Re: Religion returns to Easter

In article <frkm1k$grv$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Keith F. Lynch <kfl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>betsy <betsy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> the public university i currently work for is giving us good friday
>> off as "floating holiday", which i believe translates to: "we are
>> giving people good friday off but we have to claim it's for some
>> non-religious reason because of that pesky separation of church and
>> state thing".
>
>(Shift key broken?)
>
>Do they give Christmas off?  If so, what do they call it?

Dunno, but there's a play called _The Potting Shed_ in which a
family of really determined atheists celebrates Christmas but
calls it Children's Day.  

Dorothy J. Heydt
Albany, California
djheydt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]