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 Message 241,740 of 243,097 
 Keith Thompson to Kaz Kylheku 
 Re: Why do programmers confuse Halloween 
 01 Nov 25 03:47:25 
 
XPost: comp.lang.c++
From: Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com

Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> writes:
> On 2025-11-01, Lynn McGuire  wrote:
>> Why do programmers confuse Halloween with Christmas?
>>
>> Because 31 OCT = 25 DEC
>
> It's not that programmer confuse them; rather, the above is the key to
> the mystical link between the two. It's the underpinning for why Tim
> Burton's _The Nightmare Before Christmas_ makes sense.
>
> I went trick-or-treating today with the kids; there was someone in
> a Santa suit!

I had a trick-or-treater call me Santa.

"Ho ho ho *ahem* no, no, no!"

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