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tert in seattle

writes:
>On 12/20/2018 6:17 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Thursday, December 20, 2018 at 12:08:57 AM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>>> On Wed, 19 Dec 2018 23:58:59 -0500, jmcquown >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Even if you don't celebrate Christmas (please don't lets get into a
>>>> religous debate!) do you plan to cook anything special on or about
>>>> December 25th?
>>>
>>> Why would you cook something special if you don't celebrate Christmas?
>>
>> 1. Even we atheists get the day off work, affording an opportunity to cook
>> something more special than is usual for a Tuesday.
>>
>Yep, everyone gets the day off. Even grocery stores cut their hours
>short on December 25th.
>
>> 2. Perhaps Jill means "celebrate as a religious holiday". We celebrate it
>> as a cultural holiday, just as we do Thanksgiving.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>>
>You get it!
>
>Jill

I have a dead douglas fir propped up in the living room with lights and
stuff on it and I'm not even a pagan!

we're going to have turkey dinner on the 24th, with stuffing and cranberry
sauce, and oh yeah some vegetable thing of some sort