From: utzoo!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!wsp Newsgroups: net.followup,net.misc Title: Re: CHRISTMAS Article-I.D.: dcdwest.153 Posted: Thu Dec 23 08:34:47 1982 Received: Fri Dec 24 06:15:07 1982 References: hplabsb.1233 I concur that Christmas is at essence non-denominational but I question whether it is fair to label it druid in one breath and "northern-european-pagan" in the next. On another tack, I am interested in outting some of the paganism back in Christmas and would welcome any authentic (preferably non-sacrificial or homocidal) rites that our "northern-european-pagan"s (NEPs) performed at the winter solstice. Peter Benson ittdcd-west (619)578-3080