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Originally Posted by Paq
never occurred to me that lent was even a major religious holiday until 2 yrs ago when i was in NYC and saw people walking around wtih ash crosses o ntheir heads. My friend and i thought something was really odd and it wasn't until days later that i figured out it was Lent and mostly catholics were celebrating..
Just shows how few catholics there are in the south...
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It's funny you should mention this. The first time I ever saw anyone with ash on their forehead was after I moved to the South after having lived in Utah my whole life. I asked my coworkers why everyone had dots on their heads and it was all explained to me. Yesterday was the first time I've ever seen a Utahn with ash. EVER.
As for me, I've never given anything up for Lent. I can see the benefit even though I'm not religious, but I'm not giving anything up this year. Perhaps next year.