Re: What will I get for Donatist Christmas?

On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 11:49:43AM -0800, Adam Walker wrote:
> I gave myself a bit of a Christmas present for Western
> observance.  I stopped by Half Price Books (oh, how I
> love that place!) and spent about $30 for:
I gave myself the Lojban Red Book and several Spanish references,
including the biggest of the Oxford Spanish/English dictionaries,
the updated 501 verbs book (to replace my dilapidated 301 version),
and two books on idioms and proverbs.  (I'm speaking Spanish exclusively
to my newborn son and found my reference library was sorely lacking
in the Spanish department since I "already knew it".  Sadly, the
past tense is quite operative there . . .)

> Now I just have to find a Septuagint to give myself
> for Eastern observance Christmas . . .
Good idea!  But what does Eastern/Julian Christmas have to do with
Donatism?

Other upcoming holidays on which you could fete yourself this week:

Date (Gregorian)        Event/Anniversary               Book
Jan 1                   New New Year's Day              Something by Caesar
Jan 2                   Lithuanian Independence Day     Lithuanian lang ref
Jan 3                   Martin Luther's excommunication Latin/German dict
Jan 4                   Earth's perihelion              German lang ref
Jan 5                   Villon banned from Paris        _Le_Ton_Beau_de_Marot_
Jan 6                   Harold Godwinson crowned        Old English ref

Which brings us up to 2004 Jan 7 (Gregorian)/2003 Dec 25 (Julian), the
above-mentioned Eastern Christmas.  I see that Jan 7th is also the
anniversary of Alfonso IV's coronation, so perhaps a Portuguese ref
would be an appropriate present? :)

-Mark

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