littlgriz
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christmas all a round the worldsinse its christmas time i wold love to her your famley tradishons
we get our tree and decorate it on the night after thanks giving
sum english people put thers upp on christmas eve
we open our presants christmas eve night this we go see our famley on cchristmas day 
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mistocopat
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I love talking about Christmas!
We put up our tree a few weeks before Christmas.
We go to midnight mass on Christmas eve.
We open open our presents on Christmas morning.
We go to my grandmother's house on Christmas and eat lamb.
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littlgriz
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thats neet | mistocopat wrote: | I love talking about Christmas!
We put up our tree a few weeks before Christmas.
We go to midnight mass on Christmas eve.
We open open our presents on Christmas morning.
We go to my grandmother's house on Christmas and eat lamb. |
that is so neet
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Spanish_Rumple
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To start with...
28th December is the Innocents day, more or less like Aprils Fool but in December. On that day we cut up a piece of paper in the shape of a human, like this:
Then we play a funny trick on a person and when he/she doesn't know we stick that paper doll on his/her back. Of course not everybody follows that tradition and there are people with more sense of humour than others...)
On the 25th December at night we eat the gorgeous and juicy turkey, unlike English tradition, our turkey has got plenty of nice juice and huge dry plums and other tasty stuff around it, and it is not stuffed with anything.
Then some of us celebrate Santas presents the 26th in the morning, but not everybody because here we celebrate more the three Magic Kings, I don't know if you've herd of them. I'll explain a bit of them later.
Then on the 31 of Dec we celebrate New year's eve by eating 12 grapes at the same time of the 12 midnight ding-dongs of the clocks.
And finally on the 6th of January it is the three Magic Kings eve. Children want to go to bed early, like with Santa Claus.
On the Christian tradition when Jesus was born, three Magic Kings from different parts of the world came guided by the Polar Star to give their presents to the new born baby: one brought gold, one incense and I don't remember the name in English for what the third of them brought. "Mirra" in Spanish.
Of course kids are on holidays from school and the tree is built since the first day of holidays...I think the 23rdDecember. And also during the whole month of December a special calendar is built for kids. We call it the "Calendario de Adviento", and every day the kids open one window which is supposed to have a present inside, like a small piece of chocolate or a pretty Christmas image.
This is the general tradition, and for the presents some parents choose to give them on Santas night, others on the Kings night and others on both nights.
Ah and another tradition, but this one is only local, only in Catalonia, not on the rest of Spain. We call it "el Caga tio" (literal translation "the pooing uncle"):
on Santas night we buy one of those trunks we cover his rear end with a piece of cloth, and we hit it with a stick while singing a song. At the end of the song we take off the piece of cloth and a lot of candy appears underneath it. Litterally he has pooed candy. That's for playing it with kids of course.
Christmas is mostly a kids time... and very commercial!!!
As for my familly and me in particular...we don't build tree anymore for lack of time.
Oh I forgot the "pesebre", some people build it very very well and real!! But not everybody. This is an example:
Some actors also decide to make living ones on the street or on squares of the city and villages.
Of course at home we don't have the time to build our own either. I did the tree and the "pesebre" when my brother and I were kids.
And our family we rather celebrate the kings night than Santas.
On the kings night evey city or village of Spain makes a big parade with three main vans with three man acting as the three Magic Kings, plus other people around and other mini vans at 18h for the kids to go and make a wish to their favourite king. Mine is the third, the black one. We call them Melcior, Gaspar and Baltasar, and that last is my favourite!!
Here an image of a parade:
[img]http://www.mirafloresdelasierra.org/photos/fiestas/reyes.jpg/variant/medium[/img]
I hope you've enjoyed my description! Merry Christmas!!
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Bombafanatic
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We put up our tree in late December . . .
and it usually doesn't come down until after my birthday (January 19). Last year it was up until Easter.  My parents were afraid to have company over.
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LHSTrombone
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Someone needs to make a christmas cat outfit  hehe
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enkeli-kitten
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Spanish_Rumple, your Christmas sounds really interesting!!
For us, on the 1st of December we get out the Advent Candle which has a little mark for every day of advent and we burn it down that much each day. We also have the advent calender which is a material Christmas tree with little velcro bits and each day you stick another decoration on until the tree is all filled up!
About 2 weeks before Christmas we put up the tree and the decorations! On Christmas day we go to Meeting. Then we open presents but save some for boxing day, and then if it's a nice day we go to the beach and go swimming or surfing. When we get back, we have a barbeque and friends come over - or we go to someone else's barbeque. I love Christmas!!!!
