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| From | djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) |
| Subject | Re: xkcd: 2018 |
| Message-ID | <p1tz8M.Esx@kithrup.com> (permalink) |
| Date | 2017-12-31 15:05 +0000 |
| References | <p2649p$ca3$1@dont-email.me> <03vf4dhup14a5kmmfbug10r5255277uugt@jwbrown.co.uk> <p1sLI5.19yt@kithrup.com> <if5h4d565fos9evhg2taffcrbpal2qoosi@jwbrown.co.uk> |
| Organization | Kithrup Enterprises, Ld. |
In article <if5h4d565fos9evhg2taffcrbpal2qoosi@jwbrown.co.uk>, Jerry Brown <jerry@jwbrown.co.uk.invalid> wrote: >On Sat, 30 Dec 2017 21:10:53 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J >Heydt) wrote: > >>In article <03vf4dhup14a5kmmfbug10r5255277uugt@jwbrown.co.uk>, >>Jerry Brown <jerry@jwbrown.co.uk.invalid> wrote: >>>On Sat, 30 Dec 2017 15:07:29 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J >>>Heydt) wrote: >>> >>>>In article <4a55bebb-611a-44bd-9953-7662b4179598@googlegroups.com>, >>>>Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> wrote: >>>>>On Saturday, December 30, 2017 at 4:40:45 AM UTC-5, David DeLaney wrote: >>>>>> On 2017-12-30, Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> > Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote in news:p2649p$ca3$1@dont- >>>>>> >> xkcd: 2018 >>>>>> >> https://xkcd.com/1935/ >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> This theater of the absurd is for cryptodude. >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> And the explanation is just as absurd. >>>>>> >> http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1935 >>>>>> > >>>>>> > LOL! >>>>>> >>>>>> From the discussion: >>>>>> >>>>>> The calculation of Christmas is trivial[citation needed] it's >>>>>December 25th. >>>>> >>>>>You may have to offset that by 13 days for those Orthodox >>>>>believers who keep to the unrevised Julian liturgical calendar. >>>>> >>>>>http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2013/01/russian_christmas_date_why_do_eastern_orthodox_christians_celebrate_christmas.html >>>>> >>>>>If you start with Dec 5, St Nick's eve, and end with Jan 19 (old >>>>>Julian), Epiphany, commemorating the visit of the Magi, it takes over a >>>>>month >>>>>to get all the presents distributed to the good boys and girls of the >>>>>world. One night of "Christmas magic" isn't enough. >>>> >>>>And come to that, in the Middle Ages "Christmastide" lasted till >>>>Candlemas, February 2. >>> >>>A guy I work with still goes along with that. He's Catholic, but none >>>of the other Catholics I know agree, so it must just be specific to >>>him. >> >>Candlemas is still celebrated on February 2, but the Christmas >>season ends with Epiphany (which is now celebrated on the nearest >>Sunday). > >Well, he keeps his decorations up until Candlemass, and tried (and >failed) to get the office to do the same. Somebody once wrote in to Dear Prudence (the agony aunt on _Slate_) complaining that her neighbor still had his Christmas lights up in mid-January. And somebody else commented that in Alaska people put the lights up in November or thereabouts and leave them up till March or thereabouts, just to lighten the dark Arctic lights a little. -- Dorothy J. Heydt Vallejo, California djheydt at gmail dot com
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xkcd: 2018 Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2017-12-29 13:16 -0600
xkcd: 2018 mcdowell_ag@sky.com - 2017-12-29 11:32 -0800
Re: xkcd: 2018 Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2017-12-29 11:46 -0800
Re: xkcd: 2018 Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2017-12-29 15:43 -0600
Re: xkcd: 2018 mcdowell_ag@sky.com - 2017-12-29 22:23 -0800
xkcd: 2018 Jack Bohn <jack.bohn64@gmail.com> - 2017-12-29 12:45 -0800
Re: xkcd: 2018 Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2017-12-29 13:19 -0700
Re: xkcd: 2018 David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2017-12-30 03:37 -0600
Re: xkcd: 2018 nebusj-@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) - 2017-12-31 06:59 +0000
Re: xkcd: 2018 Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2018-01-02 07:23 -0700
Re: xkcd: 2018 Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2017-12-29 20:51 -0600
Re: xkcd: 2018 David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2017-12-30 03:40 -0600
Re: xkcd: 2018 Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2017-12-30 05:22 -0800
Re: xkcd: 2018 djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2017-12-30 15:07 +0000
Re: xkcd: 2018 William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> - 2017-12-30 12:23 -0800
Re: xkcd: 2018 djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2017-12-30 21:10 +0000
Re: xkcd: 2018 William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> - 2017-12-31 12:09 -0800
Re: xkcd: 2018 Jerry Brown <jerry@jwbrown.co.uk.invalid> - 2017-12-30 20:53 +0000
Re: xkcd: 2018 djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2017-12-30 21:10 +0000
Re: xkcd: 2018 Jerry Brown <jerry@jwbrown.co.uk.invalid> - 2017-12-31 07:48 +0000
Re: xkcd: 2018 Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2017-12-31 01:11 -0800
Re: xkcd: 2018 djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2017-12-31 15:05 +0000
Re: xkcd: 2018 Wolffan <aklwolffan@gmail.com> - 2017-12-31 11:06 -0500
Re: xkcd: 2018 mcdowell_ag@sky.com - 2017-12-31 08:23 -0800
Re: xkcd: 2018 djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2017-12-31 17:26 +0000
Re: xkcd: 2018 William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> - 2017-12-31 12:23 -0800
Re: xkcd: 2018 djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2017-12-31 17:02 +0000
Re: xkcd: 2018 Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2017-12-31 10:03 -0800
Re: xkcd: 2018 Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2017-12-31 11:35 -0800
Re: xkcd: 2018 djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2017-12-31 21:23 +0000
Re: xkcd: 2018 djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-01-01 02:08 +0000
Re: xkcd: 2018 wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) - 2018-01-01 03:33 +0000
Re: xkcd: 2018 djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-01-01 05:19 +0000
Re: xkcd: 2018 wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) - 2018-01-01 06:40 +0000
Re: xkcd: 2018 goldfarb@ocf.berkeley.edu (David Goldfarb) - 2018-01-01 06:48 +0000
Re: xkcd: 2018 D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-01-01 18:22 +0000
Re: xkcd: 2018 Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2018-01-02 07:33 -0700
Re: xkcd: 2018 Lawrence Watt-Evans <misenchantedpress@gmail.com> - 2018-01-02 15:20 -0500
Re: xkcd: 2018 wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) - 2018-01-02 22:14 +0000
Re: xkcd: 2018 Lawrence Watt-Evans <misenchantedpress@gmail.com> - 2018-01-03 02:21 -0500
Re: xkcd: 2018 Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-01-02 14:50 -0800
Re: xkcd: 2018 Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2017-12-30 08:23 -0800
Re: xkcd: 2018 Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2018-01-03 08:06 -0800
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