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<p class="MsoNormal"><font> </font></p><font>From:</font><span></span><span></span><span> </span><span class="gI"><span class="gD">Michael Everson</span> <span class="go"><a href="mailto:everson@evertype.com">everson@evertype.com</a></span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span>
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Subject: </font><span class="gI">LL-L 'Traditions' 2010.12.23 (03) [EN]</span><br><span>
  <br></span><div class="im">On 23 Dec 2011, at 23:11, Lowlands-L wrote:<br>
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> Question: Is this tradition found in the rest of the 
English-speaking world? If so, is it an American importation, or does it
 go back to British customs?<br>
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</div>Informants in Ireland say that it is a very recent import, 
evidently from America. Certainly if there were a British analogue it 
would have to be named for Father Christmas.<br><br><div class="yj6qo ajU"><div id=":13n" class="ajR" tabindex="0"><img class="ajT" src="images/cleardot.gif"><br><span class="HOEnZb adL"><font color="#888888">Michael Everson * <a href="http://www.evertype.com/" target="_blank">http://www.evertype.com/</a></font></span><br>

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