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Re: "CHRISTMAS THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD" CONTEST
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lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Date: 
Sat, 30 Aug 2003 05:28:43 GMT
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In lugnet.build.contests, David Gregory wrote:
Christmas is a religious holidy.  (CHRIST-mas)  I'm puzzled as to why anyone
would object to making religious stuff for a religious holidy.

Well, it SORT of is a religious holiday. Not everyone that celebrates at that
time of year (winter solstice) does so for religious reasons. We don't.

Also I don't think Terry was objecting per se, just saying he didn't plan to
participate in the contest. Which is his perogative, and mine.

In reviewing some of the blurbage (but not all so I could be wrong) I note that
it didn't seem to say "all depictions must be positive under *any* possible
interpretation" so I'm hoping that Brendan *will* decide to participate... He's
got the chops and if he doesn't make the finals we'll know that the judging
process is all a putup job... :-)

note FUT to o-t.debate



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  Re: "CHRISTMAS THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD" CONTEST
 
(...) I don't think there's any getting around the fact that Christmas is a religious holiday. I know that there are lots of other holidays that many people celebrate around the winter solstice. However, Christmas happens to be one of the (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: "CHRISTMAS THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD" CONTEST
 
Christmas is a religious holidy. (CHRIST-mas) I'm puzzled as to why anyone would object to making religious stuff for a religious holidy. (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.build.contests)

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