# Other "-mas" Holidays

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-mas-holidays/12082>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 17, 1999, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-mas-holidays/12082 "1999-12-17T16:47:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 1999, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-mas-holidays/12082/1 "1999-12-17T16:47:00Z")

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Tomorrow is **Sex** mas. 11 years ago on December 18, El Hubbo and I first danced the horizontal mambo.

Sunday is **Crease** mas. 1 year ago on December 19, we brought our Cardigan Welsh Corgi, “Crease” home.

Are we the only goobers who have our own holidays?

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**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 1999, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-mas-holidays/12082/2 "1999-12-17T17:00:00Z")

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Your local parish must be very accommadating. Is Sexmass in Latin or the Vulgate?

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Elmer J. Fudd,  
Millionaire.  
I own a mansion and a yacht.

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 1999, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-mas-holidays/12082/3 "1999-12-17T17:01:00Z")

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A Festivas for the rest of us!

Let the calisthenics begin!

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TT

“Believe those who seek the truth.  
Doubt those who find it.” --Andre Gide

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 1999, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-mas-holidays/12082/4 "1999-12-17T17:39:00Z")

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¡No celebro no más!

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“There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences.”  
~P.J. O’Rourke~

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**Author:** ![dwtno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@dwtno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwtno)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 1999, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-mas-holidays/12082/5 "1999-12-17T17:50:00Z")

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There really _are_ other -mas holidays! Christmas is, literally Christ’s Mass. Michaelmas, likewise, is celebrated on the feast day of the Archangel St. Michael (September 29). It’s usually associated with some sort of harvest festival.

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**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 1999, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-mas-holidays/12082/6 "1999-12-17T20:03:00Z")

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How about candlemas? It’s also called Imbolc and it’s around Feb 2. It is what Groundhog’s Day is associated with.

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