MacBozo
Nut Dood
Registered: 04/20/02
Posts: 16605
Loc: Pinellas Park, Florida
Truth be told, Jesus probably wasn't born in the dead of winter (is there a "dead of winter" in a Mediterranean climate?) and Christmas is a co-opted pagan holiday.
Mike
ZigMeister
Registered: 09/01/01
Posts: 2300
Loc: SW Illinois
Originally Posted By: MacBozo
Truth be told, Jesus probably wasn't born in the dead of winter (is there a "dead of winter" in a Mediterranean climate?) and Christmas is a co-opted pagan holiday.
And he probably wasn't born in a manger either, and not in a stable but a house, etc. etc.
But yes, there's a dead of winter in a Mediterranean climate. Unusual, but they've seen snow in Monaco.
MacBozo
Nut Dood
Registered: 04/20/02
Posts: 16605
Loc: Pinellas Park, Florida
Well, that would be more of a continental influence at the Western end of the Mediterranean Sea. Israel, being on the Eastern end with the prevailing wind off the Sea, would be quite different.
steveg
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Registered: 04/19/02
Posts: 25071
Loc: D'OHio
Yup. The straw that broke the camel's back.
I'm working on my "corporate" holiday card (doing a real card instead of digital this year), and it will carry the opposite message — inclusive, cross-denomionational, etc. — and I'm sending one to him just to roast his chestnuts.
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