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Post by gogonutz on Dec 25, 2005 20:22:56 GMT -5
Christmis Eve yeah, but Americans have Christmas eve too, right.. Most Dutch people just eat and are together on christmas but we don't have the whole celebration thing.. We prefer Sinterklaas  (which is actually the original festivities, but when the Dutch introduced that to the Manhattan people (when that was still in our hands, lol) they didn't understand so they incorporated it with Christmas.. and that's how Santa was born.. Santa Claus comes from our Sinterklaas .. Which is on the night from 5 - 6 december.. ) |
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Post by gurlnlifemagazine on Dec 25, 2005 22:43:27 GMT -5
Christmas Eve, New Years Eve and this year I heard alot of Thanksgiving Eve  |
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Post by gogonutz on Dec 25, 2005 23:15:04 GMT -5
Adam & Eve?
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Post by savemeimdtba on Dec 25, 2005 23:51:13 GMT -5
I'm a little late, but Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays everyone! Hope you all had and continue to have a wonderful holiday season <3 much love!
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Post by Sweet Intoxication on Dec 26, 2005 7:20:52 GMT -5
On Christmas Eve we don't really do anything speshal. Just wrap presents and go for a drink. I spent the morning at work, the evening with Matt and the night in the pub... so it was a pretty normal day for me |
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Post by aminta on Dec 26, 2005 9:47:36 GMT -5
We prefer Sinterklaas (which is actually the original festivities, but when the Dutch introduced that to the Manhattan people (when that was still in our hands, lol) they didn't understand so they incorporated it with Christmas.. and that's how Santa was born.. Santa Claus comes from our Sinterklaas .. Which is on the night from 5 - 6 december.. ) We also celebrate on the night from 5 - 6 December, it's called 'Mikolajki' (Mikolaj = Santa Claus) . So you see, Santa visits us two times in December, on 'Mikolajki' he is supposed to come in the middle of the night and leave small gifts in our shoes or, as some prefer, under our pillow. And so we become more presents ;D because December 6th is originally celebrated as Santa's day in the church calendar. As to Christmas eve, we have special food for this one unique evening of the year, and we're supposed not to drink alcohol (well, maybe till late in the evening... ) No pubs then... |
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Post by gogonutz on Dec 26, 2005 10:58:56 GMT -5
not Santa, St. Nicholas .. but Santa's name comes from this guy.. |
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Post by joana on Dec 27, 2005 18:52:03 GMT -5
We celebrate Christmas also on 25 and 26, but it starts for us on 24, and for me that's the most important day. around here the most important day is christmas eve. we have a big dinner and open the presents and by midnight some people still go to the church. we also celebrate on 25, but isn't the same that is on 24. i hope that everyone had a great christmas  |
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Post by gogonutz on Dec 27, 2005 18:59:50 GMT -5
yeah.. church is on xmas eve here too.. and i guess the people that actually do the presents thing do it on xmas eve or 25th in the morning.. but i don't see how that's so different from the US.. xmas starts on xmas eve there too
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Post by kristin on Dec 28, 2005 12:56:11 GMT -5
The opening-presents-on-Christmas Eve is also a Norwegian thing On the evening the 24th we have a nice Christmas dinner, then we sit down, after a lil while we have coffe and cakes(for those who can stand it after that dinner) then we open presents around 19-20ish. Traditionally, Norwegian santas(or "nisser") are little rascals that will do a lot of mischief if you don't give them porrigde on Christmas Eve. They'll take your keys, upset the animals etc etc. Otherwise they'd help you I think... Don't really remember... They mix them up with Santa Claus. And they've got green coats, not red Though Christmas may be over before easter (a song here says it isn't), I'd say it isn't really over 'till new years, so merry Christmas and a happy new year everyone! |
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Post by Lillayalli on Dec 29, 2005 14:07:25 GMT -5
wow there's more polishmen (lol) then i thought i'm russian-polish Kristen i was wondering what is the meal you doing on Xmas? something special i guess |
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Post by Lillayalli on Dec 29, 2005 14:18:58 GMT -5
not Santa, St. Nicholas .. but Santa's name comes from this guy.. Uh-huh actually Santa=Saint and Nicholas= Nikolaus,Claas, Claus, etc. interesting, but he lived in the place (don't remember an old name) that currently names Turkey, right Koen? You suppose to know where exactly you're an archeologist |
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Post by gogonutz on Dec 29, 2005 14:42:12 GMT -5
yeah, Santa Claus comes from "Sinterklaas" but the english-speaking people couldn't pronounce that And yeah, Sinterklaas/St. Nicholas comes from Myra in Turkey.. The funny thing is that in Myra/Turkey they call him Noel Baba (Father Christmas). We celebrate Sinterklaas on the night of dec5 - dec6 cause he died on Dec. 6th in AD 342. So actually Santa isn't from the North Pole, he's from Turkey, lol... and another thing, St. Nicholas doesn't really exist anymore.. it's just Nicholas, cause since 1970 he was removed from the list of officially recognzed saints, published by the Vatican. |
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Post by Lillayalli on Dec 29, 2005 14:52:46 GMT -5
and another thing, St. Nicholas doesn't really exist anymore.. it's just Nicholas, cause since 1970 he was removed from the list of officially recognzed saints, published by the Vatican. That explains why I dont get any presents on Xmas ;D thanks for the survey Koen |
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Post by gogonutz on Dec 29, 2005 18:39:38 GMT -5
hehe.. I had to look up a few things lol.. I have this book about the area of Myra so I thought it'd say some things about this.. and it did |
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(which is actually the original festivities, but when the Dutch introduced that to the Manhattan people (when that was still in our hands, lol) they didn't understand so they incorporated it with Christmas.. and that's how Santa was born.. Santa Claus comes from our Sinterklaas 
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