From: thetruemelissa@gmail.com   
      
   Verily, in article , did   
   blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:   
   >   
   > The True Melissa wrote:   
   >   
   > > Verily, in article <10jlg0b$jgjk$1@dont-email.me>, did daniel47   
   > > @nomail.afraid.org deliver unto us this message:   
   > > > Both occasions MAY have happened on the same DATE but   
   > > > certainly NOT in the same YEAR.   
   > >   
   > > It really feels like they wanted to mark that date for   
   > > other reasons (it was a pagan holiday?), came up with several   
   > > different pretexts, and then glommed all of them together.   
   >   
   > Correct! January 6th was originally a Pagan festival, something   
   > about worshipping the rising of the sun...   
   >   
   > Like a lot of Christian festivals it was stolen/adapted...   
   > delete as appropriate.   
      
   That sounds more like the solstice celebration. This would be something   
   a bit afterwards, but it's much too early for Candlemas.   
      
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