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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Christmas should be celebrated in June or July if it really is a true religious holiday.
Now for a true religious holiday, celebrate Hanukkah stating sundown Dec 11.
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actually April, May or June with lambs about, but according to some traditional Jewish writings, September may have been more accurate
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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
Only if you accept the testimony of people who were describing events at which they were not present.
The earliest and presumably most accurate record of the historical Jesus is that gospel called Mark, and it gives no hint of the time of year of his birth. Paul's writings, which preceded all of the Gospel accounts, offer even less biographical material upon which to draw any conclusions.
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it's all good when dealing with mythology
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Originally Posted by paul1403
There has been a growing trend here in Oz over the last few years for places (mainly establishments specializing in fine food and drinks [and sometimes not-so-fine] ) to have promotions entitled "Christmas in July".
* snippage*
So, the idea of cooking the "traditional" Christmas turkey, ham, plum pudding and so on would seem a little out of place in such weather (of course, that didn't stop generations of families having such fare for Christmas lunch, out of some kind of loyalty to the "Mother Country"... if they did it in England, we should do it here  ). Therefore, the theory goes, lets have Christmas in July, the middle of winter, when it is cold enough (though all the marketing schemes in the world will not make it a white Christmas [in July] outside the New South Wales and Victorian snowfields) to make such images and food relevant. No one gives presents or anything, there is not even a uniform date to celebrate this "event".
Just another attempt by the marketing and sales departments to change the culture.
Paul
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I had heard from some that big outdoor, shrimp on the barbie, boil the lobster, grill some ribs type of festivities were pretty big... ?