At 17:09 28/08/01 -0400, you wrote:
Assuming in the Federation there is a 'general spend your money and buy gifts for everyone' festival, any ideas?
I would probably go for New Year. It's close to Christmas, and when active worship was banned (to whatever extent it was) it would make sense to me to move the secular Christmas activites to a nearby pre-established fetival with less overtly religious overtones.
Jacqui
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