[OFF TOPIC] Happy Holidays and Birthdays Thread

[heywoodu 15,135]

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  

[Agger 1,662]

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.

[Vojthas 949]

10 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

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

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

[heywoodu 15,135]

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  

[dcro 10,210]

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 December 24, 2019 by dcro

[vlad 359]

Merry Christmas to all of you!!!

[heywoodu 15,135]

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

[dcro 10,210]

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

 

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.

[Olympian1010 7,972]

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

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

[Olympian1010 7,972]

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 ), 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 ). “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.