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Re: Merry Christmas from the Libertarian Party
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Mon, 27 Dec 1999 09:37:01 GMT
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Selçuk <teyyareci> <sgore@superonline.NOSPAMcom>
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Just come to my mind. Is there a word as "noel" in English or other western
languages? I just realized that we call Santa Claus(1) as "Noel Baba" which
means "father noel" or "noel father", and I just wondered what is the origin
of this name.
Selçuk
(1) St. Nicholas, actually, isn't it? (I remembered this from the visit to
his church last year in Antalya, Turkey)
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Merry Christmas from the Libertarian Party
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| (...) The origin of the word noel or the name "Father Noel?" The word itself is middle English, drawn from the Latin "natalis" or "to be born." (...) Yep, that's who the fat man supposedly is...patron saint of children and seamen, I (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | Re: Merry Christmas from the Libertarian Party
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| (...) Noel is French for christmas, where Santa Claus is called "Pere Noel" (Father christmas). It could be that the french got it from your area, though, as as you say, the saint IIRC originates in Turkey (He was bishop of Myra, way after his death (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Merry Christmas from the Libertarian Party
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| From my e-mailbox: ===...=== NEWS FROM THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY 2600 Virginia Avenue, NW, Suite 100 Washington DC 20037 World Wide Web: www.LP.org ===...=== For release: December 22, 1999 ===...=== For additional information: George Getz, Press (...) (25 years ago, 25-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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