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MERRY HOLIDAY
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Bobcat
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Occupy Christmas:
The word Christ-mas comes from the Latin, Cristes maesse, or Christ's Mass. It was first celebrated on Dec. 25 in Rome in the year 336.
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The X in Xmas comes from the Greek letter Chi, first letter of the Greek word for Christ.
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Santa Claus is Father Christmas in England, Pere Noôl in France, Kriss Kringle in Germany, La Befana in Italy, Julinesse in Denmark and Dedushka Moroz ("Grandfather Frost") in Russia.
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Santa must visit 822 homes a second to deliver all the world's presents on Christmas Eve (travelling at 650 miles a second).
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Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer was invented in 1938, as a Christmas promotion by Montgomery Ward.
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The poinsettia, a native of Mexico, is known there as the "Flower of the Holy Night."
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A snowman in Maine in 1999 rose to 113 feet, allegedly the tallest in the world.
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Occupy Christmas:
The word Christ-mas comes from the Latin, Cristes maesse, or Christ's Mass. It was first celebrated on Dec. 25 in Rome in the year 336.
• • • • •
The X in Xmas comes from the Greek letter Chi, first letter of the Greek word for Christ.
• • • • •
Santa Claus is Father Christmas in England, Pere Noôl in France, Kriss Kringle in Germany, La Befana in Italy, Julinesse in Denmark and Dedushka Moroz ("Grandfather Frost") in Russia.
• • • • •
Santa must visit 822 homes a second to deliver all the world's presents on Christmas Eve (travelling at 650 miles a second).
• • • • •
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer was invented in 1938, as a Christmas promotion by Montgomery Ward.
• • • • •
The poinsettia, a native of Mexico, is known there as the "Flower of the Holy Night."
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A snowman in Maine in 1999 rose to 113 feet, allegedly the tallest in the world.
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baronmarine
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merry christmas my serious boating brothers.
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