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Explain this holiday to me now, please. You know the one. The one with snow and trees and overweight men in bad suits with worse facial hair. I'm new! I don't know these things!

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[jarodpretends.livejournal.com]

Well, sure. The hat would fall right off the first time he tried to climb through a window.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Although not as bad as if he'd been Pope at the time.

Which does bring up the question, why does the bishop get to be a saint? What was up with the pope? Was he slacking?

[jarodpretends.livejournal.com]

You're asking me?

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

*grins* I'm asking the world.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_wespryce/]

If Popes automatically became Saints, then there would be two Borgia saints instead of only one. According to the Catholic Church, you reach Heaven based on your own efforts, not on your worldly station.

I suppose I'm Anglican myself. It's a tradition, although one observed mostly when we're sneaking into churches to steal Holy Water by the gallon in theory rather than in practice.