From owner-cvs-all Tue Nov 5 8:16:39 2002 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30FCC37B401; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 08:16:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from flood.ping.uio.no (flood.ping.uio.no [129.240.78.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D87C843E88; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 08:16:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from des@ofug.org) Received: by flood.ping.uio.no (Postfix, from userid 2602) id D4C2C5359; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 17:16:32 +0100 (CET) X-URL: http://www.ofug.org/~des/ X-Disclaimer: The views expressed in this message do not necessarily coincide with those of any organisation or company with which I am or have been affiliated. To: Greg Lehey Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/calendar/calendars calendar.holiday References: <200211030037.gA30b4nd092663@repoman.freebsd.org> From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 17:16:32 +0100 In-Reply-To: <200211030037.gA30b4nd092663@repoman.freebsd.org> (Greg Lehey's message of "Sat, 2 Nov 2002 16:37:04 -0800 (PST)") Message-ID: Lines: 21 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090007 (Oort Gnus v0.07) Emacs/21.2 (i386--freebsd) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Greg Lehey 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