Winter fests
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D> On 27 Dec 2001 18:41:21 -0500, tup...@webtv.net
D> (enantiodromiac)
D> wrote:
>>pdu...@magicnet.net (Dunk) wrote in message
>>news:<3c2b6134...@fl.news.verio.net>...
>>>
>>Is the wreath a modern rendering of the annual wheel?
>>
>>Reading upon variational treatments of the Santa myth on webpages I
>>wonder what distal origins Sinterklaas possesses. Proximate phenomena
>>may include life adding soda, carols and Nash but distally appears an
>>obscure amalgam of Thor, Odin, St. Nicholas and a holly king.
>>
>>Does the tree predate Luther?
D> Luther?
D> The evergreen tree as a symbol of life goes way back.
Fox Face shouldered his way through the curtain of skin and brush.
Winter followed him. The rest of the clan huddled closer together as
the icy breeze clawed at them. After a few heartbeats, the cold receded
and they turned towards the entrance to the cave. "Look!" exclaimed Fox
Face, "there is something still alive out there!" And he triumphantly
held up a sprig of evergreen.
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