"I was one of those ignorant jerks for over 20 years, and then I matured."
Japanese Sake - unlike wine - goes off if left.
And best served at body temperature too; it's considered the height of civility, culture and refinement by the Japanese, if one does so.
Only the ignorant don't know that.
...oh, and the Japanese celebrate Xmas Eve (more so for couples; it's considered romantic). Like we Atheists, they participate in this holiday for these reasons:
1- Like they (who are Shinto) - Xmas isn't a Christian holiday, but a Christian-stolen & perverted form of the Pagan Winter Solstice Festival - we Atheists are taking back what was never yours in the first place, for the Wiccans.
2- Because - like the Japanese - we Atheists do so to piss off you fundies no end.
3- Because we can.
4- ?????
5- PROFIT!
Wiccans welcome anyone celebrating what is their holiday, as it's a time of feasting, joy and humanity at it's best. No 'pretensions' required.
At least we're nor cultural thieves like you, DuckturdDumb; part of an inferior belief system that is so utterly bereft of history & culture, that you have to unjustifiably take other cultures' traditions and think that they are yours. Doesn't something in your own Ten Commandments forbid stealing...?
...oh, and one last thing:
"Middle English, from Old English haligdæg, from halig holy + dæg day
Date: before 12th century"
Before 12th Century. Right. And what, pray tell, was the lingua franca before Ye Olde English...?
Yes, that's right: Saxon. As in the language (and it's offshoots) of the Vikings. As in Scandinavian: Pre-Christian Pagan. To say nothing of the existing Celtic/Gaelic culture & beliefs at that time; throwing in a bit of Nordic mythology into the mix. Both compatible.
But then you'd know that, DuckturdDumb. If you weren't ignorant.
If you did, then your fundie wharrgarbl would be a moot point. And would've stayed up your arse, along with your 'claim' (read: Trouser-incendiary & Porky Pies Syndrome) that you were an 'Atheist'. But then, if weren't ignorant, you wouldn't be a fundie in the first place. Enjoy your paradox.
Lying isn't mature, you know, DD.