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What I like about Yule.
Posted by condour at December 22, 2004 07:12 PM December 22, 2004 (perm)

Are we taking the Christ out of Christmas? MeFite Riviera put it best:

Let's get this straight. Christmas is a jumbled-up palimpsest holiday. In the Anglo-American tradition, there has never been a purely religious Christmas, and I double-dare anyone to provide evidence to the contrary. The Puritan settlers in America didn't even celebrate it, because they thought it was a Papist (or Anglican) excuse for a piss-up in the dark days of winter. Which it was, is, and every shall be, Amen.
So here's some info on Yule. And for good measure, Festivus.

Comments

Christmas is a holiday that "borrows" most of the traditions we know today from the pegans. We should really just give it a new name that doesn't include Christs name in it... like X-mas. There problem solved. :)

Posted by: Marc-Andr?? Gray at December 23, 2004 11:06 AM