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Happy dia de los inocentes (I hate it) (lemmy.ml)

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[–] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I was out of the loop on this one.

https://www.learnreligions.com/dia-de-los-santos-inocentes-day-of-the-holy-innocents-3083261

[–] AlfredEinstein@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Interesting article. I'm surprised it didn't mention the connection American Catholics make between the Day of the Holy Innocents and abortion.

[–] AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing, you filled me in too

[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

is named in honor of the young children who were slaughtered by order of King Herod

Wtf

[–] fluckx@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

In Belgium it's (often) referred to as the day of the "stupid" children. Because you'd have to be pretty stupid to be born on the day all the newborns were to be slaughtered.