You know, and this is very much tongue in cheek, this thread is starting to remind me of the joke about the office manager that trys to set up a Christmas party, starts making changes to accomodate everyone, and ends up with a nervous breakdown with the company going out of business, ... Just a joke, People! Best wishes for a very merry Christmas and ... Regards, Gregory Hicks

Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 12:27:15 -0500 From: Richard Irving <rirving@onecall.net>

Hey, what about "Yule" ?

;)

Randy Bush wrote:

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and hope all had a reknewing ramhadan with family. and others a warm chanukah.

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aside from the usual sad knee-jerk intolerant racist,

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two friends reminded me of kwanzaa, of which i know embarrassingly little, so see <http://www.afrocentricnews.com/html/kwanza.htm>

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and queen lucy reminded me that today is the winter (for northerners) solstice holiday for pagans and hippies

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randy

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