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#16 Walter

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Posted 09 December 2005 - 10:02 AM

Flag Day isn't an official holiday and it's not FDR.
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#17 Latitude Adjustment

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Posted 09 December 2005 - 10:32 AM

Thomas Jefferson got it backwards, he died on July 4th. :usflag:
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#18 ScubaHawk

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Posted 09 December 2005 - 10:45 AM

Right date. Ol' Silent Cal was born on the Fourth of July.

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#19 Hipshot

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Posted 09 December 2005 - 11:50 AM

I received a nice long email today on this whole Christmas Issue. I've taken out the bit below to share with ya'll, not to cause a rukous or anything, just something else to think about...

No matter what happens to the Christmas holiday, I'm proud to see "Merry Christmas" displayed across the top of these forums!!

Remember this is from an email, and is not my word.

Bah, sorry your thread was hijacked Annasea... that was a funny one, made me laugh!!!


It appears that some major store chains don't want to offend a small minority who oppose Christmas, but they don't mind offending Christians who celebrate the birth of Christ, the Reason for the season. One group, The American Family Association, has chosen one of these stores, ironically one whose logo is a bulls-eye (Target), for a boycott. Target has refused to use "Christmas" in its in-store promotions or retail advertising. The rationale for choosing one store is that if a boycott of a single store, if it affects sales, will be apparent, which will make the boycott effective.

Virtually all of my Jewish friends celebrate Christmas themselves, and will wish me a "Merry Christmas," just as I'll wish them a "Happy Channukah." There is nothing offensive about Christmas to the mainstream, and it's time for those who are offended by it to realize this. There is a world of difference between publicly wishing someone a "Merry Christmas" and establishing a "Church of England" of the U.S.

Merry Christmas to all,
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#20 Walter

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Posted 09 December 2005 - 02:16 PM

Actually, Ray, three presidents died on July 4. Two of them on the exact same day. Jefferson and Adams both died on the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Monroe died a five years later (1831). Jefferson held on for the anniversary, awaking late in the night, his last words were asking if it was the 4th. Adams died later in the day, his last words were, "Jefferson still survives."

Hawk, you are right, Silent Cal was born on the 4th.
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#21 Latitude Adjustment

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Posted 10 December 2005 - 08:21 AM

Well on the Bah Humbug theme I saw on another board that Santa may be late getting back from his Caribbean vacation.

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#22 finGrabber

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Posted 10 December 2005 - 08:24 AM

Hey LA,

I'd say that Santa is not DIR!!

#23 jextract

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Posted 12 December 2005 - 06:57 PM

It seems as though so many people forget one clause from the First Amendment: "... or the free exercise thereof." And further, the Constitution only forbade Congress from establishing a national church - states were free to do so and many did.
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