From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!rocheste!heliotis Newsgroups: net.followup Title: One more thing on Christmas Article-I.D.: rocheste.370 Posted: Thu Jan 6 08:48:32 1983 Received: Fri Jan 7 03:38:40 1983 No one has mentioned something I heard, that the early Christians, in order not to get caught celebrating Christ's B.D., chose to do it on one of the Romans' holidays, so that it would be inconspicuous. Jim Heliotis P.S. Happy eastern orthodox Christmas!