wesommer@mit-trillian.MIT.EDU (William Sommerfeld) (09/06/86)
In article <39@houligan.UUCP> bseymour@houligan.UUCP (Burch Seymour) writes: >For lack of a better place to vent my spleen... I was in a local >shopping mall yesterday (Sep 1, 1986 - Labor Day) and what did I see?? >Christmas Decorations, complete with Santa's Hut (castle, shack, or >whatever they call it there). Ferchrisakes, I can remember when they >waited till thanksgiving to trot out that stuff. Then it was >Halloween, but Labor Day!!!! Just a couple nights ago, I heard a number of new fresh{men,women} and a few sophmores singing Christmas carols (Twelve Days of Christmas and Jingle Bells) in the Infinite Corridor at MIT. I've heard a rumour that there's a conspiracy afoot to swap the dates of Thanksgiving and Christmas. Does anyone other than myself see a connection between this and the Crazy Eddie Christmas sale in August commercials?? Can anyone confirm this? Bill Sommerfeld ARPA: wesommer@athena.mit.edu UUCP: ...!mit-eddie!mit-athena!wesommer ... and a freshman stuck upon the great dome.
rlk@mit-trillian.MIT.EDU (Robert L Krawitz) (09/06/86)
In article <1097@mit-trillian.MIT.EDU> wesommer@mit-athena.UUCP (William Sommerfeld) writes: >In article <39@houligan.UUCP> bseymour@houligan.UUCP (Burch Seymour) writes: >>For lack of a better place to vent my spleen... I was in a local >>shopping mall yesterday (Sep 1, 1986 - Labor Day) and what did I see?? >>Christmas Decorations, complete with Santa's Hut (castle, shack, or >>whatever they call it there). Ferchrisakes, I can remember when they >>waited till thanksgiving to trot out that stuff. Then it was >>Halloween, but Labor Day!!!! > >Just a couple nights ago, I heard a number of new fresh{men,women} and >a few sophmores singing Christmas carols (Twelve Days of Christmas and >Jingle Bells) in the Infinite Corridor at MIT. I've heard a rumour >that there's a conspiracy afoot to swap the dates of Thanksgiving and >Christmas. Does anyone other than myself see a connection between >this and the Crazy Eddie Christmas sale in August commercials?? Can >anyone confirm this? > I can't confirm or deny this. I am authorized to state, however, that there is a conspiracy to swap the dates of Christmas and Easter. However, I am absolutely forbidden to state who authorized me to reveal this information. >... and a freshman stuck upon the great dome. Hmm! So THAT's what <whoever> wanted the electronic blueprint for! (<whoever> doesn't read netgnuz). Intriguing. -- Robert^Z
awr@panda.UUCP (Andrew W. Rogers) (09/07/86)
In article <1097@mit-trillian.MIT.EDU> wesommer@mit-athena.UUCP (William Sommerfeld) writes: >Just a couple nights ago, I heard a number of new fresh{men,women} and >a few sophmores singing Christmas carols (Twelve Days of Christmas and >Jingle Bells) in the Infinite Corridor at MIT. I've heard a rumour >that there's a conspiracy afoot to swap the dates of Thanksgiving and >Christmas... It's Christmas and Halloween that are going to be swapped. That's because 25 DEC == 31 OCT. AWR
devinney@sunybcs.UUCP (George DeVinney) (09/09/86)
In article <1098@mit-trillian.MIT.EDU> rlk@athena.MIT.EDU writes: >In article <1097@mit-trillian.MIT.EDU> wesommer@mit-athena.UUCP (William Sommerfeld) writes: >>>whatever they call it there). Ferchrisakes, I can remember when they >>>waited till thanksgiving to trot out that stuff. Then it was >>>Halloween, but Labor Day!!!! >> >>Just a couple nights ago, I heard a number of new fresh{men,women} and >>a few sophmores singing Christmas carols (Twelve Days of Christmas and >>Jingle Bells) in the Infinite Corridor at MIT. I've heard a rumour >>that there's a conspiracy afoot to swap the dates of Thanksgiving and >>Christmas. Does anyone other than myself see a connection between >>this and the Crazy Eddie Christmas sale in August commercials?? Can >>anyone confirm this? >> > >I can't confirm or deny this. I am authorized to state, however, that >there is a conspiracy to swap the dates of Christmas and Easter. >However, I am absolutely forbidden to state who authorized me to >reveal this information. No No No!!! Better to swap xmas & thanksgiving ..... then the shopping seasongoes from 12/25 to the next Nov. Good for businness.
bjg@im4u.UUCP (Bart J. Geraci) (09/10/86)
>> I've heard a rumour >>that there's a conspiracy afoot to swap the dates of Thanksgiving and >>Christmas... > >It's Christmas and Halloween that are going to be swapped. That's because >25 DEC == 31 OCT. > >AWR > And for those who engage in base 9, Thanksgiving this year falls on November 27th, leading to the nifty 3-member equivalence: 25 DEC == 27 NOV == 31 OCT -bj- -- bart j. geraci {ctvax,gatech,harvard,ihnp4,seismo}!ut-sally!im4u!bjg "My last decision comes from this gentleman here, which could be resolved only in the death of either one or the other of us. He emerged victorious. I...apparently...died." -Number 2-