What's wrong with "Merry Christmas"?

susanmcgee48176 Schlobin at aol.com
Mon Dec 24 05:07:05 UTC 2007


--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, kemper mentor 
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> > Wiccan We celebrate Yule. (Most of your modern Christmas
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>  > traditions come from our ancient ones, btw.)
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>  CJ:
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> > Well, debatable as your premise is ...
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> > Debatable that most Christmas traditions were originally pagan?
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> CJ:
> > No -- debatable that most Christian traditions were originally 
Wiccan. 
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>  > That was the claim (see above).
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> Kemper now:
> The above claim was that most modern come from ancient 
(traditions).  Though I can see that it is easy to infer Wiccan.
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> Kemper, sick and about to drink a Hot Toddy
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Kemper, I sympathize. I have been sick since Thanksgiving (U.S.) and 
am just now beginning to feel better! Ychhh!

Wicca is a SUBSET of paganism....

It's probably correct to say most Christmas traditions originated 
with paganism rather than wicca...

Susan





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