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Old 12-16-2009, 11:49 AM  
Paul Markham
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Originally Posted by nico-t View Post
i call it christmas with love: An imaginary fat guy with flying reindeers stuffing presents through chimneys - a dumb fantasy story just like the roots of the religion itself! Irony at its best.
Spot on.

Christ was not born in December, it's the old pagan festival of mid winter and the celebration of the Roman God Mithras. Who was also born of a virgin and came back from the dead.

You learn all sorts of crap when you can't do anything but watch midday TV.
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