Hache Man]

Have you been good this year?
Santa's elves are so busy this time of year. Watch them working on the "Elf Cam" in the workshop making toys for all the good little girls and boys. Take a guess at how much Santa weighs in our holiday poll. Then browse around and have some fun! There's something here for everyone ...

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Britney Spears

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Shake a SnowGlobe



Decorate A Tree

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[Jojo-Rex]

[Jojo-Rex]

Oh..the ornaments dont paste..You would have been proud of me..Thks dude nice stuff..I got some great stuff too I`ll contribute..Games and stuff

[Hache Man]

Cool JoJo

We should be able to post a ton of different things in a month.......

[andrew748]

Originally Posted by Jojo-Rex

Oh..the ornaments dont paste..You would have been proud of me..Thks dude nice stuff..I got some great stuff too I`ll contribute..Games and stuff

jojo next time press the print screen key and open ms paint.the click edit and paste
you can then save your tree as a jpeg in the drop down menue

[Jojo-Rex]

ANDREW IS SOOOOOO SMART I AM GONNA SHARE KATHRYN WITH HIM AFTER HE BREAKS UP WITH EMY-C

[Hache Man]

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[andrew748]

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IS THERE A SANTA CLAUS?


1.No known species of reindeer can fly. BUT there are 300,000 species of living organisms yet to be classified, and while most of these are insects and germs, this does not COMPLETELY rule out flying reindeer which only Santa has ever seen.

2.There are 2 billion children (persons under 18) in the world. BUT since Santa doesn't (appear) to handle the Muslim, Hindu, Jewish and Buddhist children, that reduces the workload to to 15% of the total - 378 million according to Population Reference Bureau. At an average (census) rate of 3.5 children per household, that's 91.8 million homes. One presumes there's at least one good child in each.

3.Santa has 31 hours of Christmas to work with, thanks to the different time zones and the rotation of the earth, assuming he travels east to west (which seemes logical). This works out to 822.6 visits per second. This is to say that for each Christian household with good children, Santa has 1/1000th of a second to park, hop out of the sleigh, jump down the chimney, fill the stockings, distribute the remaining presents under the tree, eat whatever snacks have been left, get back up the chimney, get back into the sleigh and move on to the next house. Assuming that each of these 91.8 million stops are evenly distributed around the earth (which, of course, we know to be false but for the purposes of our calculations we will accept), we are now talking about .78 miles per household, a total trip of 75-1/2 million miles, not counting stops to do what most of us must do at least once every 31 hours, plus feeding and etc.

This means that Santa's sleigh is moving at 650 miles per second, 3,000 times the speed of sound. For purposes of comparison, the fastest man-made vehicle on earth, the Ulysses space probe, moves at a pokey 27.4 miles per second - a conventional reindeer can run, tops, 15 miles per hour.


4.The payload on the sleigh adds another interesting element. Assuming that each child gets nothing more than a medium-sized lego set (2 pounds), the sleigh is carrying 321,300 tons, not counting Santa, who is invariably described as overweight. On land, conventional reindeer can pull no more than 300 pounds. Even granting that "flying reindeer" (see point #1) could pull TEN TIMES the normal anount, we cannot do the job with eight, or even nine. We need 214,200 reindeer. This increases the payload - not even counting the weight of the sleigh - to 353,430 tons. Again, for comparison - this is four times the weight of the Queen Elizabeth.

5.353,000 tons travelling at 650 miles per second creates enourmous air resistance - this will heat the reindeer up in the same fashion as spacecrafts re-entering the earth's atmosphere. The lead pair of reindeer will absorb 14.3 QUINTILLION joules of energy. Per second. Each. In short, they will burst into flame almost instantaneously, exposing the reindeer behind them, and create deafening sonic booms in their wake. The entire reindeer team will be vaporized within 4.26 thousandths of a second. Santa, meanwhile, will be subjected to centrifugal forces 17,500.06 times greater than gravity. A 250-pound Santa (which seems ludicrously slim) would be pinned to the back of his sleigh by 4,315,015 pounds of force.

In conclusion - If Santa ever DID deliver presents on Christmas Eve, he's dead now.

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Why is Christmas sometimes spelled Xmas?

...especially when combined with the word "sale"? According to the book Did you ever Wonder... the word for Christ in Greek is Xristos. The use of the shortened form "Xmas" became popular in Europe in the 1500s. The word Xmas is so common in advertising most likely because "Xmas" and "sale" have the same number of letters, and "Xmas" is significantly shorter than Christmas.

