It was, indeed, "The Blue Carbuncle" that referred the Christmas Goose(inside
which, the gem was found) and not Easter.
Wishing all Holmesians "A Merry Christmas!"

Anand Balachandran Pillai <abpillai@...> wrote:
Hi Sherlockians,

This is the season of Christmas and thanks-giving. In this
context, I was wondering how Watson and Holmes would have celebrated
their Christmas and new year, when they were bachelors staying
together (before the advent of Mary Morsten) ?

That brings to a related topic. How religious were they ?
Watson gave a pretty good analysis
of Holme's strengths in various areas, but I dont seem to recall any
mention of the extent of his
religious faith. From their names, we should of course assume they
were Christians and Catholic
in that.

The only story I can recall were something close to Christmas is
mentioned is the story of
the Blue Carbuncle, which involves the dead goose. Or was it Easter ?
I am slightly confused.

Won't this be an interesting topic to comment on towards the end
of the year ?

Merry Christmas.

--Anand

On Dec 11, 2007 9:18 PM, kumaaraswaami <kumaaraswaami@...> wrote:
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> Doyle may be a patriot. But it's simply from Holmsian observations on
> Holmes findable that Holmes was not a patriot. But in the stories like
> 'The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans', 'Naval Treaty, The
> 'Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle' etc. Or did he do all these for his
> brother Mycroft?
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--
-Anand





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