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]]> By: Romer!can http://romerican.com/2009/01/05/of-goats-and-bears/comment-page-1/#comment-107725 Romer!can Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:58:24 +0000 http://romerican.com/?p=667#comment-107725 Ubu - I'm right there with ya! That's why I included Sol Invictus and sprinkled some sarcasm about shopperism and ol' JC. Most of my regular readers are astute enough to know what you and I are agreeing on. But, then again, there's always the fly-by visitors who get confused or offended in their own ignorance, so keep it comin! Ubu – I’m right there with ya! That’s why I included Sol Invictus and sprinkled some sarcasm about shopperism and ol’ JC. Most of my regular readers are astute enough to know what you and I are agreeing on. But, then again, there’s always the fly-by visitors who get confused or offended in their own ignorance, so keep it comin!

]]> By: Ubu http://romerican.com/2009/01/05/of-goats-and-bears/comment-page-1/#comment-107644 Ubu Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:53:59 +0000 http://romerican.com/?p=667#comment-107644 Actually, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QGa_1bR7NM" rel="nofollow">The Bear</a> (but also <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKhe_jpecWg" rel="nofollow">The Goat</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFmsk1TqEBY" rel="nofollow">The Little Plough</a>, etc) is a pagan, pre-Christian tradition, connected with the winter solstice celebration and not with the birth of Jesus. This stuff is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Antiqua_Valachorum#Content_and_description" rel="nofollow">older</a> than you think, it has nothing to do with consumerism or baby Jesus. Actually, The Bear (but also The Goat, The Little Plough, etc) is a pagan, pre-Christian tradition, connected with the winter solstice celebration and not with the birth of Jesus.

This stuff is older than you think, it has nothing to do with consumerism or baby Jesus.

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