Merry Christmas

[Sean Miller]

Sean Miller wrote:

> 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.

Actually, I am incorrect... in tradition Christmas starts at sunset on 
25th December... can't add up -- I managed to fit 13 nights in... 
clearly been mis-informed :-)

But it doesn't *really* matter! If you consider that Christmas is 
actually yule, a pagan festival that was retained in order to make 
conversion of pagans to christianity somewhat easier (don't cancel their 
parties!!), you realise that we are actually 4 days late ! Solstice was 
21st December :-)

Wasseil ! Now, who fancies a kiss under the mistletoe? ;-)

Sean