3rd March 2003, 9:47 AM
Yes it's quite well known that Christmas was invented by early Christians for the purpose of being able to have a holiday without drawing suspicion, or fire :D.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)