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| From | Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> |
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| Subject | Re: Why do programmers confuse Halloween with Christmas? |
| Date | Sat, 01 Nov 2025 03:47:25 -0700 |
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Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> writes:
> On 2025-11-01, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Why do programmers confuse Halloween with Christmas?
>>
>> Because 31 OCT = 25 DEC
>
> It's not that programmer confuse them; rather, the above is the key to
> the mystical link between the two. It's the underpinning for why Tim
> Burton's _The Nightmare Before Christmas_ makes sense.
>
> I went trick-or-treating today with the kids; there was someone in
> a Santa suit!
I had a trick-or-treater call me Santa.
"Ho ho ho *ahem* no, no, no!"
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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */
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Why do programmers confuse Halloween with Christmas? Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2025-10-31 22:58 -0500
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