X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f996b,c5a63aa6bf1d4d16 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-12-26 12:04:07 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!kibo.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!not-for-mail From: Tom Bampton Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Nerd Boy, episode 321 Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 20:04:27 -0000 Organization: Not a hell of a lot Lines: 48 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: edendev.demon.co.uk X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 1040933047 12793 193.237.172.117 (26 Dec 2002 20:04:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 20:04:07 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: MicroPlanet Gravity v2.60 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:21212 In article , claw@lords.com says... > "Tom Bampton" skrev i meddelandet > news:aublf1$pkk$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk > > "Joaquim G�ndara" wrote in message > > news:aub4qq$5vj82$1@ID-102694.news.dfncis.de... > > > ART DAY: SOME OF MY XMAS PRESENTS > > > --------------------------------- ________ o > > > > > > :) > > > > 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. The way my norwegian friend explained it was they have their xmas dinner and presents on the 24th, but he didnt know why. I thought it was a scandinavian thing, but I guess not :) Here in the UK it sort of depends. Some families open *one* present on 24th and the rest on the 25th, which is also when the dinner happens. We usually open all the presents in the morning of the 25th, then have dinner, then generally either fall asleep, watch tv, or try and play a game of some sort (which traditionally ends in an argument and various family members not talking to each other for the rest of the day ;-)..) When we were kids present opening was spread across the day. Nowadays we just dont bother and do it all at once. Oh, there's the stocking too which "santa" fills with small presents while you're asleep, so that's usually first. My mum goes a bit mad with that, to the extent that when last year I was in the US for xmas she actually put the stocking in my suitcase so I'd still have it :) > By the way, did you know that Kris Kringle and Saint Nick are actually > two different persons? Kris Kringle = Christkindl (Christ child), not > St Nikolaus. > http://www.german-way.com/german/christmas.html Who is Kris Kringle? never heard of that one before. T.