Happy Holidays in Your Culture (39)
felixis99: Do you have your Christmas Tree yet? When do you get it? How do you celebrate Christmas in your country?
Do you cleebrate it even if you are not Christian? (that's OK yanno)
Do you cleebrate it even if you are not Christian? (that's OK yanno)
What bothers me how some people think they can celebrate Christmas whenever they want to. We do it the right way here on the 25th December, but in Russia they celebrate it on January the 7th and in parts of the Middle East their Christmas is on September the 11th.
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mollybaby: I like Christmas.
I love the lights, the atmosphere, the christmas carols, the whole thing.
Normally, we have Christmas in my parents' house, with my dad cooking up a storm, but this year we are going to go to a hotel and have the dinner there.
Ireland, unlike the US and many other countries, practically totally closes down for Christmas Day.
It is considered a family holiday for everybody.
There are no pubs open, no shops, no restaurants, and many hotels also close down.
So there are only limited places to eat and drink outside of the family home, and they charge well for the pleasure then!
Pubs reopen on St Stephen's Day, very busy that evening. Shops and hotels could open anytime in the following few days.
Then the Sales begin!
I love the lights, the atmosphere, the christmas carols, the whole thing.
Normally, we have Christmas in my parents' house, with my dad cooking up a storm, but this year we are going to go to a hotel and have the dinner there.
Ireland, unlike the US and many other countries, practically totally closes down for Christmas Day.
It is considered a family holiday for everybody.
There are no pubs open, no shops, no restaurants, and many hotels also close down.
So there are only limited places to eat and drink outside of the family home, and they charge well for the pleasure then!
Pubs reopen on St Stephen's Day, very busy that evening. Shops and hotels could open anytime in the following few days.
Then the Sales begin!
our after Christmas sales begin on the 26th and it's almost as bad as black friday...lol. Here in the US pretty much everything closes down on Christmas Day also. There might be a few bars (pubs) or convenience stores (corner shops) open but not many and that's about it.
Most people exchange gifts Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. I have lights on my tree, and sometimes in my window. A lot of people like to drive out to the country to see what people have done with the lights on their homes. There are some that turn their house and property into a veritable festival of lights
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Obstinance_Works: What bothers me how some people think they can celebrate Christmas whenever they want to. We do it the right way here on the 25th December, but in Russia they celebrate it on January the 7th and in parts of the Middle East their Christmas is on September the 11th.
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Obstinance_Works: What bothers me how some people think they can celebrate Christmas whenever they want to. We do it the right way here on the 25th December, but in Russia they celebrate it on January the 7th and in parts of the Middle East their Christmas is on September the 11th.
I think the birth of Jesus was actually in the equivalent of our summer months....our choice of Dec 25th has more to do with assimilating cultural / local festivals while accommodating new Christian converts. IDK why it is on those other days in other countries, but really, who cares?
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Dedovix: Someone whit whom I`ll go to bed and wake up to for the rest of my life ( hoping she won`t kill me after two nights of disappointing 25 seconds of wild ,breathtaking humping)...
if you can make that 30 seconds I believe you will live a long life
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felixis99: if you can make that 30 seconds I believe you will live a long life
Maybe If I start thinking about baseball during performance...
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Obstinance_Works: What bothers me how some people think they can celebrate Christmas whenever they want to. We do it the right way here on the 25th December, but in Russia they celebrate it on January the 7th and in parts of the Middle East their Christmas is on September the 11th.
This was an extra bonus when I was married to a Ukrainian/Russian because we celebrated on December 25th and January 7th.
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I think the birth of Jesus was actually in the equivalent of our summer months....our choice of Dec 25th has more to do with assimilating cultural / local festivals while accommodating new Christian converts. IDK why it is on those other days in other countries, but really, who cares?[/quote
I think because of the split 1000 years ago that became
the Eastern Orthodox Church.
I think because of the split 1000 years ago that becamethe Eastern Orthodox Church.
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Dedovix: Maybe If I start thinking about baseball during performance...
Many men in Ireland think about our local gaelic games.
It works
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felixis99: our after Christmas sales begin on the 26th and it's almost as bad as black friday...lol. Here in the US pretty much everything closes down on Christmas Day also. There might be a few bars (pubs) or convenience stores (corner shops) open but not many and that's about it.
Most people exchange gifts Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. I have lights on my tree, and sometimes in my window. A lot of people like to drive out to the country to see what people have done with the lights on their homes. There are some that turn their house and property into a veritable festival of lights
Most people exchange gifts Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. I have lights on my tree, and sometimes in my window. A lot of people like to drive out to the country to see what people have done with the lights on their homes. There are some that turn their house and property into a veritable festival of lights
We have Christmas trees with lights and decorations also, and people also put electric candles in the windows (these look very welcoming! )
It is only relatively recently that outdoor lighting became fashionable, it was nearly non-existent when we were younger.
Outdoor lighting can be lovely, but of course there are always the uncreative people who put up more, and more garish, to make up for lack of taste!
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mollybaby: We have Christmas trees with lights and decorations also, and people also put electric candles in the windows (these look very welcoming! )
It is only relatively recently that outdoor lighting became fashionable, it was nearly non-existent when we were younger.
Outdoor lighting can be lovely, but of course there are always the uncreative people who put up more, and more garish, to make up for lack of taste!
i put a red light.outside my door......It is only relatively recently that outdoor lighting became fashionable, it was nearly non-existent when we were younger.
Outdoor lighting can be lovely, but of course there are always the uncreative people who put up more, and more garish, to make up for lack of taste!
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truheart1941: i put a red light.outside my door......
Do you also sit naked on your window?
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mollybaby: We have Christmas trees with lights and decorations also, and people also put electric candles in the windows (these look very welcoming! )
It is only relatively recently that outdoor lighting became fashionable, it was nearly non-existent when we were younger.
Outdoor lighting can be lovely, but of course there are always the uncreative people who put up more, and more garish, to make up for lack of taste!
It is only relatively recently that outdoor lighting became fashionable, it was nearly non-existent when we were younger.
Outdoor lighting can be lovely, but of course there are always the uncreative people who put up more, and more garish, to make up for lack of taste!
Oh my g'ness...I'll have to get my camera out and post up some pictures...we have outdoor christmas lighting around here that you just would not believe (I can hardly believe my own eyes sometimes and I live here)lol
this is the only time of year it's not considered trashy.....for some reason it's OK to have a quarter acre (or more) or purple, pink, blue and chartruese blinking lights at Christmas. yup, we've gotta few traffic stoppers around here...
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mollybaby: Do you also sit naked on your window?
perish the thought
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pedalguy59: I think the birth of Jesus was actually in the equivalent of our summer months....our choice of Dec 25th has more to do with assimilating cultural / local festivals while accommodating new Christian converts. IDK why it is on those other days in other countries, but really, who cares?[/quote
I think because of the split 1000 years ago that became
the Eastern Orthodox Church.
I think because of the split 1000 years ago that became
the Eastern Orthodox Church.
maybe....IDK really , I just have a memory of a Sunday school teacher telling us Dec 25th really wasn't Jesus' birthday....it's just when we celebrate it. She also told us that it actually took the 3 wisemen several months to find Jesus....so the whole nativity is kind of a compilation. my mom liked her, so I figured here stories were probably OK :)
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I haven't bothered to put up a tree in years.To me the holidays are just like any other day.
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Dedovix: Maybe If I start thinking about baseball during performance...
or Jolly Old St Nick...I think his red velvet bloomers and a furry white beard might slow you down a bit..lol
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Ccincy: I haven't bothered to put up a tree in years.To me the holidays are just like any other day.
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