This is why California public policy is so screwed up; they spend their time 
reading and sharing stuff like the attached.  Enjoy, anyway!
---------------------- Forwarded by Carolyn Green/HOU/AZURIX on 12/15/99 
01:18 PM ---------------------------





"Vic Weisser" <vicw@cceeb.org> on 12/15/99 11:48:11 AM

	
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Subject:	Another Corporate Merger - Chrisnuka!!  ALL SCROOGES DELETE!






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Victor Weisser
California Council for Environmental and Economic Balance
100 Spear Street
Suite 805
San Francisco, California 94105
415/512-7890   Extension 16
vicw@cceeb.org

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Continuing the current trend of large-scale mergers and acquisitions, it was
announced today at a press conference that Christmas and Chanukah will
merge.  The new mega-holiday will be know as Chrisnuka
>
An industry source said that the deal had been in the works for about 1300
years, ever since the rise of the Muslim Empire.
>
While details were not available at press time, it is believed that the
overhead cost of having twelve days of Christmas and eight days of Chanukah
was becoming prohibitive for both sides. By combining forces, we're  told,
the world will be able to enjoy consistently high-quality service during the
Fifteen Days of Chrisnukah, as the new holiday is being called.  Massive
layoffs are expected, with lords a-leaping and maids a-milking being the
hardest hit. As part of the conditions of the agreement, the letters on the
dreydl, currently in Hebrew, will be replaced by Latin, thus becoming
unintelligible to a wider audience.
>
Also, instead of translating to "A great miracle happened there," the
message on the dreydl will be the more generic "Miraculous stuff happens."
In exchange, it is believed that Jews will be allowed to use Santa Claus and
his vast merchandising resources for buying and delivering their gifts.  In
fact, one of the sticking points holding up the agreement for at least three
hundred years was the question of whether Jewish children could leave milk
and cookies for Santa even after having eaten meat for dinner. A
breakthrough came last year, when Oreos were finally declared to be Kosher.
All sides appeared happy about this.
>
A spokesman for Christmas, Inc., declined to say whether a takeover of
Kwanzaa might not be in the works as well.  He merely pointed out that, were
it not for the independent existence of Kwanzaa, the merger between
Christmas and Chanukah might indeed be seen as an unfair cornering of the
holiday market. Fortunately for all concerned, he said, Kwanzaa will help to
maintain the competitive balance.
>
>He then closed the press conference by leading all present in a rousing
rendition of "Oy, Come All  Ye Faithful."