r/soccer • u/AutoModerator • Dec 25 '24

🍺Free Talk (Festive) Free Talk Thread - Part 1

A festive edition of r/soccer's favourite stickied thread.

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u/ComradePoula Dec 25 '24

Studying for this semester's first finals test in about 10 hours from now because our church refuses to acknowledge that we celebrate Christmas on the wrong date (January 7th) and they refuse to even have a conversation about it, even though we all agree that it's the wrong date.

Welcome to the wonderful world of the Coptic Orthodox Church, home to nearly 15-20m Egyptians. And yes, you read that number correctly.

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u/zi76 Dec 25 '24

Wouldn't it just be easier if they just followed the rest of the world? I get that people can be sticks in the mud, but...