On 26/12/12 10:57, Daniel Glazman wrote: > It *is* a religious reference. In my family, Santa and Xmas represent > absolutely nothing because our background is not christian.
That's a non sequitur. Santa can mean nothing to you even if you are a Christian. Or it can mean something to you if you're not a Christian - plenty of non-Christian families "believe in" Santa. What has Santa (as in, the red-suited Ho-Ho-Ho version of 2012) got to do with the birth of Jesus Christ? Nothing. > You could also remind us that the 25th of december is just a pagan > reference, the day of Sol Invictus, and most certainly before that the > day of Mithra. Yes, that too :-) > Come on, Gervase, this is not a discussion about Human > History but about present times. In present times, Christmas and Santa > are christian references (unless someone is praying Mithra here ?-). Christmas is, or can be; Santa is not. Gerv _______________________________________________ governance mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
