[The Deuce]

If y'all are selling that the 'X' is for Christ or the cross, I'm not buying. Not in a society that has communities petitioning against opening a YMCA because they are a "Christian Orginization. " Now I for one had almost forgoten that the acronym stands for "Young Men's Christian Associaiton" or something like that.

You are correct in pointing out that the Christmas holiday was originally a pagan celebration. Heck, even the tree was a pagain symbol. There is a reason that it comes a couple of days after the shortest day of the year, and the symbol for it is an evergreen. Don't have the time to go into it now though.

I'll look into the timing of things, and see if I can't give a better anwer as to when Jesus was actually born. Will be sometime this weekend.

Merry Christmas!