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   From: dalton@nfld.com   
      
   On Dec 23, 2023, David Dalton wrote   
   (in article<0001HW.2B36937B007916A670000E84E38F@news.eternal-september.org>):   
      
   > Since it is now early on December 23 here in Newfoundland,   
   > Happy Tibb’s Eve, Festivus, and HumanLight.   
   >   
   > (Though probably Tibb’s Eve won’t be celebrated on   
   > George Street here in St. John’s, Newfoundland until   
   > after sunset.)   
   >   
   > (Tibb’s Eve is in folklore a day that never comes, but in   
   > Newfoundland it refers to December 23, which traditionally   
   > has been an end to the austerities of Advent season, and   
   > when many tip back an alcoholic beverage.)   
      
   I will still count it as Tibb’s Eve until sunrise on December 24,   
   which will be in a little more than 5.5 hours.   
      
   --   
   David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page)   
   https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)   
   "And if I shed a tear I won’t cage it; I won't fear love;   
   And if I feel a rage I won’t deny it; I won't fear love" (Sarah McLachlan)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)