Merry Christmas

[Sean Miller]

Simon Burke wrote:

>On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 01:35:18 +0100, Maximilian Gerlach <m at px0.de> wrote:
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>>>>>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...
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>>
The *official* line is that there are TWELVE NIGHTS of Christmas... the 
first is Christmas Eve... Christmas officially starts at sunset on 24th 
December and ends at sunrise on 6th January (Epiphany). Twelve nights... 
and twelve days, the first full day of which is December 25th, hence why 
it is celebrated so.

Now, can we return to festive jollity please? It is now Christmas pretty 
much everywhere (perhaps not Hawaii), so let's pull a communal cracker, 
sip some sherry together and just chill out :-)

Sean