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Home >> Anything else >> Christmas 2008
05.12.2008, 11:39 quote
Post anything about Christmas here.
I'll start with a couple of question's.
Is there an "official" date for putting up the Christmas tree?
When do the twelve days of Christmas start?
05.12.2008, 11:53 quote
Youve answered your question there....the 12 days start 12 days before xmas and the traditional time for putting your tree up is 12 days before and taking it down 12 days after
Mines is up already though
05.12.2008, 11:53 quote
I have never heard the expression "twelve days of Christmas" but I am curious to find out...
About the official date to put up a Christmas three: Where I come from you are supposed to put it up on the 24th, spending the afternoon to decorate it and get rid of it on 6th of January. But quite frankly I broke with that tradition as soon as I moved out. So I get one in the first week of December.
I wonder if anybody knows the tradition of Nicolaus on the 6th of December where you put out your shoes the night before (don't forget to clean them which is for some people the only occasion to do that for the entire year
) and in the morning you find sweets in them..
05.12.2008, 11:57 quote
| mimib wrote: |
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I wonder if anybody knows the tradition of Nicolaus on the 6th of December where you put out your shoes the night before (don't forget to clean them which is for some people the only occasion to do that for the entire year |
Nope, I've never heard of that one, maybe it's a German thing. It sounds good though, I wouldnt mind waking up to find my shoes filled with sweets. Yummy.
05.12.2008, 11:58 quote
If I put my shoes out, the sweets would have disentegrated/melted by morning!!!!
05.12.2008, 12:06 quote
Yep - was a great thing especially as a kid!
Maybe it is the compensation for not having the "morning surprise" on the 25th as in Germany the tradition is that Santa Clause comes in the evening of the 24th in person. And quite frankly I don't know any child that isn't intimidated by this big white bearded bloke as you not only have to face him, you also have to recite a Christmas poem and justify for the naughtiness you did in the past year before getting handed the present out...
05.12.2008, 12:07 quote
| mimib wrote: |
| Yep - was a great thing especially as a kid!
Maybe it is the compensation for not having the "morning surprise" on the 25th as in Germany the tradition is that Santa Clause comes in the evening of the 24th in person. And quite frankly I don't know any child that isn't intimidated by this big white bearded bloke as you not only have to face him, you also have to recite a Christmas poem and justify for the naughtiness you did in the past year before getting handed the present out... |
Wow! Christmas sounds like hard work over there!
05.12.2008, 12:19 quote
Well - the guessing who played the Santa Claus afterwards was always good. I remember a very fun drunk Santa Claus once(they tested the Chritmas punch all afternoon
) and one Christmas I unmasked Santa by ripping off his faked beard ...
05.12.2008, 12:26 quote
| u4ric wrote: |
| If we put our shoes out they'll get stolen |
bad neighbourhood, eh
05.12.2008, 12:29 quote
| mimib wrote: |
| I wonder if anybody knows the tradition of Nicolaus on the 6th of December where you put out your shoes the night before (don't forget to clean them which is for some people the only occasion to do that for the entire year |
My cat leaves a mouse in mine
05.12.2008, 12:34 quote
| kadushu wrote: | ||
My cat leaves a mouse in mine |
Dead or alive? Well it is a big proof of love anyway, hope you appreciate that by dispense some tuna?!!
05.12.2008, 15:14 quote
| mimib wrote: | ||
bad neighbourhood, eh ![]() |
Sure, if they wouldn't mind coming over at xmas and watching my shoes
05.12.2008, 16:10 quote
| u4ric wrote: | ||||
Sure, if they wouldn't mind coming over at xmas and watching my shoes |
It probably depends on how much your shoes are worth (current insurable value) to justify the travel expenses - but as Nicolaus is this night I guess it is on to short notice anyway...
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