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

[Michael Lauzon]

The date for the 25th of December to celebrate Xmas came from the birth of
Sol Invictus.

Michael
P.S. Still not home, still in need of a laptop.

On Oct 30, 2010 10:48 PM, "Mark Lane" <lmlane-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 3:54 PM, James Knott <james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Zbigniew Koziol wrote...
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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