"John H." wrote in message
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On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 17:53:59 -0500, thunder
wrote:

On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 11:35:43 -0500, John H. wrote:


Well, JC, I'm glad for you. You have no beliefs to be disparaged. I
hope
the celebration of Christmas by about 90% of the US doesn't upset you
too
much.

I suspect more than 90% celebrate Christmas, but then you don't need to
be
a Christian to celebrate it, do you? According to the CIA factbook, only
80% of the population is Christian.

Protestant 52%, Roman Catholic 24%, Mormon 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 1%,
other 10%, none 10% (2002 est.)

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/...k/geos/us.html

My dentist celebrates Christmas, tree, presents for her kids, office
decorations, etc. and she's a
Muslim from Iran. The family just liked the traditions, and so did their
kids (duh!).

Muslims also celebrate Easter (at least they did the time I was in Egypt)

--
John Herring

Hope your Christmas is Spectacular,
and your New Year even Better!