Shalom All:

Pope Liberius decreed 25 December as the date for Christmas in the 4th century
AD, possibly to compete with pagan festivals celebrating the winter solstice.

The last of the Chanukah lights have been lit.  What a glorious blaze of light
- celebrating the coming of THE LIGHT of the world.

Dianne
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