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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Because the Daily Mail made made up a story about Birmingham (??) council banning Christmasand replacing it with Winterval, when in fact they were just using the name Winterval to cover Christmas, Hanukkah and whatever it is the other forrins celebrate. It's a classic "political correctness gone MAAAAAAD!" story, i.e. almost completely made up.
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 23 Dec 2011, 10:45,
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Well, quite. I mean, I know all that.But even if it were true (which it isn't) why get so worked up? It's entirely synonymous with the word "Yule", which has never upset anyone.
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Not quite.Yule is the ancient Pagan festival, Winterval is a more modern invention, not that I'm bothered. as for why get worked up, *shrug* you'd have to ask someone who is. I'm not fussed what it's called.
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 23 Dec 2011, 10:52,
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