‘The Log’

I can’t really think of anything to post about so…Hmm…

We went to Walmart today to look for after Christmas sales and we found some pretty good bargains on Christmas light. (Speaking of which, I should post a picture of our Christmas display when we take a picture of it.)

Hopefully we’ll beable to watch the LOTR Trilogy within the next few days.

I need to post on the Round Robin but I don’t think i’ll get to tonight, hopefully tomorrow.

How many of y’all like Christmas music? Hmm, only a few hands. Well anyway, don’t you find it annoying that the stations that play Christmas music stop playing it on Christmas Eve, Christmas, or Christmas Night? Why play Christmas music before Christmas and then stop on Christmas day? It doesn’t really make sense when you think about it.

Well that’s really all, i’m sure there’s a few more things I could say but there’s also a few things I probably need to do.

Merry Christmas!

Unfortunately we don’t have any snow right now, oh well. I wonder if my friend in Germany got any…

Well anyway, The main reason i’m posting this is to tell everyone I won’t be on tomorrow and to push my other post down so that those who don’t want to read it don’t have to. (Though it does have some pretty good information about the origin of ‘Xmass’.)

Hmm, what else should I add to this post?…

Last night I did get to play D&D, only my Paladin and Monk made levels. (they’re low so they make ‘em fast) My Paladin tried to take on an Owlbear by himself and found that they really hurt…He escaped that battle with 2 hitpoints, (I think.) he wouldn’t have been alive if my Druid’s Direwolf hadn’t come charging at it, knocking it over and critting at the same time. That left the Owlbear with 2 hitpoints I think and the next round the Direwolf easily finished it off.

The next big event was when our party was assualted with rocks by two Hill giants, (Nasty critters with two attacks which hit HARD) one of the rocks hit our main mage so my Cleric immediately ran over to her and used the Full Defense combat style to fully defend her from anymore projectiles, doing so increased his defense from 22 (Which is pretty high) to 26. (Which is very hard to hit, even for Hill Giants) Luckily the rocks weren’t really aimed so my cleric didn’t even really need to do it since the next round the hill giant threw at someone else.

So yea, our night was quite exciting. My paladin should make level 5 before we return to Walnut Grove, which means he’ll get his special mount. (Whoopie!) I think his mount will be useful.

Well that was probably pretty boring for most of you…Sorry.

The RuneScape Christmas event was ‘ok’ but not really that great, I expected better. I’m going to run my nubs through it today just so that they have that emote and item for years to come.

Now, off to read the latest post on the RR. (If there is one, with these people there almost always is.)

Merry Christmas!

Happy X-mass Merry Christmas!

Have you ever wondered why people call Christmas ‘X-mass’ for short?

I did a little research and came up with this.
They have a pretty good and logical explanation of why people call Christmas ‘X-mass’. Unlike common belief, they say that the reason it was spread (and accepted) was because it saved on type costs.(No, Christians are not cheap.)

In any case, by the fifteenth century Xmas emerged as a widely used symbol for Christmas. In 1436 Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press with moveable type. In the early days of printing typesetting was done by hand and was very tedious and expensive. As a result, abbreviations were common. In religious publications, the church began to use the abbreviation C for the word “Christ” to cut down on the cost of the books and pamphlets. From there, the abbreviation moved into general use in newspapers and other publications, and “Xmas” became an accepted way of printing “Christmas” (along with the abbreviations Xian and Xianity). Even Webster’s dictionary acknowledges that the abbreviation Xmas was in common use by the middle of the sixteenth century.

That does make sense and there it is not used as an insult against Christians, Christ, or God.

Though it is a good reason to use ‘X-mass’ instead of writing out ‘Christmas’ its still not an excuse for doing it when the writer has the time to write out ‘C-h-r-i-s-t-m-a-s’. If the writer has the time to write ‘Christmas’ out and yet still writes ‘X-mass’ instead then it is considered offensive in context because the writer purposely ‘X’ed out ‘Christ’. (As you might say.)

So there is no grand scheme to dilute Christianity by promoting the use of Xmas instead of Christmas. It is not a modern invention to try to convert Christmas into a secular day, nor is it a device to promote the commercialism of the holiday season. Its origin is thoroughly rooted in the heritage of the Church. It is simply another way to say Christmas, drawing on a long history of symbolic abbreviations used in the church. In fact, as with other abbreviations used in common speech or writing (such as Mr. or etc.), the abbreviation “Xmas” should be pronounced “Christmas” just as if the word were written out in full, rather than saying “exmas.” Understanding this use of Christian symbolism might help us modern day Xians focus on more important issues of the Faith during Advent, and bring a little more Peace to the Xmas Season.

And with that i’ll close, saying “Please use Christmas this Christmas season instead of ‘X-mass’, I know you’ll have the time to do so. And if someone says ‘X-mass’ instead of Christmas to you then why don’t you tell them the history of the abbreviation.

Merry Christmas!

No, it couldn’t be…Could it? I have a blog? Nah.

Actually yes, I sort’ve do. I found that the ‘update’ posts I was posting on RPRealm were sounding more like blog posts so I decided to start a blog.

Well anyways here it is, don’t be surprised if this is my last post. I don’t seem to stay active on blogs. (Maybe I will this time.) Well, time to get to work on something.