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rw · December 21st, 2005, 05:37 AM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly

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Some would say "Season's Greetings" or "Happy Holidays", but if there
was no Christmas I really don't think there would be any widely popular
holidays in December at all. So much for a season of them.

Time to brush up on your cause and effect.....

Christmas is in December because christians attempted (succeeded in?) to
steal the highly popular pagan winter solstice festivals. Which is why
we have christmas trees and yule logs.

Christmas has become primarily a secular holiday, and a very expensive
one. In fact, it's become a parody of mindless consumerism, to the point
that a good retail Christmas season is vital for the economy. Is there
ever a time of year when more money is spent on stuff that no one will
ever use? If I were a Christian I wouldn't want the name of the Son of
God even to be associated with it.

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