Can we please drop religious discussions. There are other religions that also have winter holidays which occur on a coincidental basis with Christmas. So there are many reasons for the Season.
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Mark Hammond <markhamm...@ateras.com>wrote: > That's debatable. I've heard it was probably in Sept. > > Bottom line: we don't know when it was, nor does it matter; Jesus is > still the reason for the season. > > (Co-opting a pagan holiday, though likely, is no longer relevant.) > > Mark Hammond > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gerhard Postpischil [mailto:gerh...@valley.net] > Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2010 1:11 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: Paging Jay Maynard > > On 12/23/2010 1:42 PM, Eric Bielefeld wrote: > > To all: Have a wonderful and Merry Christmas, and remember the > > reason for the season! I suspect Jesus gets lost in the shuffle > > and hubub of Christmas way too often. > > I appreciate, and would like to reciprocate, the sentiment, but > Jesus was born in Spring, and we're celebrating now only because > church elders co-opted a "pagan" celebration of the solstice. > > Gerhard Postpischil > Bradford, VT > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
