Kirk Cameron-Don't drink the koolaid and think Christmas had pagan origins.

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Especially (I'd say) if you're a stilted christian monk writing the "histories" of other religions.

Being a monk wasn't that bad in the Middle ages. Each monk of St. Gallen was granted five liters of beer a day. They brewed it themselves.

Also I remember reading that monks when visiting the diet of Worms were provided with an equal quantity of wine. Per day of course.