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Baloo
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There's nothing (worthwhile, anyhow) on TV for the moment, so I am cruising around the web, looking for items of interest. I heard mention on a program about human sexuality that when Judy Garland died in 1969, the gay community took it pretty hard, because she was something of a gay icon (I haven't found any mention of this yet, but sometimes I get side-tracked). One of the things that side-tracked me was this:

How Christmas Works

I found it at the How Stuff Works website (very interesting. I've just bookmarked it).

N-joy!

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The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.
--Mark Twain
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TSN
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Well, I only skimmed through the vast majority of it. However, I did notice one mistake. January 1 is the Solemnity of Mary. Jesus' circumcision isn't until later (a week after Epiphany, IIRC).

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"'...This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased. Deny it!' cried the Spirit stretching out its hand towards the city. 'Slander those who tell it ye! Admit it for your factious purposes, and make it worse. And abide the end!'"
-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol


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