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>>>>> "John" == John Dahl <jsd@efn.org> writes:

    John> 2.  Easter comes from -Eostre-, an Anglo-Saxon goddess of
    John> the dawn. In pagan times an annual spring festival was held
    John> in her honor. Some easter customs have come from this and
    John> other pre-Christian spring festivals. Sure sounds like a
    John> holy day to me.

Eos was the Greek goddess of the dawn.  I suspect that the Anglo-Saxon
name and deity has an older origin.

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