Happy holidays (part 3, since I missed Eid al-Fitr and the first night of Chanukah)

The actual solar event seems to have happened well before sunrise for North America [!] but... Happy Yule to all, and to all a good long night. Geekage: http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/seasons_orbit.html

Yuletide at work, oh the joy.

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Hee! Elsa-at-work got me a present for the holidays:


Hey, sosirius! Tell the kids they don't have to plant those hoops anymore! ;)


I succumbed. The questions are pretty good....

( 2003: The Year in Review )

So I'm trying to be a good little vampire and work on my powers and biting people and such, except there's such a BLUIDY (no pun intended) traffic jam around where I'm trying to go, I'm wondering if it's worth bothering with right now! [glares randomly]

I knew I posted too soon....

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I got in a mood to discuss the holidays I missed referencing when they occurred/started.

Tuesday the 25th of November, 2003 (Shawwal 1, 1424) - very late! Click on the stamp for its story and information about the holiday. Check out the delightful celebratory decorations at Eid Stuff. Help stomp on religious bigotry by voting 'No' in the webpoll at About.com.

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December 19-27, 2003 (25th of Kislev, 5764) (I hope I've got the right number of candles for today!) Click on the menorah for a delightful child-scaled webpage (very nicely coded, btw) about the story of the miracle which became the celebration of Chanukah (however you spell it). heidi8 found it first.