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Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas
-- Dave Merry Christmas. There is no substitute phrase for this. |
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Merry Christmas
On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 04:17:12 -0600, "Dioclese" NONE wrote:
Merry Christmas How about "Happy Chanukah"? Or "Sensual Saturnalia". |
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Merry Christmas
On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 09:57:07 -0600, Jangchub
wrote: On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 02:46:03 -0800, wrote: On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 04:17:12 -0600, "Dioclese" NONE wrote: Merry Christmas How about "Happy Chanukah"? Or "Sensual Saturnalia". Is Saturnalia from Stregha? Victoria http://gotbodhicitta-wangmo.blogspot.com/ Updated daily when able. Saturnalia was a popular Roman festival held in mid-to-late December where aristocrats and plebs lalike let it all hang out, big-time. It was one of the late December rites in many cultures, originally to implore the sun to return. In primitive cultures, you can imagine how scared people were as they saw the sun disappearing earlier and earlier each day. Christmas, Chanukah, Islamic Eid al-Adha, Roman Saturnalia, and no doubt many others, stemmed from this primitive fear. Tbe Christian church, using the time-honored practice "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em", took over pagan wells, shrines, etc. They scheduled celebration of the birth of their Christ in order to co-opt pagan rites held at the dying of the sun rather than in the Spring, when he was presumably born. "There were shepherds abiding in the fields, keeping watch by night..." Not in late December! Many Web sites for Saturnalia. HTH Pers. |
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