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Re: OTR-DNOTY

To: over-the-rhine at actwin_com
Subject: Re: OTR-DNOTY
From: Jeff Wisniewski <toast at Mcs_Net>
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 21:42:43 -0600 (CST)
In-Reply-To: <19981204.201056.4726.5.sheepfrogs at juno_com> from "ope s. yinger" at Dec 4, 98 08:06:13 pm


> Oh, and does anyone know why OTR's Christmas cd is called the "Darkest
> Night of the Year"? Christmas isn't the darkest night of the
> year......it's just the opposite. If anyone knows the reasoning behind
> the title............fill me in........:)

It's a reference to the winter solstice, which is the event that was
commemorated in just about all of the festivals and holy days and whatnot
that Christmas was "borrowed" from.

Jeff

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OTR-DNOTY

From: sheepfrogs at juno_com (ope s. yinger)

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