Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to Atheist Memes@lemmy.world · 1 year ago"I have been egregiously harmed!"midwest.socialimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down12
arrow-up143arrow-down1image"I have been egregiously harmed!"midwest.socialLanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to Atheist Memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareVisualBuilder4@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoWell … Holiday comes from the Old English hāligdæg, meaning holy day. So it closer to it than one might think. But on the other hand … conservative christians might not get that connection
minus-squareℛ𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓃@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWhich is why I wish them a Merry Yule and the All Father’s blessing, and watch them act like they’re gonna die of contact with an unclean heathen…
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt was also the default greeting in the 1800’s. They changed it somewhere at the start of 1900’s to force Christianity on more people.
Well … Holiday comes from the Old English hāligdæg, meaning holy day. So it closer to it than one might think. But on the other hand … conservative christians might not get that connection
Which is why I wish them a Merry Yule and the All Father’s blessing, and watch them act like they’re gonna die of contact with an unclean heathen…
It was also the default greeting in the 1800’s.
They changed it somewhere at the start of 1900’s to force Christianity on more people.