Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 17:16:32 +0100 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/calendar/calendars calendar.holiday Message-ID: <xzp8z08xa8v.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: <200211030037.gA30b4nd092663@repoman.freebsd.org> (Greg Lehey's message of "Sat, 2 Nov 2002 16:37:04 -0800 (PST)") References: <200211030037.gA30b4nd092663@repoman.freebsd.org>
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Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> writes: > Log: > Remove entry for All Saints' in Portugal. While it's correct, All > Saints' is celebrated in all Christian countries, and there's already > another entry. s/Christian/Catholic or Orthodox/ since Protestants generally do not believe in saints (with a few notable exceptions, such as Norwegians, who celebrate five and a half saints on the simple grounds that they were Norwegian, plus St. John because they get to light fires) and therefore do not, in theory, celebrate All Saints' day. The practical reality is somewhat different since Hallowe'en is such good business for kids (who get candy) and toy store owners (who make zillions selling overpriced costumes). This is somewhat complicated by the fact that modern Hallowe'en celebrations have far less in common with the Christian celebration of All Saints than with the pagan celebration of Samhain it was intended to replace. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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