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:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2010 1:11 PM To: [email protected] 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 [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
