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		shortrounddev2 33 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Advent of Code 2025: Number of puzzles reduce from... I thought the purpose was to be a fun thing we used to kill time over the holidays

TeMPOraL 32 days ago [–]

Christian holidays are not meant to be fun; literally, the whole theme is about sins, suffering and death (or in this case, being born into life of suffering and culminating with death).

shortrounddev2 32 days ago | [–]

I think the majority of people celebrating christmas are not doing so for religious reasons

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