Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 24th Dec 2007 20:24 UTC
From the OSNews team, we'd like to wish everyone a merry Christmas (it's Christmas Eve in my country already), or a happy whatever other holiday you might celebrate; it so happens that Hanukkah and Eid ul-Adha have already passed, so my best wishes are in retrospect if you practice the Jewish or Muslim religion. These matters are always like tight-rope walking on the internet, but I'd like to say one thing: please, emphasize not our differences, but celebrate our similarities. And yes, even if you are not religious (like myself), I'd still like to wish you very happy holidays. Enjoy the food, but realise this.
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It is outside Scandinavia.
Jul (Yule) is the old heathen solstice celebration. It can - in English - be used as a generic and neutral term for Christmas (Kristmesse).
However, it doesn't mean that the traditions of Scandinavian Jul (Jól in Faroese and Icelandic) are pagan in themselves. Just that we have blended pagan traditions with traditions from Christianity, and that we use a pagan word for our "Christmas" (like the Yule Buck (Julebuk)). I think it's beautiful 
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...as a Christian from Denmark (yes, the capital of Stockholm
) I just want to wish you all a:
Merry Yule!
(And yes, I know it's mostly for pagans when outside of Scandinavia, but I'm not outside of Scandinavia).