Also, as full disclosure, let me mention that in the interest of sharing multicultural information & commentary, I re-posted some of my comments on this thread on this page from my website:

http://www.cocojams.com/celebrations_and_holidays.htm

Also, with his prior permission, I re-posted two comments from this discussion that were written by another Mudcat member. A comment from this thread that was written by a Guest was also re-posted on that same Cocojams page. This was done in accordance with my agreement with Joe Offer for use of Mudcat posts from Guests {non-members}and Members in my writing projects.