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weirdmom Posted Mon 08 Dec, 2008 5:41 PM |
My son knows Santa isn't real but likes to play along. He very seriously asked me last year if Santa was real (in a tone that clearly showed he had his doubts). I try to always tell my kids the truth (though I admit to the white lie here and there) so I saw no reason to lie about this.
But I explained that while even grown-ups know he isn't real we just all like to pretend and best not to tell other kids that you know the secret.
Because I really didn't want other parents egging my house saying that Aidan ruined their kid's Christmas!! |
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Chiito-chan Posted Mon 08 Dec, 2008 6:03 PM |
Nikki wrote: Well, since I already posted last year about my family's Polish Christmas traditions, I'll tell y'all about what we do on my dad's side of the family this year. I already told Moray this story, but it’s so hilarious I thought I’d share it with the rest of you. :P
My dad’s side of the family has a huge extended family Christmas Party on the first Saturday of December at a hall each year. We’ve been doing this tradition ever since I can remember, and every year Santa comes to the party. (The guy who dresses up as Santa was my grandpa’s friend and he REALLY looked like Santa, so it was awesome as a kid to see him right before Christmas, but no one in the family knew him as anything but Santa). Our parents would each wrap a present and he’d come in with a bag full of them. However, this year we decided to stop having Santa come since the youngest kids in the family are now teenagers.
Half way through the party on Saturday my grandpa gets on the microphone and says he has some bad news “Santa is dead.” It would have been sad that the poor guy died, but what my grandpa didn’t realize was that my dad’s cousin Patty brought her daughter no one knows and she has two small children that were running around on the dance floor. LMAO! They stopped when they heard him say that and looked DEVASTATED! >.< OMG! It was SO hilarious. It would have been different if he had said “Mr. so and so died” but no, he was just like “SANTAS DEAD” Everyone was laughing so hard. I almost fell off my chair. Those poor children!
LOL! That's a hilarious story! |
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weirdmom Posted Tue 09 Dec, 2008 1:57 AM |
Sorry, back to the reindeer thing.....
It still makes me giggle. To me it's like if we ate rabbit on Easter while telling the kids the Easter bunny brought them candy. |
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TheBoyWithAName Posted Tue 09 Dec, 2008 10:44 AM |
In Sweden saffron is a big part of the christmas table. Is it part of your christmas tradition as well?
This is a "lussekatt"(If translated: Lucia-cat, sort of). You start eating it at Advent.
And a saffron bun.
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ricv64 Posted Tue 09 Dec, 2008 2:10 PM |
| I sprinkle saffron in my corn flakes , thats how much I lurve it |
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Turtleneck Posted Tue 09 Dec, 2008 2:17 PM |
ricv64 wrote: I sprinkle saffron in my corn flakes , thats how much I lurve it
In other words, you're just mad about Saffron?
Alex, saffron plays no part in the usual Christmas festivities here. We don't eat any special Lucia-cat bread either. It looks like you need to write a whole essay on Swedish Christmas because you obviously celebrate in a very different way than we do. Get to work, we want to know all about it. |
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ricv64 Posted Tue 09 Dec, 2008 2:23 PM |
Turtleneck wrote: ricv64 wrote: I sprinkle saffron in my corn flakes , thats how much I lurve it
In other words, you're just mad about Saffron?
Alex, saffron plays no part in the usual Christmas festivities here. We don't eat any special Lucia-cat bread either. It looks like you need to write a whole essay on Swedish Christmas because you obviously celebrate in a very different way than we do. Get to work, we want to know all about it.
Azafran = saffron |
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TheBoyWithAName Posted Tue 09 Dec, 2008 5:59 PM |
Turtleneck wrote: ricv64 wrote: I sprinkle saffron in my corn flakes , thats how much I lurve it
In other words, you're just mad about Saffron?
Alex, saffron plays no part in the usual Christmas festivities here. We don't eat any special Lucia-cat bread either. It looks like you need to write a whole essay on Swedish Christmas because you obviously celebrate in a very different way than we do. Get to work, we want to know all about it.
Haha our christmas celebrations aren't as weird as you think they are! I'd love to tell you about them someday though, but I'm too tired today :P I'll show you some more examples from the Swedish christmas table:
Rice pudding is important!(It's not me in the picture)
Christmas ham
Spareribs
Christmas soft drink
Glögg, mulled wine
Meatballs, of course ;)
Small fried sausages, chipolatas
Eggs
Gingerbread biscuits
Puuuuh. Mili what does the Finish christmas table offer? |
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Chiito-chan Posted Tue 09 Dec, 2008 6:01 PM |
| yummy Alex/tintin/swede-boy! |
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minnmess Posted Tue 09 Dec, 2008 6:02 PM |
Glogg! Someone gave me Glogg last year.
Oh yes, I remember a Swedish girl that lived in my residence in uni that couldnt find saffron up to her standards.
And bleck to rice pudding. |
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TheBoyWithAName Posted Tue 09 Dec, 2008 6:06 PM |
| Hehe I'm making you hungry? |
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TheBoyWithAName Posted Tue 09 Dec, 2008 6:15 PM |
They have started with this in Sweden:
Christmas dinner portions, ready in 7 minutes. That's insane! |
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minnmess Posted Tue 09 Dec, 2008 6:25 PM |
I thought you were leaving, Swede Boy? Liar
Hahaha, Santa is on the box. What is the potatoy thing. It looks like rosti, but rosti is swiss. And delightful. |
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TheBoyWithAName Posted Tue 09 Dec, 2008 6:33 PM |
minnmess wrote: I thought you were leaving, Swede Boy? Liar
Hahaha, Santa is on the box. What is the potatoy thing. It looks like rosti, but rosti is swiss. And delightful.
Hehe no I just decided to spend some time away from the computer and now I'm done with that ;)
The potato thing is called Jansons Frestelse(temptation), it's a gratinated dish which contains potatoes, tinned sprats cured in brine and onions(thank God I don't have to cut them). |
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minnmess Posted Tue 09 Dec, 2008 6:38 PM |
wiki tells me that sprat is a fish.
I think I will stick to rosti. Things in brine sound highly unappealing. |
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