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To: aladin who wrote (89896)12/9/2004 4:06:12 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (2) of 793896
 
Well, we've established that celebrating during December is as old as recorded history, long pre-dating Christianity. And we've established that, in fact, Christ was not born on December 25, but rather, Catholics (Constantine) made a conscious decision to hijack Saturnalia and the celebration of Deus Sol Invictus in order to encourage pagans to convert to Christianity.

And, we've established that other religions also have December holidays, including Jews (Chanukah) and African-Americans (Kwanzaa), and from time to time, the Muslim Ramadan and Eids fall in December.

So, whose holiday is it? Do Christians have a lock on December celebrations? Isn't that a little piggish?
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