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I have a tradition to not open the door for a couple of weirdos with a horse's head (attached to a horse or not) every Christmas 
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Tradition?
How often has it happened to you?
I have a feeling you might like Midvinterblot. 
A spare horse, a couple of virgins or a king makes a party. And a politician makes a good replacement for a king.
Being religious is not a requirement, it rather has a tendency to kill the fun.
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Interesting, I grew up in Wales and never heard of this. I guess it's one of those weird rituals of those strange southerners - including a certain will known CPer.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: a certain will known CPer
I have no will of my own: I'm married.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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I feel your pain. 
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Quote: I have no will of my own: I'm married
Aaaah! So that is what's wrong with me!  
modified 22-Dec-19 13:25pm.
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Same for me, only ever seen it mentioned on websites. Suspect that like may Xmas "facts" that do the rounds every year, someone made it up and all the rest copy it without any checking.
By way of an example, looking for a quiz tiebreaker question, I recently found a "fact" on a company website about three popular Christmas songs and how many times they would be played in the UK on radio over the festive period.
After a quick google of "How many radio stations in UK" and firing up the calculator, it transpired that if the stated answer was correct, every radio station in the country would have to play one of the three songs once every 5 seconds, 24 hours a day for 40 consecutive days.
And from then on, the magic was dead …
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Yes, it's always disappointing to peep behind the curtain.
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Well, it's better than finding a horse head in your bed!
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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It'll make you an offer you can't refuse 
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Today's logo is a snow scene with alternate text of "Happy Winter 2019!". So does Google think that mentioning the C word will offend people?
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Well I'm offended!
Not by anything in particular, I'm just feeling generally offended by pretty much everything.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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In that case then I'm offended that you feel offended.
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That's probably offencist, and likely illegal.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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I find this thread very offensive.
/ravi
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I think it is about the 22th of December as the first day of the winter and not about the upcoming Christmas...
(Google has the capability to show different Google-Doodle to different people, for instance only I see 'Happy Birthday' on my birthday, and only in Israel we see Hanukkah, me think)
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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Now I will sit tight for 3 days because of your doubt...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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No no no no no - it's the first day of summer! Days are getting longer now! 
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Days are 24 hours - always 
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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[pedant mode]Well ... no. A sidereal day is ~ 23H 56M 4S - hence leap years - but even if you take the "generally accepted" day of "24 hours" the "real day" is different because the earth's rotation is slowing - most are around 40ms longer than that.[/pedant mode]
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And I was thinking you have a life to live at lest in holiday seasons...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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No! I stand by my statement. 
Yesterday solar transit at Greenwich was at 11h 57m 52.624s whereas today it was at 11h 58m 22.523s.
Thus today, noon to noon, is 29.899 seconds longer than yesterday.
If you want that in radians, then it's 3.1301611127 versus 3.134504411585 (just to 12 sig.figs.)
Like I said - the days are getting longer. 
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I am going to be very out of character and observe:
Why is it that it has become a "crusade" as to what words of cheer are given to who and when?
Isn't ![Elephant | [mastadon]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/elephant.gif) ing great to just get something positive once in a while? No additional cost or strings attached?
Risking soapbox level: The alleged "war-an-xmas" is just plain bogus. Always was. A political rallying cry to try to draw support with, for lack of concrete values, tapping into creating unwarranted offense. Like many things, repeat it often enough and it begins to take on the perception of truth. All I need to do is look at any street - pretty much anywhere in the US, and I can see that there's all the seasonal recognition you can ever want (and more). Except for those who insist that everyone believe as they do. That, by the way, has absolutely NEVER GONE WELL.
Bob's got a funny hat and is attempting to electrocute himself to some and expected to come down the chimneys bearing gifts to others.
Time we, at least on CP (and perhaps more clever than many others of our species), take the lead by no longer being duped. Who in their right mind would take offense at being wished a "Happy Holiday" . . . without some degree of brain-washing to convince them that "Good Will" is offensive!
"Everyone" has some reason to see this as a joyful season - why look for ways to ruin it?
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