It's Christmas time (or is it?)

I wonder how many of those people who profess to celebrate Christmas will be celebrating something else instead... focussing on giving and receiving presents or maybe on spending time with their family or having charitable thoughts, but relegating Christ to an extremely minor position in the whole context of their revels. I know it's something I'm apt to do if I don't make a particular effort to remember exactly what the point of Christmas is supposed to be.

Don't get me wrong: I think giving gifts and getting together with your family, decorating the house, and singing carols are a nice thing to do. I'm mostly curious about who (a) does all that compared to who (b) does all that and sets aside time to think about Jesus.

Or to put it a bit differently, I don't expect everyone to think about Jesus at this time of the year (that would be rather silly); I'm more curious about how many do and how many have secular celebrations. It's not a judgmental thing, just curiosity.

So, have a little poll.

[Poll #634142]

Islamic calendar conversions

http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/islam/islamyear_en.htm

Algorithmic, so not definitive. Still useful.

What made them pick that number?

The number 14 bus leaves the bus stop near my home every ten minutes on the 8 (08 18 28 38 48 58)... except for 09:36 rather than 09:38.

No idea why, but it did result in my missing the bus this morning.

PSA: More userpics for free users

For the three of you who are living under a rock and don't watch news:

1. Go add "news" (and "lj_maintenance" if you haven't yet)
2. Free users can now upload up to six userpics instead of three!

Paid and Permanent Account holders have also received some holiday gifts; read the entry to find out.