website statistics
Jump to content
  • Register/Login on Totallympics!

    Sign up to Totallympics to get full access to our website.

     

    Registration is free and allows you to participate in our community. You will then be able to reply to threads and access all pages.

     

    If you encounter any issues in the registration process, please send us a message in the Contact Us page.

     

    We are excited to see you on Totallympics, the home of Olympic Sports!

     

[OFF TOPIC] Happy Holidays and Birthdays Thread


Recommended Posts

18 minutes ago, Vojthas said:

My favorite tradition which is only at my home is "the plate". I'll post it here in the evening, when it will be ready, by then just get curious. ;)

I wouldn't say curious is the right word. 'Hungry' might be :d 

.

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/375-off-topic-happy-holidays-and-birthdays-thread/page/60/#findComment-264445
Share on other sites

Well. Off to church in a moment (that one day a year for a lot of Danes) and then Christmas really starts with Swedish christmas lunch (we do Swedish Christmas eve and Danish Christmas day), TV advent calendars, Disney Christmas show and later plenty of cake.

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/375-off-topic-happy-holidays-and-birthdays-thread/page/60/#findComment-264448
Share on other sites

10 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

I wouldn't say curious is the right word. 'Hungry' might be :d 

No, THE plate is not for a "hungry", it's for a sinful "gluttony". :)

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/375-off-topic-happy-holidays-and-birthdays-thread/page/60/#findComment-264450
Share on other sites

3 minutes ago, Vojthas said:

No, THE plate is not for a "hungry", it's for a sinful "gluttony". :)

 

Yes yes, semantics, count me in :cheer: 

.

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/375-off-topic-happy-holidays-and-birthdays-thread/page/60/#findComment-264452
Share on other sites

Christmas Eve is here reserved for all kinds of fish-food (mostly codfish, squid and bass)... Also it's the day when everything gets prepared, including decorating the Christmas tree.

 

Then on the 25th comes the main Christmas day. That's when everyone comes together and plenty of food is served. Gifts are opened and board games are played...

 

Edited by dcro

#banbestmen

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/375-off-topic-happy-holidays-and-birthdays-thread/page/60/#findComment-264456
Share on other sites

4 hours ago, dcro said:

Christmas Eve is here reserved for all kinds of fish-food (mostly codfish, squid and bass)... Also it's the day when everything gets prepared, including decorating the Christmas tree.

 

Then on the 25th comes the main Christmas day. That's when everyone comes together and plenty of food is served. Gifts are opened and board games are played...

 

If you only decorate the tree this late, when do you take it away?

 

Here we're probably going to burn the thing on 2 or 3 January or something, depending on the weather :p

.

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/375-off-topic-happy-holidays-and-birthdays-thread/page/60/#findComment-264468
Share on other sites

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

If you only decorate the tree this late, when do you take it away?

 

Here we're probably going to burn the thing on 2 or 3 January or something, depending on the weather :p

 

January 6th.

 

We decorate on the 24th. Some other families do it earlier, but 24th has now been a long tradition for us, even if it gets hectic. :p

#banbestmen

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/375-off-topic-happy-holidays-and-birthdays-thread/page/60/#findComment-264472
Share on other sites

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

Here we're probably going to burn the thing on 2 or 3 January or something, depending on the weather :p

I’m just more surprised that people still use real trees :yikes:

“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/375-off-topic-happy-holidays-and-birthdays-thread/page/60/#findComment-264474
Share on other sites

