# december 25

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-25/826134>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [December 14, 2018, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-25/826134 "2018-12-14T19:52:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![fedman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/278dde/32.png) [@fedman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-25/826134/1 "2018-12-14T19:52:50Z")

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one theory that I’ve encountered is that tax time occurred after herds slaughter, usually in fall (if you ever lived in rural area, pigs, cattle, et al were all slaughtered in fall(cold) weather, hence lack of meat in warm months), hence September/October–which works astrologically as Virgo(virgin) or Libra (scales of justice).

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-25/826134/2 "2018-12-14T20:21:49Z")

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What column is this related to?

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**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/december-25/826134/3 "2018-12-14T20:36:39Z")

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