Well from my end of the planet you're saying that Jesus was born in Autumn, and someone was smart enough to move Xmas to the height of the BBQ at the beach season.
> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Gerhard Postpischil > Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2010 11:11 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
