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From: devinney@sunybcs.UUCP (George DeVinney)
Newsgroups: talk.bizarre
Subject: Re: read it and see!!!
Message-ID: <846@sunybcs.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 8-Sep-86 21:49:38 EDT
Article-I.D.: sunybcs.846
Posted: Mon Sep  8 21:49:38 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 12-Sep-86 02:48:32 EDT
References: <1098@mit-trillian.MIT.EDU>
Reply-To: devinney@gort.UUCP (George DeVinney)
Organization: SUNY/Buffalo Computer Science
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In article <1098@mit-trillian.MIT.EDU> rlk@athena.MIT.EDU writes:
>In article <1097@mit-trillian.MIT.EDU> wesommer@mit-athena.UUCP (William Sommerfeld) writes:
>>>whatever they call it there). Ferchrisakes, I can remember when they
>>>waited till thanksgiving to trot out that stuff. Then it was
>>>Halloween, but Labor Day!!!!
>>
>>Just a couple nights ago, I heard a number of new fresh{men,women} and
>>a few sophmores singing Christmas carols (Twelve Days of Christmas and
>>Jingle Bells) in the Infinite Corridor at MIT.  I've heard a rumour
>>that there's a conspiracy afoot to swap the dates of Thanksgiving and
>>Christmas.  Does anyone other than myself see a connection between
>>this and the Crazy Eddie Christmas sale in August commercials??  Can
>>anyone confirm this?
>>
>
>I can't confirm or deny this.  I am authorized to state, however, that
>there is a conspiracy to swap the dates of Christmas and Easter.
>However, I am absolutely forbidden to state who authorized me to
>reveal this information.


No No No!!! Better to swap xmas & thanksgiving ..... then the shopping
seasongoes from 12/25 to the next Nov.  Good for businness.