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   Keith Thompson to Kaz Kylheku   
   Re: Why do programmers confuse Halloween   
   01 Nov 25 03:47:25   
   
   XPost: comp.lang.c++   
   From: Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com   
      
   Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> writes:   
   > On 2025-11-01, Lynn McGuire  wrote:   
   >> Why do programmers confuse Halloween with Christmas?   
   >>   
   >> Because 31 OCT = 25 DEC   
   >   
   > It's not that programmer confuse them; rather, the above is the key to   
   > the mystical link between the two. It's the underpinning for why Tim   
   > Burton's _The Nightmare Before Christmas_ makes sense.   
   >   
   > I went trick-or-treating today with the kids; there was someone in   
   > a Santa suit!   
      
   I had a trick-or-treater call me Santa.   
      
   "Ho ho ho *ahem* no, no, no!"   
      
   --   
   Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com   
   void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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