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From: figmo@lll-crg.ARpA (Lynn Gold)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Putting the "X" back into "Xmas" (rot13)
Message-ID: <1146@lll-crg.ARpA>
Date: Fri, 20-Dec-85 07:01:04 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 20 07:01:04 1985
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Organization: Lawrence Livermore Labs, CRG, Livermore Ca
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Keywords: demented carols


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