Re: [OM] Happy day to all English OM'ers

[Steve]

Christmas is a National Holiday and is clearly a Christian festival as is
Easter.

Steve
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From: "Larry" <Halpert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: 25 April 2002 05:45
Subject: Re: [OM] Happy day to all English OM'ers


> Wouldn't a holiday celebrating a saint be a religious holiday, not a
> national one? To make it a national one wouldn't it be assumed the entire
> country is of the same religion?
>
> Larry
>
> Roger Wesson wrote:
>
> >  I think the
> > great thing about our patron saint's day is that so few people make a
> > big deal of it.  It's good to be so self-confident as a nation that we
> > don't need a national day to affirm our identity!
> >
> > St. George....
>
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