The Russian version of Santa causes bad people to die long, agonizing deaths from exposure in the snow. He also comes on New Year, not Christmas. Pretty pagan. Plus he has a sexy granddaughter.
--- "B." <docile_body at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> And reading about foreign nations' Christmas
> traditions is interesting. Like Iceland. On the 8th
> day of Xmas the dead are said to rise from their
> graves and seals take human form. Elves also try to
> enter your house, which you can ward off with
> spells.
> I'd like to transplant O'Reilly into that nation and
> have him argue that folks who refuse to admit the
> dead
> are rising on the 8th day of Christmas are hostile
> to
> the Judeo-Christian origins of it, or something.
>
> -B.
>
>
> joanna wrote:
>
> > 'Some of the nation's most prominent megachurches
> have decided not to hold worship services on the
> Sunday that coincides with Christmas Day, a move
> that
> is generating controversy among evangelical
> Christians
> at a time when many conservative groups are battling
> to "put the Christ back in Christmas."'
> >
> >
> >
>
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/09/national/09church.html?hp&ex=1134190800&en=509baeb5c8085b80&ei=5094&partner=homepage
>
>
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