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Old 09-24-2010, 06:00 AM   #16
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You celebrate Christmas in Scotland? I though that the Scots held all celebrations for the 31st...
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Old 09-24-2010, 06:06 AM   #17
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That used to be the case when we first moved up here - most of the guys at work would rather have Hogmanay off.

Gradually, though, the trend favoured Christmas more and more; irrespective of them having kids etc - and it looks as though that trend, in this area, seems more accepted in the wider society.
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Old 09-24-2010, 09:52 AM   #18
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This is my cue to say "when I was young..." Pfft!

Anyway, they used to wait until after Thanksgiving (late November for non-Yanks) to put up all the Christmas stuff, but we're starting to see it now. But people will put off the lights until after Halloween, because they need to put up Halloween lights! (They're mostly orange with some other colors, e.g. purple and green, in case you were wondering.)
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Old 09-24-2010, 10:33 AM   #19
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Is Christmas celebrated in Denmark in a similar way to England?
They celebrate England in Denmark ??

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That used to be the case when we first moved up here - most of the guys at work would rather have Hogmanay off.

Gradually, though, the trend favoured Christmas more and more; irrespective of them having kids etc - and it looks as though that trend, in this area, seems more accepted in the wider society.
My memory is that Christmas was a quiet(er) family affair, whereas hogmanay was more of a general community celebration (and hence the need for the extra day's holiday to "recover").
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Old 09-24-2010, 10:39 AM   #20
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I've begun a new Christmas tradition - watching the DVD of Terry Pratchett's marvelous Hogfather! If you haven't seen this - you're in for a treat!
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Old 09-24-2010, 10:41 AM   #21
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We've still that one to watch - The Colour of Magic was good - mind we'd watch anything that starred David Jason !
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Old 09-24-2010, 10:45 AM   #22
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I've begun a new Christmas tradition - watching the DVD of Terry Pratchett's marvelous Hogfather! If you haven't seen this - you're in for a treat!
Excellent movie.

(Not quite as good as the book, of course, but much better than I had expected.)
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Old 09-24-2010, 10:45 AM   #23
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At least the village where I live is pretty "traditional" still. They don't put up lights and a Christmas tree until about a week before Christmas.
That must be nice. Here in the US it's take down the Halloween ghosts and ghoulies, and put up Santa and the reindeer.
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Old 09-24-2010, 10:49 AM   #24
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They celebrate England in Denmark ??
It is by me
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Old 09-24-2010, 10:51 AM   #25
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You celebrate Christmas in Scotland? I though that the Scots held all celebrations for the 31st...
I thought they grabbed any opportunity to party and celebrated christmas from the 24th till the 31st... At which point, New Year would take over and so would the party
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Wait! It's not officially time to talk of Christmas until desertGrandma starts her countdown thread!
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Old 09-24-2010, 01:06 PM   #29
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My usual Christmas tradition is to wish it would go away and try to ignore it. SUmkIII always has other ideas, however...
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Old 09-24-2010, 01:55 PM   #30
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My usual Christmas tradition is to wish it would go away and try to ignore it. SUmkIII always has other ideas, however...
13, thats THIRTEEN more weeks until Christmas, folks!
91 days......
Thanks for the reminder and permission......

Sorry, pshrynk, not as long as there is breath in my body.....
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