Comments on: Feast of the Epiphany

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sat, 16 Jan 2021 21:51:42 +0000

Candles replace flowers in the winter, especially when near a frosted window and seen from a distance. I assume the roses were red as that is the most important color to Slavs and has nothing to do with Communism.

By: Badtux

Badtux — Sat, 16 Jan 2021 03:08:23 +0000

Makes sense. And yeah, I realize about Russia lacking flowers in January, lol. Though Russian-American singer/pianist Regina Spektor mentions roses in winter...

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 03:28:00 +0000

In reply to Badtux. If you mean our January 6, they were celebrating Christmas Eve on their Orthodox calendar, and they were breaking their pre-Christmas fast. In California they could use flower petals, just like German Catholics do, sometimes making 'carpets' for religious processions on the roads. In Russia there aren't many flowers in January. This, of course, is based on pre-Christian winter celebrations. You decorate with whatever is available. They might spread hay in their house to represent the stable and use a white table cloth to represent the swaddling clothes. In the Russian enclave in San Francisco there are large celebrations.

By: Badtux

Badtux — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 07:15:39 +0000

As an aside, my Russian neighbors celebrated the Feast of the Epiphany with flashing icicle lights and… rose petals? At least, they looked like it. WTF? I guess I could ask them, but with COVID-19 that entails masking up and yelling towards each other from ten feet away from each other, which sorta sucks.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 07 Jan 2021 15:13:20 +0000

In reply to BadTux. Roger that :)

By: BadTux

BadTux — Thu, 07 Jan 2021 06:26:28 +0000

That other stuff was brought by the other three people who visited Baby Jesus right after the Three Wise Men but, as usual, got left out of the offical records: the Three Wise Women.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 07 Jan 2021 03:55:52 +0000

In reply to hipparchia. In the military when there's a new birth in unit families you select gifts from a list that is prepared by wives in the unit. That list never included gold, frankincense, or myrrh. As close as it got was Glade and baby powder. NAM is correct. Many among the elected Republicans did not appreciate an attack on the Capitol.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Thu, 07 Jan 2021 02:17:31 +0000

[Give me a break! They bring soft metal, smelly tree sap, and bitter medicine associated with embalming to people who could use a hot meal, baby clothes, and diapers.]

🙂 that made my day.

also, the national association of manufacturers thinks trump is crazy.