| From: | Bryan Maloney <bjm10@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, December 21, 1998, 18:35 |
On Mon, 21 Dec 1998, Carlos Thompson wrote:> I know Spanish "Navidad" is a short form of "natividad": birth. In the > word "Chrsitmas" I've hear the etimology means Christ birth, but I can't > be sure. I've never known where Swedish "Jul" comes from..."Christmas": Mass of Christ. "Jul": Yule--a pagan Germanic winter festival.