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From: jclark@sdcc6@ucsd.edu (John Clark)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian
Subject: Re: Santa Claus as Swastika/Hammer and Sickle
Message-ID: <Jan.9.02.31.45.1991.2427@athos.rutgers.edu>
Date: 9 Jan 91 07:31:48 GMT
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In article <Jan.3.04.37.57.1991.14662@athos.rutgers.edu> kriz@skat.usc.edu (Dennis Kriz) writes:
....
>view the modern-day Santa who has been used in this past generation to hijack 
>and rape a Christian feast day is not considered.  But Santa is termed by
>definition to be "non-offensive" ... so why the cribbing?

Where do you think Christmas came from? Where is there any mention
of a Jewish Holiday in this period of time in the Bible?  The
Christians stole it from the pagans, so what goes around comes
around.

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John Clark
jclark@ucsd.edu