HOLY INNOCENTS’ day
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66857)
Philippines
December 27, 2018 8:20pm CST
Today is the feast of the Holy Innocents’ Day, or the ‘’Ninos Inocentes’. This is from what the Catholic believes in: children below 3 years old were killed by Roman soldiers with the hope of the Roman emperor to eliminate the Nazarene, so after 3 days in Christ’s time, the massacre happened.
Here in my country, this feast is doing pranks to others. The most common is borrowing money and not paying it back. It is similar to April Fools’ Day.
I don’t do this prank though.
Do you play pranks of borrowing money from others and not paying it back?
Here is the link about the massacre: (from Facebook)
Ever since the 5th century the Church has commemorated a separate day in memory of the children killed by King Herod after Jesus’ birth. Matthew is the only one to record the event and the de…
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@Mavic123456 (21898)
• Thailand
28 Dec 18
haha. ouchies. i was a victim of this, even not this day nor April fool's day haha. i have never learned lessons from the past. Tsk!
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
29 Dec 18
you are maybe a very generous person so you tend to lend money and not keen on getting repaid.
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@Mavic123456 (21898)
• Thailand
30 Dec 18
@ridingbet not generous, gullible. haha... and for the second and third time, it's called stupid. haha until now i am asking for payment but the one who owed me money got ill.
what do you call it? aahhhmmmnesia...
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
1 Jan 19
@Mavic123456 oh, not amnesia but dementia. possibly the person now has Alzheimer's disease
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@KOLAMsegaran1 (4137)
• Bekasi, Indonesia
29 Dec 18
It seems like this is happy news
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
29 Dec 18
it may be for some but not to others who feel this discussion is not good.
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@KOLAMsegaran1 (4137)
• Bekasi, Indonesia
29 Dec 18
@ridingbet yes I think that's true
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@LadyDuck (459312)
• Switzerland
29 Dec 18
@ridingbet I know that the Spaniards used to make pranks on this day, but I think no more in our days.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
29 Dec 18
the Spaniards once colonized our country so some of their customs, beliefs and traditions are taken from generation to generation. even the Chinese have some customs that we practice.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
29 Dec 18
that practice, i have not yet done, because when i try to 'borrow money from others with the intent to not pay it back' prank, my eyes cannot hide that i am just kidding.
my eyes are definitely the windows of my soul, so i cannot fool anybody.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
29 Dec 18
yes, but it is up for the person who will lend the money to know if the one borrowing will really pay him back.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
29 Dec 18
sadly, it is also the wedding anniversary of a colleague whose marriage is now finished, after 8 years of being together with her husband
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@Courage7 (19633)
• United States
29 Dec 18
@ridingbet Oh so sad sorry to hear that.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
29 Dec 18
yes, because the Roman Emperor wanted to kill the infants with his hope to be the ruler of the empire, or the world.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
29 Dec 18
i believe the Roman Catholics know this day.
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