Tell HN: Merry Christmas • Hacker News Board

Re: Tell HN: Merry Christmas

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Post by conception » Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 5:28 AM UTC

sva_ wrote: post #207

swat535 wrote: post #197

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There are 2 kinds of Christians: Those who actually follow the faith, and those who only show up for Christmas and Easter. There's a German term for that 'Uboot Christen' - submarine Christians. They only emerge twice a year.

Considering Christians took the Christmas celebration from what they call "Heathens" or "Pagans", I think it is fair. Eastern celebration probably the same.

Eh not really - https://historyforatheists.com/2024/12/pagan-christmas-again...

Easter also not pagan. But pophistory thinks that as well. Scholarship doesn’t line up.

Re: Tell HN: Merry Christmas

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Post by ynab6 » Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 5:29 AM UTC

imchillyb wrote: post #158

pdevr wrote: post #30

Merry Christmas to everyone. Being a non-Christian and it being Christmas time, I am sharing one verse from the New Testament that is, in my opinion, useful - or at the very least, insightful - to anyone, regardless of religion. Luke 16:10: He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much; and he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also in much.

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Re: Tell HN: Merry Christmas

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Post by anthonypasq96 » Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 5:31 AM UTC

ynab6 wrote: post #242

imchillyb wrote: post #158

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i was a recipient of dreadful christrian brainwashing for about 14 years of schooling, and i got a fairly mild case

Re: Tell HN: Merry Christmas

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Post by kQq9oHeAz6wLLS » Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 5:31 AM UTC

bix6 wrote: post #92

Merry Christmas everyone! Favorite Christmas movie?

There are so many. Muppet Christmas Carol, of course. Emmett Otter's Jugband Christmas is a classic. White Christmas, a bit cliché but I love it. Bishop's Wife (with Carey Grant) is also a classic. Home Alone for the funny.

And probably a hundred others.

Re: Tell HN: Merry Christmas

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Post by tailspin2019 » Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 5:40 AM UTC

NaOH wrote: post #182

I'm taking a moment to recognize once more the work that user @atdrummond (Alex Thomas Drummond) did for a couple years to help others here. I did not know him, don’t think I ever interacted with him, and I did not benefit from his generosity, but I admired his kindness. Just beautiful. Ask HN: Who needs holiday help? (Follow up thread) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38706167 - Dec 2023 (9 comments) Ask HN: W…

I remember this awesome guy’s posts but didn’t know he’d passed.

Thank you for posting this.