On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:59:09 -0600, wrote:

On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:23:56 -0500, wrote:


This holiday has become far too commercialized, but it's what we make
it. We dont need to follow the commercial aspects of it, and we can
still enjoy it. Santa Claus and flying reindeer may seem silly, but I'd
feel really lost without this seasons silliness. What matters most is
that this holiday brings people together in a friendly and peaceful
manner. It's too bad we cant do that more times of the year!!!


Since an historical analysis of the Christmas story would put it in
the spring or summer and the actual year of the birth is far from
certain, you can't put much on 12/25/0000. (or is it 0001)
We can start that 15 year old argument up again too I guess.

Yes, I'm aware of the "historical analysis" and all the other
*confusion*..... I think this "arguement" has gone on a lot longer than
15 years. Probably hundreds of years, but religion is something that no
one has ever been able to really prove and not worth the disussions,
because no one really has the answer, or can prove anything.


The 15 year old argument was whether there was a "year 1" or was it
"Year 0".
Since it was an arbitrary number chosen centuries later and being a
digital sort of guy, I am OK with year 0