Troll got me (was Re: Is there no end) - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

17 Dec 2001

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  From: Douglas Quebbeman
&lt;dhquebbeman(a)theestopinalgroup.com&gt; 
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  The difference between "real" holidays and
"made up" Holidays
 seems to be: if the Holiday was "made up" before you were born,
 then it's real (like Mother's Day, which was instituted by
 President Woodrow Wilson); if it was made up in your lifetime,
 then it's "not real, just made up." 
I based my statement upon information gleaned from conversations with my
customers, 80% of which are black.  Most of them think that Kwanzaa was
"made up" by retailers in order to get their money.  Some have told me that
they resent the "social engineering" aspect of Kwanzaa.  Here in the South,
there seems to be very little support of or identification with this event
among African-Americans.

...
  January 1 was "made up" into New Years Day
by an act of
 fiat; New Years Day used to be April 1. 
When and how did this happen?

...
  I believe "Father's Day" was "made
up" in the 50s...
 I hope the pattern is clear... Kwanzaa is as valid
 a Holiday as any. 
For those who celebrate it, I'm sure this is true.  It's just that I
haven't met many of them . . .

Glen
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