KWANZA ???

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Mon Dec 31 10:25:44 2001

Maybe "natural" is the wrong word. It's easier to think of holidays that
existed before I did as being "real" though than ones conjured up in recent
times. However, some things, e.g. MLK day, Labor Day, "Presidents' Day,"
are all paid government holidays that didn't exist in '52, when I came to
this country.

Of course, you can ask anyone, and they'll tell you Christmas is over, but,
in traditional reality, given there is such a thing, Christmas is a 12-day
period starting with Dec 25 and ending on Jan 6 (Epiphany). American
commercialism is so anxious to get the figures onto their quarterly reports,
however, that they end the holiday on Dec 25, so they can publish their
claims of doom or success.

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: <gwynp_at_artware.qc.ca>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 5:40 PM
Subject: Re: KWANZA ???


>
> On 31-Dec-2001 Richard Erlacher wrote:
> > If that man-made "holiday"
>
> Are there any natural holidays? Solstice and equinoxes might be natural
> events, but Christmas is not what I'd call "natural".
>
> ObClassicmp : Santa gave me an abacus! While this particular one was
> probably manufactured recently, anything this ancient must be classic :)
>
> -Philip
>
>
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