Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod!wuarchive!psuvax1!ukma!seismo!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: merlyn@digibd.com (Brian Westley (Merlyn LeRoy)) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: PEACE ON EARTH was (Re: Christmas...) Message-ID: Date: 15 Jan 91 09:47:17 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: DigiBoard Incorporated, St. Louis Park, MN Lines: 11 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu kriz@skat.usc.edu (Dennis Kriz) writes: >...And arguably none of them (except by chance) celebrated >the holiday on Dec. 25th, because the solstice falls on Dec 21st. It's hard to tell when the days stop getting shorter and start getting longer when your only instruments are a few sticks stuck in the ground. It would take 3 or 4 days before they could be certain that the days were getting longer, thus the celebration misses the event by a few days. ---- Merlyn LeRoy