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!