Re: Feast of the Nativity/ and in lots of places, fascinating

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This is honored in so many places where I have lived or visited,both in the Americas and all over Europe--I like it a lot more thanthe compulsive shopping and pseudo-giving that has become so popular everywhere, it seems.I like holidays of any sort which have specific meaning.O.K. Getting off what we here call a "soap box," as speakersused to stand on them to get people's attention. . . . .nFrom: Reb D

To: MSersLife Sent: Sat, January 9, 2010 7:45:53 AMSubject: Re: BBBBrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!/Feast of the Nativity

That's actually a national holiday in Sweden too, despite this being a Protestant country. But, like we responded when our Danish friends asked why that was a holiday in the Swedish calendar, despite Sweden being neither Orthodox nor Catholic: "Well, we may be Lutheran, we just never let that stop us from taking a day off from work"...Hope you had a good one!love/Reb>> Our low temp last night was 18 below zero, with steady 20+mph winds.> Right now, the temp is "3".> And we have food, kibble, heat, sunshine, TP - basically, everything but> money. ;-)> > And for those who were following along with the holiday discussions,> today is the Feast of the Nativity for thw Orthodox on the Old Calendar, so>

happy Feast Day to all!> > > > in WY> "You get a wonderful view from the point of no return..." > http://www.flickr. com/photos/ liadains_ fancies> http://practical- blackwork. blogspot. com > http://practicalbla ckwork.com> > BBBBrrrrrrrrr! !!!!!!!!> > > How is everyone faring with the cold? All

y'all warm? Safe? Got food? TP?> Gots to have ya TP you know...> ~*~Hugs~*~> ~*~Akiba~*~>