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- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 16:34:13 +0100
- Sender: English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
- From: torkel@SICS.SE
- Subject: Re: An observation
- Comments: To: English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
- In-Reply-To: Your message of Sat,
- 26 Dec 92 09:28:27 -0600. <9212261529.AA13083@sics.se>
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- >Some people believe that it's bad luck to take the tree down before
- >NY's Day. Others (like me) believe that it's bad luck for it to stay up
- >past Dec. 31.
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- Luck has nothing to do with it. It's simply a fact that Twelfth Night
- is the proper time for the tree to come down.
-
- Do you have the tradition of "Christmas tree plunder parties"?
-