Q: Why do programmers always get Christmas and Halloween mixed up?

[Mark Lane]

On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 3:54 PM, James Knott <james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Zbigniew Koziol wrote:
>>
>> Christmas in Polish tradition starts in the evening of 24th of December.
>
> Christmas was also a Celtic pagan event that was hijacked by Christian
> pagans.
>

No the date of Christmas was most likely based on the Roman
Celibration of the Winter Solistice.

It was Holloween which was based on old celtic rituals. Though the
date is based on the All Saint's Day.
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Mark Lane <lmlane-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
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