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- From: markbr%radian@natinst.com (markbr)
- Subject: Re: The Antiquity of "Christmas"
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- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.182106.14388@radian.uucp>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 18:21:06 GMT
- References: <1992Dec28.184140.9006@radian.uucp> <Z1TiwB4w165w@freeside.com>
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- In article <Z1TiwB4w165w@freeside.com> popec@freeside.com (PopeC) writes:
- >markbr%radian@natinst.com (markbr) writes:
- >
- >> In article <Po5awB2w165w@freeside.com> popec@freeside.com (PopeC) writes:
- >> <MUNCH!>
- >> >Call it the 'Solstice' and be done with it. Actually I have seen
- >> >Solctice used more and more. I have even heard rumors of Solstice Cards
- >> >being available here and there. This term is more accurate, anyway, of
- >>
- >> Here & there? Rumors? I send mine out every year; this year, it was even
- >> printed on the front of the card, along with the design (ok, ok, so I
- >> did the linoleum block myself; you could, too, if you wanted, or design
- >> them on your machine, print them out & copy them; why put up with the
- >> garbage on commercial cards?).
- >>
- >Well, yes.. But what I really had in mind when I posted that was that
- >it was not just an 'inside' thing that people in a little clique did, but
- >that "Solstice" seems to becoming used by members of the general public.
- > I really would like to see Solstice cards available on the Hallmark(tm)
- >racks with the Xmas, (secular), Xmas, (religous), and Hanakhah cards.
-
- Umm, not sure that would be an improvement, but I suppose....
-
- >I hope we have a new way of seeing things here in good ol' Amurrica, and
- >that it isn't just a fad.
- >
- >Solstice lives, Xmas sucks. (My own personal opinion).
-
- No, no nO, you're supposed to *hang* the Xmas socks over the fireplace:
- a) it allows the aroma to escape up the chimney, and so keeps the Wild
- Hunt from your door, and b) lets the person who *cares* for you show their
- care by braving said aroma & putting stuff in aforementioned sucks...(B-)}
-
- mark
- >
- >Happy new year ever'one.
- >
- and from me
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