Merry Christmas

Simon Burke simon.burke at gmail.com
Sat Dec 25 08:15:00 UTC 2004


On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 01:35:18 +0100, Maximilian Gerlach <m at px0.de> wrote:
> >> > No, it's not. But it's quite a common misunderstanding. Today, even in
> >> > Germany, it's Chrismas Eve. Christmas season starts tomorrow - and one
> >> > with a reasonable good education wouldn't say "Merry Christmas" until
> >> > tomorrow.
> >>
> >>to the whole year ;)]: let's not debate about ppl's education, just
> >>share the knowledge and give/ourself them the possibility to learn what
> >>they don't know and teach what they do.
> >
> >
> > Uh, sorry, I didn't want to be offending. Maybe it's because English
> > isn't my native language. I mean, knowing when Christians celebrate
> > Christmas is some kind of *general education* - at least if you live in
> > Germany. And even if many people think so, it's *not* December the 24th. ;-)
> Well, I don't know from which part of Germany you are, but right here,
> we're celebrating the 24th. Although we *are* christians and we are not
> *that* uneducated...
> 
Yet again on the list there is a little disagreement that turns into a
flaming war.
FFS its christmas, why don't we all calm down and enjoy it rather than
havinga go at each other about when it even is. Does it really matter?
Doe it make any difference that someone else starts before you?

SO lets stop the arguing and enjoy it. Simple as.


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Thanks,
SimonB




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