From: "Smiler" 


"Cary Kittrell"  wrote in
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> johac 
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>> In article ,
>>  cary{at}afone.as.arizona.edu (Cary Kittrell) wrote:
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>> > In article 
"J Young"
>> >  writes:
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http://catholicleague.org/07press_releases/quarter_1/070323_ri_bans_bunn
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>> > > William Rearick, Schools Superintendent of the Tiverton Public
>> > > Schools in
>> > > Rhode Island, has banned the Easter Bunny from appearing at a
>> > > fundraising
>> > > event tomorrow at the Tiverton Middle School. He has
also banned the
>> > > word
>> > > "Easter" from all school events. He told the
Providence Journal that
>> > > during
>> > > the last year and a half, he has become "more aware
of folks who
>> > > don't have
>> > > a Christian background." Taking the place of the
Easter Bunny will be
>> > > Peter
>> > > Rabbit; children will be able to get their picture taken with him.
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>> > So, the superintendent bans a pagan fertility symbol from the
>> > Christian rites of spring.  There must be a special word for
>> > irony this deep.
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>> > (how about that other pagan fertility symbol: eggs?)
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>> And for that Winter Solstice celebration, we'll definitely have to do
>> something about those pagan trees.
>
> And ex-trees, sometimes called "Yule Logs".  And mistletoe.
> And drinking until you can countenance your relatives.
>

And wassailers (now more commonly known as carollers).

First footing on New Years Eve, Harvest festival and Halloween.

The list goes on and on.

Smiler,
The godless one

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