On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 19:22:04 -0600, "S. Barker"
wrote:

why not just call it Merry Christmas? Since that IS the reason for the
season.

No it isn't. This season was celebrated much earlier than that event
which probably happened at a different time of year (if it happened at
all).



s

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On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:48:56 -0600, Mark Lloyd
wrote:

11 days until the winter solstice celebration

Why don't you celebrate the solstice on the solstice?

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7 days until the winter solstice celebration

Mark Lloyd
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"I have found Christian dogma unintelligable. Early
in life I absented myself from Christian assemblies."
-- Benjamin Franklin