Re: A83: (no subject) (fwd)
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Re: A83: (no subject) (fwd)
On Sun, 26 Dec 1999, Bryan Rabeler wrote:
>
> That's interesting, but I bet you those "pagan festivities" didn't have the
> name "Christmas". :)
Nope, those "pagan festivities" had the name "Yuletide".
Deck the halls with boughs of holly, fa la..
'Tis the season to be jolly, fa la...
Don we now our gay apparel, fa la...
Troll the ancient Yuletide carol, fa la...
See the blazing Yule before us, fa la...
Strike the harp and join the chorus, fa la...
Follow me in merry measure, fa la...
While I tell of Yuletide treasure, fa la...
Fast away the old year passes, fa la...
Hail the new, ye lads and lasses, fa la...
Sing we joyous, all together, fa la...
Heedless of the wind and weather, fa la...
> --
> Bryan Rabeler
> rabelerb@pilot.msu.edu
> http://www.msu.edu/~rabelerb/
>
> "Let me remind people that we're not in the business of censorship" - Chris
> Dornfeld, 4 November 1998
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "mhlandry" <mhlandry@bellsouth.net>
> To: <assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org>
> Sent: Saturday, December 25, 1999 8:20 PM
> Subject: Re: A83: (no subject)
>
>
> >
> > Bryan Rabeler wrote:
> > >
> > > Well, the actual *day* doesn't really matter. Would it make any
> difference
> > > to us if we were actually a day off in celebrating New Years Day 2000 or
> > > not? No one would really know, because time is just what we define it
> to
> > > be.
> > >
> > > And the thing about Christmas is, no one really knows what day Jesus was
> > > born on. So somewhere down the line, someone picked December 25th and
> it
> > > stuck...
> >
> > >From what I was told, they picked December 25th because it fell around
> > some pagan festivities and they were trying to get more people to become
> > Christian so....
> > - Matthew
> >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Bryan Rabeler
> > > rabelerb@pilot.msu.edu
> > > http://www.msu.edu/~rabelerb/
> > >
> > > "The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that
> the
> > > end justifies the means." - Georges Bernanos
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Laurens Holst" <laurensh1@yahoo.com>
> > > To: <assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org>
> > > Sent: Friday, December 24, 1999 5:58 PM
> > > Subject: Re: A83: (no subject)
> > >
> > > >
> > > > > And when did it end?
> > > >
> > > > Same problem... But I think the people then also thought 1000 was the
> > > start
> > > > of the new millennium. IF they had their millennium at the right date,
> > > > 'cause I remember at a certain point (somewhere in 1600 I believe)
> they
> > > > skipped fourty days or so because they at first thought a year was 365
> > > days
> > > > while it is 365.24 days or so, and at the moment they realized that
> the
> > > > church thought "well now we are celebrating the birth of Jesus at the
> > > wrong
> > > > date!", so they corrected it again. But that means that the years
> before,
> > > > while they advanced in time they celebrated newyear a day too early
> every
> > > > four years. Or something like that.
> > > >
> > > > Hey, let's keep this TI-83 related. I bet the TI-83 isn't
> > > > millennium-proof!!! :)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ~Grauw
> > > >
> > > >
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