From: Tony Williams 

Adam > wrote:
> Tony Williams wrote:
>
>>Gary Britt wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Two Things.  The major religious holidays are more than an excuse to
>>>party,
>>>not that there is anything wrong with that.
>>
>>
>>The timing of them is definitely not coincidental. Let the peasants
>>celebrate their faiths, but only when there's less work to do in the
>>fields.
>>
>
>
> Winter solstice. Festival of Light. Waaay older than Christ or Mohammed
> or Abraham.
>
> Neolithic at least.

Yes, that was what I meant. The religious leaders basically hijacked
existing festivals' dates. Or should that be "re-purposed"?

--
Tony

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