X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,c5a63aa6bf1d4d16 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-12-25 11:23:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!colt.net!news.tele.dk!not-for-mail From: "CeeJay" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art References: Subject: Re: Nerd Boy, episode 321 Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2002 20:23:10 +0100 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Lines: 32 Message-ID: <3e0a0598$0$35879$edfadb0f@dread15.news.tele.dk> Organization: TDC Internet NNTP-Posting-Host: 131.164.157.225 X-Trace: 1040844184 dread15.news.tele.dk 35879 131.164.157.225 X-Complaints-To: abuse@post.tele.dk Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:21207 >> I only found out yesterday that you guys do the christmas thing on >> 24th. Do you know why? Nobody seemed to know when we were talking >> about it yesterday. > > My guess is because it's the way they do it in Germany, the home of > der Tannenbaum and Saint Nick. If I'm not entirely mistaken, they open > their presents on the night between the 24th and 25th. Not exactly how > we do it; we can't wait till nightfall, but then again it's always > dark as night at winter around here. We opened our presents yesterday on the 24th around 8 o'clock in the evening. It's the way it's done here in Denmark. You spend the day with your family and go to church during the day .. when the evening comes you gather and eat christmas dinner , cookies , chocolate , marcipan .. etc. Then you join hands and dance/walk around the christmas tree singing. Then you a place to sit down while some of the more impatient (usually the younger) looks at each present and reads it's to/from label and brings the presents to the people they are for. When all presents are delivered they also sit down themselves to open all the presents they recieved. Around midnight people go home or go into town to continue celebrating depending on preference. Merry Christmas. CeeJay