Re: Religion and Holidays, were Socialism (WAS: Re: Why Can't We Just Not Talk Politics?
| From: | Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, January 3, 2004, 10:40 |
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At 15:15 1.1.2004, Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> >Personally, I rather fancy the ancient practice
> >of having the New Year on Lady Day (25 March).
> >Quite a ways til the REAL new year!...
>
>Celebrating New Year's Day on my birthday? Don't worry,
>as soon as I become Omnipotent God of the Multiverse,
>it will be my first decree :))) . You won't have to
>wait that long for it to happen ;)))))) .
The Persians celebrate New Year on March 21, i.e.
the day of saint Benedict, even though the official
list of Swedish _namnsdagar_ is now for the most
part unrelated to the saints' calendar, since they
(a) wanted the names of Swedish kings in, and (b)
people whose names are not saints' names want a
day to celebrate. My name Benct is of course March 21.!
/BP 8^)
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