Merry Christmas

[Collins Richey]

On 12/25/05, David A. Bandel <david at pananix.com> wrote:
> Regurgitating the prose of Kurt Wall Kurt Wall <kwall at kurtwerks.com> on
> Sat, 24 Dec 2005 09:20:13 -0500: begin
> |List,
> |
> |Although I'm neither the first nor likely to be the last to do so,
> |I wish you all the merriest possible Christmas. I hope you find as
> |much joy and peace in the birth of Jesus as I do. I also hope you
> |find and lots of great loot under the Yuletide tree.
> |
> |Those who don't recognize or celebrate the holiday will pardon me,
> |I trust, for I intend no disrespect. It is, after all, a Christian
> |holiday...
> |
>
> Xmas, descended from Saturnalia, a decidedly Pagan holiday coopted by
> Christians.  I continue to celebrate Saturnalia and raise a virtual
> eggnog (w/ lots of Rum) to all during this holiday season.
>

Anyway you describe it, it's a great holiday. And I second the
not-so-vritual cup of cheer.


--
Collins Richey
      Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code ... If you write
      the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not
      smart enough to debug it.
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