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A Dutch feast with Turkish roots: St. Nicholas
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10.       TheAenigma
5001 posts
 06 Dec 2008 Sat 01:19 am

Happy Birthday Bydand

 

11.       libralady
5152 posts
 06 Dec 2008 Sat 01:35 am

 

Quoting doudi94

 I man christams is the death of jesus 

 

 

Doudi pleeeeeeeeeeeeease!!!!  It was the birth of Jesus (allegedly)!

 

 

12.       bydand
755 posts
 06 Dec 2008 Sat 01:37 am

{#lang_emotions_bigsmile} 

Quoting TheAenigma

Happy Birthday Bydand

 

 Thank you TheAenigma.{#lang_emotions_bigsmile}

 

13.       Trudy
7887 posts
 06 Dec 2008 Sat 09:57 am

 

Quoting doudi94

So do you celebrate christmas too? cause this sounds pretty much like it but a little different but the main thing is okay i mean, is this the alternative christmas???? or do u also celebrate christmas? I man christams is the death of jesus but, i mean do you use the same santa clause?

Its soo confusing to make u understand!I mean what do you tell children on christams if thats what u tell them on that day, since santa is actually St Nicholas?

BTW did u know that orthodox christians (the ones in egypt) celebrate christams Januray 7th?

Here they call Santa Clause baba noeil (the pronunciation would be No whale but of course without a space in between )

But in malls and stuff they celebrate the normal christmas, and we put up trees and stuff normal christams too and we tell our friends that our christamas you know greetings but the greetign that they say in arabic, the same one they tell us on bayram, on both days

The normal christams all of egypt celebrates it (muslims and christians) but the other one, mainly only them

okay i went waay off topic

 

Of course we celebrate Christmas as well. Sinterklaas is NOT Santa Claus (who lives on the North Pole and rides a sledge with reindeers!) and Sinterklaas - though a saint - has nothing to do with the birth (!!!) of Jezus.

14.       TheAenigma
5001 posts
 06 Dec 2008 Sat 10:02 am

 

Quoting Trudy

Of course we celebrate Christmas as well. Sinterklaas is NOT Santa Claus (who lives on the North Pole and rides a sledge with reindeers!) and Sinterklaas - though a saint - has nothing to do with the birth (!!!) of Jezus.

 

May I just add....Santa Claus (US, Germany), St. Nicholas (many EU countries) AND Father Christmas (UK) have nothing to do with Jesus either!

 

December the 25th was a pagan festival until the Christians highjacked it.  Trees and Santa Claus have nothing to do with religion.

 

Here is a wiki link for you Doudi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus

 

Frankly, Christmas has nothing to do with Jesus lately either

(Which is why, as a Pastafarian, I feel able to celebrate!) lol

15.       girleegirl
5065 posts
 06 Dec 2008 Sat 11:35 am

 

Quoting bydand

Blimey my birthday as well.... 2 reasons to celibrate!  {#lang_emotions_alcoholics} 

 

 Ahhhh happy birthday sna bydand!!!  {#lang_emotions_wink}  {#lang_emotions_alcoholics}

16.       girleegirl
5065 posts
 06 Dec 2008 Sat 11:36 am

 

Quoting TheAenigma

Here is a wiki link for you Doudi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus

 

 Alameda???  Is that you???  {#lang_emotions_lol_fast}

17.       Daydreamer
3743 posts
 06 Dec 2008 Sat 11:54 am

Belated Happy Birthday Bydand!

 

 

http://www.oklahomasugarartists.com/images/2006/Martha%20Agnew%20Silver.jpg

 

In Poland we have Mikołajki (St Nicola´s Day) on the 6th, people buy presents, usually at schools kids would write their names on pieces of paper, then everybody draws one name and you make a present for this person. Earlier you set the amount of money you may spend on the gift (usually it´s not much) so you must be creative. On 6th you get those presents.

 

On Christmas Baby Jesus brings gifts I guess this is something that is not very convincing, after all it was Baby Jesus who got gifts from the Three Wise Men from th East {#lang_emotions_unsure}

18.       doudi94
845 posts
 06 Dec 2008 Sat 05:45 pm

 

Quoting libralady

Quoting doudi94

 I man christams is the death of jesus 

 

 

Doudi pleeeeeeeeeeeeease!!!!  It was the birth of Jesus (allegedly)!

 

OMG loooooooooooool! I knew that! But i was reading the word death at the same time looooooooooooooooool! And i dont double chech my posts!

Oh how awkward!

:$

19.       doudi94
845 posts
 06 Dec 2008 Sat 05:46 pm

 

Quoting Trudy

Of course we celebrate Christmas as well. Sinterklaas is NOT Santa Claus (who lives on the North Pole and rides a sledge with reindeers!) and Sinterklaas - though a saint - has nothing to do with the birth (!!!) of Jezus.

Then who symbolizes christams?

The 2 guyz atre so close to each other do kids really fall for it?

 

 

20.       Trudy
7887 posts
 06 Dec 2008 Sat 06:04 pm

 

Quoting doudi94

Then who symbolizes christams?

The 2 guyz atre so close to each other do kids really fall for it?

 

 Have you read the link Aenigma gave you?

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