Alright, European-American Christmas is probably the best way to describe how many family celebrates. I used to go mass on Christmas Eve (generally at 5PM), though I don’t anymore. Christmas Eve dinner would generally be at 6:30, and then we’d to go to the local cinema and catch a comedy of some sort. Tonight however, we’re going to my wealthy Step-Grandmother’s house to have Christmas Eve dinner with her side of the family for a change. It’s about an hour and half drive to her house, so we’ll drive back home tonight. My family will probably go to bed rather, which has always been the case (especially when Santa was real for those few years :p), though I may stay up later and watch the NORAD Santa Tracker (as I will throughout the day because it’s fun (I believe he’s over Oceania at the minute)). In morning we’ll all wake, and gather in the hallway, before proceeding out to up gifts together (this used to happen at 6AM, but I’ve been told Santa made a mess, and so we should probably wait until 8AM :p). “Santa” will have filled our stockings (mine being a NASCAR themed one from my childhood), and then will open presents from one another (My parents chose to say Santa did stockings, and they did the presents (when I was younger). Stockings/Gifts will take about two hours to get through. Then all go off and do our own preparations before family comes over in the evening. We’ll have a Christmas dinner that mirrors our Thanksgiving dinner (Ham instead of Turkey generally). Board Games/Card Games will be played. My family will play an ultra-completive game of (Nertz), a card game that’s in the realm of solitaire, but played in pairs and with lots of threats and swearing. After that, we’ll play a funny social-engineering games or something. Then everyone goes to sleep, and I watch SNL Christmas Skits. 
 

In terms of a lights/tree...

We always put up our Christmas lights on the Friday after Thanksgiving, and leave them up until a few days after New Years Day. We generally put our tree up in the first week of December, though we did it at the start of the second week this year.

 

We don’t really have anything to special to eat (though I’ll post something if I didn’t remember), and there’s not really any dinner traditions we partake in. I will be listening to Christmas music non-stop today and tomorrow. The 25th is most important day for us. We have a very small chance at a White Christmas (which would be insane). 
 

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and an early, Happy Kwanza.

“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/375-off-topic-happy-holidays-and-birthdays-thread/page/60/#findComment-264476
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Latest Posts around Totallympics

    • hmm - aren't Australia and New Zealand the only nations that actually compete in the Oceania Cup?
    • If Australia and New Zealand earn quotas through Pro League, then does that mean 3rd placed team from Oceania Cup takes quota? 
    • Right now russians themselves metioned that they have 2 main options for women`s quota: - Peklecova will was not included into the international doping testing pool (RUSADA is still incompliant after that scandal) - D.Nepryaeva had training camps at the occupied territories - it is the best way to avoid of the international doping testing at all     P.S. Little detail - according to Vaelbe 90% of russian skiera are contracted with russian army or other security services.
    • We had no real problems with russians for a long time. It was a normal sport rivalry. It was common case that statues of russian politicians and poets remained in place even in the Western Ukraine which was joined by the Soviet Union much later. Lyskun was pro-Ukrainian according to her statement but she kept conctcts with her former coach. That coach moved to russia earlier and could do some brainwashing. I would say that the coach may have financial motivation to do this. By the way we had similar case with Bondar from Luhansk who moved to russia in 2014. What is really interesting - russians have a lot of resources but it took them 4 yeats to find someone relatively well-known in sport area to stage this propaganda performance.       Yes, this web-site is active and maintained. The list is beeing updated. But it is not an official goverment resource and it is operated by the non-goverment organization. It was created to draw attention of the national security services to the activities of some people and provide some initial foundations for further formal investigations.
    • AIN's will skipped (they got American visa too late) 2nd WC stage (but their could compete in 3rd WC stage) and, therefore, their chances to got more than 1 entry in OG have become lower, especially,  if their will not allow to compete in Sigulda (but after their participation in Poland's short-track WT stage, I won't give 100% chances for that).   Maybe problem with entries will be solved by itself)
    • You prefer matches in USA , look at that ...    Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan to enter    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/10/tourists-social-media-trump
    • I would say - he did not share some part of "the profit" with someone from above )
    • Yeah, a complete failure all around. Only two individual quotas for men and two for women + mixed relay. Cortina looks like a big fat zero in the medal table tbh.
    • But yeah, as you said, their intention (if I have to guess) probably is to prevent Pan America from having 3 teams without going through the world oqt.  They were generous with the world cup qualification because it's in europe and with 16 teams but they won't be as much with their prime event.   Anyway, this doc is terribly written and could bring problems without an update.
    • IDK this seems like a big mistake on their part. They should have excluded Pan America from the first clause.    And also shoulda clarify if "highest placed" in the second statement means only champion or "highest placed not counting possible pro league qualified teams".     
×
×
  • Create New...