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Santa's Favorites
Sayings, Superstitions and Quotes

• "To have good health throughout the next year, eat an apple on Christmas Eve."
• "Eat plum pudding on Christmas and avoid losing a friend before next Christmas."
• "On Chrismas Eve all animals can speak. However, it is bad luck to test this superstition."
• "The child born on Christmas Day will have a special fortune."
• "Wearing new shoes on Christmas Day will bring bad luck."
• In Ireland it is believed the gates of Heaven open at midnight on Christmas Eve. Those who die then go straight to Heaven.
• If you refuse a mince pie at Christmas dinner, you will have bad luck for the coming day.
• If you eat a raw egg before eating anything else on Christmas morning, you will be able to carry heavy weights.
• "Snow on Christmas means Easter will be green."
• "Good luck will come to the home where a fire is kept burning throughout the Christmas season.
• "Place shoes by side on Christmas Eve to prevent a quarreling family."
• "A clear star-filled sky on Christmas Eve will bring good crops in the summer."
• "A blowing wind on Christmas Day brings good luck."
• In Greece, some people burn their old shoes during the Christmas season to prevent misfortunes in the coming year.
• In the Swedish countryside, from cock crow to daybreak on Christmas morning the trolls (wicked elves) roam about.
• In Devonshire, England, a girl raps at the henhouse door on Christmas Eve. If a rooster crows, she will marry within the year.
• You will have as many happy months in the coming year, as the number of houses you eat mince pies in during Christmastime.
• "Shout 'Christmas Gift' to the first person knocking on your door on Christmas Day and expect to receive a gift from the visitor.
• A three year old once gave this reaction to her Christmas dinner:
  "I don't like the turkey, but I like the bread he ate."

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Christmas Around the World - Christmas traditions from other countries.

Christmas is a time for peace and love. What better way to share this message than to incorporate a custom from another country into your holiday festivities. With these links you'll find Christmas recipes, stories
and legends from other countries.

America - American Christmas celebrations combine
traditions from all over the world. Carols from England, trees from Germany, Santa Claus, or St. Nick. originated in Scandinavia...read where American Christmas traditions
started and how they've evolved...More >> Austria - December 6th is the day Saint Nicholas makes his rounds dressed in a glittering Bishops robe and accompanied by his devilish assistant, Knecht Rupnecht...More >>
Australia - In Australia Christmas comes in the summer time
so the holiday may be spent at the beach, or eating cold salads instead of a hot Turkey...More >>
England - Christmas is Britain's most popular holiday.
With traditions which date back hundreds of years...More >>
France/ Canada -Across Europe Celtic festivals marked the beginning of winter. Those past traditions show through in France and Canada's current celebration of Christmas.
More>>
Germany -In Germany there is a legend of magical events occurring on Christmas Eve; rivers turn to wine,
animals speak, mountains reveal precious gems.
There holiday festivities begin on St. Nicholas Day December 6th...More>>
Italy -Italians combine early pagan festivals with the Christian holiday beliefs. Christmas fairs and torch processions, honor not only the birth of Christ, but also the birth of the "Unconquered Sun." More >>
Mexico - December 16th marks the beginning of La Posadas
a glorious and unique Mexican tradition. More>>
Philippines - Christmas in the Philippines is said to be one of the longest celebrations ever. You'll see the signs of the holiday as early as September. More >>
Poland - Christmas in Poland is a time to mark a new era and forgive grievances of the past. Many magical legends and folklore abound More >>
Spain - Although Spain celebrates the holiday season with much of the usual fare, one tradition is not common elsewhere..."Hogueras" (bonfires) More >>
Sweden - The excitement begins with feasting and celebrating on December 13 - Lucia Day then continues with a magical Christmas holiday. More >>

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Santa's Favorites
Sayings, Superstitions and Quotes

• As I sat on a sunny bank,
  On Chrismas Day in the morning,
  I spied three ships once sailing by.
  - Anonymous As I Sat on a Sunny Bank
• I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas.
  - Irving Berlin 1888-1989
• Christians awake, salute the happy morn,
  Whereon the Saviour of the world was born.
  - John Byron 1692-1763
• The first day of Christmas,
  My true love sent to me
  A partridge in a pear tree.
  - Nursery Rhyme mirth without mischief
• It is Christmas Day in the workhouse.
  - George R. Sims 1847-1922
• While shepherd's watch'd their flocks by night,
  All seated on the ground,
  The Angel of the Lord came down,
  And glory shone around.
  - Nahum Tate 1652-1715
• At Christmas play and make good cheer,
  For Christmas comes but once a year.
  - Thomas Tusser 1524-80
• To perceive Christmas through its wrapping becomes more difficult with every year.
  - Elwyn Brooks White 1809-1985
• Little Jack Horner
  Sat in a corner
  Eating a Christmas Pie;
  He put in his thumb,
  And said, What a good boy Am I!
  - Nursery Rhyme Namby Pamby (Henry Carey)
• Christmas comes but once a year. - Proverb
• I'm walking backwards till Christmas.
  - Spike Milligan the Goon Show
• Feed the World
  Let them know it's Christmas.
  - Band Aid Song written to raise money for the relief of famine in Ethiopia. Do they know it's Christmas?