Sunday, December 14, 2014

Have a Safe and Happy Holiday Season




10 comments:

  1. Nine beliefs or traditions are illustrated. I bet no one can explain the ninth one...

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  2. Anonymous12/16/2014

    1.) Blue & White tree - Hanukkah - Judaism
    2.) Christmas trees - Christianity
    3.) Buddha - Buddhism
    4.) Cosmic Turtle - Hinduism
    5.) Yin & Yang - Taijitu - Taoism
    6.) Crescents - Islamism
    7.) Seven Golden Candlesticks - Revelation of St John
    8.) Cthulhu - In the midst - Lovecraft Mythos
    9.) $$ - Money - “In God We Trust” ?

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  3. Excellent answers. Your # 7 is quite impressive, though not what I intended. My bad, not yours. I erred in using the temple menorah in place of the proper 9 place Hanukkah menorah, which means that there is still one missing reference. Nevertheless, should I ever get around to casting one of these, I will gladly send you one ;) (FYI, I have revised the image accordingly)

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  4. Anonymous12/16/2014

    ...ok, so...Is it maybe that the Buddha’s sportin’ one of those mystic warrior armband tattoos of a Celtic knot—even though the Celts supposedly didn't do tattoos but still gets the Pagan thing in there kind of thing?

    Happy Holy Holidays, BTW!

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  5. Again, a spirited effort, but having the benefit (or is it curse?) of knowing exactly what I am thinking, the 9th reference is the 3 trees w red decorations, one centered w blue and 3 with green - Happy Kwanzaa! Technically, since the pole behind the Buddha is aluminum, I suppose Festivus is included as well.

    Happy Holistic Holidays to you as well.

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  6. Anonymous12/16/2014

    Ya know—I looked at those trees, and the obvious difference of coloration, and I still didn't get it :/ And I should've known, what—you with your “micrurus banding” an’ all. Ha! This is wonderful!

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    1. what can I say - obscure references on the most obscure site on the web, go figure ;)

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  7. Anonymous12/16/2014

    Of course, I could nit-pick and say that the middle candle in Kwanzaa is supposed to be black—not blue, (like I knew that).

    Thanks for the challenge, that was fun!

    I'm still slightly concerned about those $ signs, though. Are we to take it that they represent the tradition of the commercialization of xmas?

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  8. Are we to take it that they represent the tradition of the commercialization of xmas?

    Yes. it is exactly that

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  9. The turtle base is my favorite part FYI

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