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Forums  > General  > Off Topic  > Cheerful Yunzakamas!     Display using: Flat View Threaded View   Oldest to newest Newest to oldest Previous Thread :: Next Thread   Author  Thread: Cheerful Yunzakamas!  DiabloStan Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Total Posts: 653 Send PM   Cheerful Yunzakamas! Posted: 25 Nov 2004 05:21 AM Hey guys. I want you to take what I'm about to say seriously, because it's not a joke. I am a declared Dixonist, a religion that I developed on my own that I have decided is the best religion for me (and assuredly, many people like me) to practice. The short version is that it's an open source religion - You pick and choose who you worship, how you worship, where you go when you die, and you do all of this completely safe from a church hierarchy or a tithe. You also make your own holidays. After some serious consideration over the course of two years, I have decided to begin practicing my own December Gift Giving Holiday, that I have dubbed "Yunzakamas." One of the main tenets of Dixonism is to keep your religion mainly to yourself, but I'd like to invite you all to celebrate Yunzakamas with me this year. I'm more than willing to answer any questions you may have. Here are the details - - Yunzakamas falls on December 14th, 15th, and 16th. December 15th is Yunzakamas Day. - On Yunzakamas Day, gifts are exchanged but ONLY between people that are participating in Yunzakamas. - Also on Yunzakamas Day, there is the Official Yunzakamas Branch Burning, wherein you burn a tree branch (not a large one if you can avoid it). After the branch is completely burned, you exchange gifts. - On December 14th, Yunzakamas Eve, you and other participating people will conduct a bizarre ritual (the details of such have not been worked out yet) with intent to appease whoever you think will cause it to snow on Yunzakamas Day. - If it actually snows on Yunzakamas day, there will be a celebration on the last day of Yunzakamas, December 16th. - The official well-wishing for Yunzakamas is "Cheerful Yunzakamas." - Yunzakamas is pronounced Yoon - Zuh - Kuh - Mus. - If it does not snow on Yunzakamas Day, on December 16th, there will be a period of mourning. - The intensity of your celebration should be inversely proportional to your climate's chance of snow. If you live in Texas, and your White Yunzakamas Ritual works, for example, you are to celebrate in an extremely grandiose manner. - The official name for this ritual is the White Yunzakamas Ritual. - Part of your White Yunzakamas Celebration must include the sculpting of some variety of snow creature. If your snow does not "pack" this does not mean you are exempt; it means you have to work harder. - The official name for the last day of Yunzakamas will now be the White Yunzakamas Celebration, or the Brown Yunzakamas Day of Mourning, depending on whether or not it snows on Yunzakamas Day. I am still putting a great deal of thought into proper holiday beverages, foods, and music. Any suggestions would be great. Thankyou. - [Rob], Balthor, Jake, and Thomas.  G_Kinkaid Joined: 15 Oct 2003 Total Posts: 131 Send PM   Re: Cheerful Yunzakamas! Posted: 25 Nov 2004 11:20 AM eats and drink for Yunzakmas Bratwurst - boiled in beer, then cooked over charcoal (with of course, kraut, onions, whatever else suits ya) Drinks - Beer (goes great with food above and music below) Music - Pantera ( really good untill people are officially intoxicated.. if your guests start moshing in your living room, might need to switch to something more relaxed .. but not country/western) this will make for a holiday of great eating, fellowship and asskickery. My lamentable plight... I am calamity. fire... burning....agony... sultry shivers of a dark essence why am i tortured with this nihilistic existence? -Maddox  Calmeir Joined: 28 Jul 2003 Total Posts: 320 Send PM   Re: Cheerful Yunzakamas! Posted: 25 Nov 2004 06:48 PM eats and drink for Yunzakmas Bratwurst - boiled in beer, then cooked over charcoal (with of course, kraut, onions, whatever else suits ya) Drinks - Beer (goes great with food above and music below) Music - Pantera ( really good untill people are officially intoxicated.. if your guests start moshing in your living room, might need to switch to something more relaxed .. but not country/western) this will make for a holiday of great eating, fellowship and asskickery. Ja! Da stimt! Jeder geniesst bier und bratwurst! In all seriousness though, beer and brats are a great combination and good for pretty much anything. Easy to prepare, and oh so tasty. Sounds good to me. As for Pantera, not bad, but then not my idea of holiday music either. Perhaps a good one would be the trans-siberian orchestra? Good stuff, especially for the December month, although they do mostly traditional Christmas music, but meh. I also sort of like folk music for holiday type events. For some reason metal just doesn't say "Cheerful Yunzakamas". However, may you all have a cheerful Yunzakamas/Christmas/Hanukah/Kwanza/anything else that may be happening during this crazy month!  DiabloStan Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Total Posts: 653 Send PM   Re: Cheerful Yunzakamas! Posted: 25 Nov 2004 07:37 PM I don't drink alcohol. - [Rob], Balthor, Jake, and Thomas.  Calmeir Joined: 28 Jul 2003 Total Posts: 320 Send PM   Re: Cheerful Yunzakamas! Posted: 26 Nov 2004 02:33 AM beer doesn't have to be alcoholic. Though i've never tasted the non-alcoholic type so I don't know how close it is to the real deal.  cheesemaster3000 Joined: 04 Oct 2004 Total Posts: 3 Send PM   Re: Cheerful Yunzakamas! Posted: 18 Dec 2004 10:56 AM Oh, can you make cheese racing a holy activity for this? http://www.cheeseracing.org/  Chief Joined: 11 Apr 2003 Total Posts: 549 Send PM   Re: Cheerful Yunzakamas! Posted: 18 Dec 2004 11:06 AM I don't drink alcohol. So much for that that holiday! BAH! ONWARD AND UPWARD! 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