It's the Julian calendar date for Christmas; used prior to the Gregorian calendar. It's also another way of suffering a second Christian Christmas. Easter egg, anyone?
risibilis: It's the Julian calendar date for Christmas; used prior to the Gregorian calendar. It's also another way of suffering a second Christian Christmas. Easter egg, anyone?
Ah that explains it. When did the Gregorian calender come into use? I heard Europe went nuts over an imagined "loss of days/life"when His Holiness took a few dates out of then-time.
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