--- /usr/lib/python2.5/calendar.py~	2007-11-04 02:44:03.000000000 +0100
+++ /usr/lib/python2.5/calendar.py	2007-11-04 02:49:10.000000000 +0100
@@ -502,9 +502,11 @@
 
     def __init__(self, firstweekday=0, locale=None):
         TextCalendar.__init__(self, firstweekday)
-        if locale is None:
-            locale = locale.getdefaultlocale()
-        self.locale = locale
+        lok = locale
+        if lok is None:
+            import locale
+            lok = locale.getdefaultlocale()
+        self.locale = lok
 
     def formatweekday(self, day, width):
         with TimeEncoding(self.locale) as encoding: