On 1 May 2014 22:52, dilip dacruz <[email protected]> wrote:

> Not being terribly well-versed in the language, culture or religion of our
> late colonial oppressors, I googled the in- vogue  greeting 'boas festas'
> only to discover it means 'Happy Christmas'. Has Christmas moved to the
> month of May? Pope Francis does seem to be changing things far too quickly.


Boas festas = happy feast.
Or, in more politically correct times = happy holidays!

The feast could be Christmas. Or it could be....
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