I'm not religious. My Dad believed we lived on through our children. I'm 71, and I'm still not convinced if there is a "life hereafter". Far from it. But I enjoy Christmas music, Christmas decorations the Christmas season, Christmas trees and especially Christmas cookies!

It IS the Christmas season! It has been for all of my 71 years and for 2000+ years before that. What is wrong with that?

I haven't been in church, except for a wedding, for nearly 50 years. I seem to remember going a Christmas service in Tacoma (for the music) when I was stationed at Ft Lewis about 1973 or so.

This is the holiday for christians. Let them have their holiday and share it with them. Why do you choose to take it away from those that believe? Share in their holiday and watch it from the outside.

ENJOY WATCHING THEIR JOY! Why try to take over their holiday by usurping what they call it, or what tweeters has called it for years?

We are all different. What is important is finding common ground, not trying to deny their religion or season.

Sure glad we don't have a Lent or Easter Bird Count!

Will Markey
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> On Nov 27, 2020, at 20:00, Phil Kelley <scrubjay323 at gmail.com> wrote:

>

> 

> I prefer Christmas.

>

> Phil Kelley

>

>> On Fri, Nov 27, 2020, 7:36 PM Kevin Lucas <vikingcove at gmail.com> wrote:

>> I like Solstice Bird Count. That's actually what I've been calling CBC's for years.

>>

>> "Winter" would only apply to northern hemisphere counts.

>>

>> Kevin Lucas

>> (still in) Yakima, WA

>>

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>>> On November 27, 2020 6:20:36 PM Teresa Michelsen <teresa at avocetconsulting.com> wrote:

>>>

>>> I like both of these ideas

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> Teresa Michelsen

>>>

>>> Shelton, WA

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> From: Tweeters <tweeters-bounces at mailman11.u.washington.edu> On Behalf Of Laurie C Beden

>>> Sent: Friday, November 27, 2020 6:04 PM

>>> To: jstewart at olympus.net

>>> Cc: somegum2 at hotmail.com; Jane Hadley <hadleyj1725 at gmail.com>; Tweeters, Dear <tweeters at u.washington.edu>

>>> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Christmas Bird Counts this year

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> Or Solstice?

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> On Nov 27, 2020, at 4:43 PM, jstewart at olympus.net wrote:

>>>

>>> 

>>>

>>> Has anyone else thought we should rename the 'Christmas Bird Count' the 'Winter Bird Count'?

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> Wings,

>>>

>>> Jan

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> Jan Stewart

>>>

>>> 922 E. Spruce Street

>>>

>>> Sequim, WA 98382-3518

>>>

>>> (360) 681-2827

>>>

>>> jstewart at olympus.net

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> From: Tweeters <tweeters-bounces at mailman11.u.washington.edu> On Behalf Of Jane Hadley

>>> Sent: Friday, November 27, 2020 3:20 PM

>>> To: somegum2 at hotmail.com; Tweeters, Dear <tweeters at u.washington.edu>

>>> Subject: [Tweeters] Christmas Bird Counts this year

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> Dear Tweeters - As many of you know, every year, WOS gathers information about the 45+ Christmas Bird Counts around the state and publishes that information on the WOS web site. For the past several years, Jim Danzenbaker has been the volunteer gathering this information, so thanks to Jim for this valuable service.

>>>

>>> Jim is close to finishing up this year's list and WOS will publish this information as soon as it is available. Jim says most CBCs ARE happening this year; only a handful have been cancelled.

>>>

>>> The URL for WOS's CBC page is: https://wos.org/cbc/

>>>

>>> Or you can just go to the WOS home page at https://wos.org and look under the Activities menu.

>>>

>>> Jane Hadley

>>>

>>> Seattle, WA

>>>

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