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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I never hear "Happy Ramadan" during the December holiday season. Perhaps you're thinking of Diwali?[/quote]

No.

When I was in college and as a young adult and the whole PC movement was setting in there was a whole movement of either not wishing Merry Christmas/Happy Hannukah without including Happy Ramadan. I remember lots of discussion about this.

Perhaps since Ramadan moves that time just happened to have Ramadan falling around those other holidays.

It was around the time of the Seinfeld Festivus for the Restuvus episode :)

This was mine and many others first introduction to Ramadan, and until I moved to this area I had no idea it did jot occur in the middle of the Christmas/Hannukah season.

I bet if you took a survey there is a significant number of people in my age group who did not grow up around muslims who do indeed believe that Ramadan is a holiday that buts upto Christmas. I can't tell you how many people who have come up to me after moving to this area and said "Huh. Who knew? Ramadan is in the summer."

I would also bet there is a very large number about 10-25 years older than me who will argue until their faces turn blue that Ramadan is a winter holiday.[/quote]

PP, I think you are probably the same age as I am... when I was in college, Ramadan fell right around Christmas. I remember this because my friends of all different faiths came over to my house and we made "Christmas/Hannukah/Ramadan" cookies and even mailed some of them to her family. [/quote]

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