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Flitterbug
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Only two traditions about Christmas that I follow... The great "Eating of the Prawns" - which I'm told has become a tradition of sorts in Aussie.
It is what it sounds like. Christmas dinner = lots of prawns.
Second is a family tradition. Caramel balls, which are made a week beforehand and never last as long as they're supposed to no matter how many there are...
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littlgriz
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rumpal do you all do lospasadas | Spanish_Rumple wrote: | To start with...
28th December is the Innocents day, more or less like Aprils Fool but in December. On that day we cut up a piece of paper in the shape of a human, like this:
Then we play a funny trick on a person and when he/she doesn't know we stick that paper doll on his/her back. Of course not everybody follows that tradition and there are people with more sense of humour than others...)
On the 25th December at night we eat the gorgeous and juicy turkey, unlike English tradition, our turkey has got plenty of nice juice and huge dry plums and other tasty stuff around it, and it is not stuffed with anything.
Then some of us celebrate Santas presents the 26th in the morning, but not everybody because here we celebrate more the three Magic Kings, I don't know if you've herd of them. I'll explain a bit of them later.
Then on the 31 of Dec we celebrate New year's eve by eating 12 grapes at the same time of the 12 midnight ding-dongs of the clocks.
And finally on the 6th of January it is the three Magic Kings eve. Children want to go to bed early, like with Santa Claus.
On the Christian tradition when Jesus was born, three Magic Kings from different parts of the world came guided by the Polar Star to give their presents to the new born baby: one brought gold, one incense and I don't remember the name in English for what the third of them brought. "Mirra" in Spanish.
Of course kids are on holidays from school and the tree is built since the first day of holidays...I think the 23rdDecember. And also during the whole month of December a special calendar is built for kids. We call it the "Calendario de Adviento", and every day the kids open one window which is supposed to have a present inside, like a small piece of chocolate or a pretty Christmas image.
This is the general tradition, and for the presents some parents choose to give them on Santas night, others on the Kings night and others on both nights.
Ah and another tradition, but this one is only local, only in Catalonia, not on the rest of Spain. We call it "el Caga tio" (literal translation "the pooing uncle"):
on Santas night we buy one of those trunks we cover his rear end with a piece of cloth, and we hit it with a stick while singing a song. At the end of the song we take off the piece of cloth and a lot of candy appears underneath it. Litterally he has pooed candy. That's for playing it with kids of course.
Christmas is mostly a kids time... and very commercial!!!
As for my familly and me in particular...we don't build tree anymore for lack of time.
Oh I forgot the "pesebre", some people build it very very well and real!! But not everybody. This is an example:
Some actors also decide to make living ones on the street or on squares of the city and villages.
Of course at home we don't have the time to build our own either. I did the tree and the "pesebre" when my brother and I were kids.
And our family we rather celebrate the kings night than Santas.
On the kings night evey city or village of Spain makes a big parade with three main vans with three man acting as the three Magic Kings, plus other people around and other mini vans at 18h for the kids to go and make a wish to their favourite king. Mine is the third, the black one. We call them Melcior, Gaspar and Baltasar, and that last is my favourite!!
Here an image of a parade:
[img]http://www.mirafloresdelasierra.org/photos/fiestas/reyes.jpg/variant/medium[/img]
I hope you've enjoyed my description! Merry Christmas!! |
yes i knowe the three kings do you all do a pig on new years
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littlgriz
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we do to :) | enkeli-kitten wrote: | Spanish_Rumple, your Christmas sounds really interesting!!
For us, on the 1st of December we get out the Advent Candle which has a little mark for every day of advent and we burn it down that much each day. We also have the advent calender which is a material Christmas tree with little velcro bits and each day you stick another decoration on until the tree is all filled up!
About 2 weeks before Christmas we put up the tree and the decorations! On Christmas day we go to Meeting. Then we open presents but save some for boxing day, and then if it's a nice day we go to the beach and go swimming or surfing. When we get back, we have a barbeque and friends come over - or we go to someone else's barbeque. I love Christmas!!!! |
we go to our grand parents on christmas day we yoused to go to our church ain amarica on christmas eve the same on new years eve
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Rumpleteazer4760
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In our family, we always go together to pick out a live Christmas tree (we don't use the fake kind). Once it's up, we have a big decorating party with just ourselves. We also go to Church, either on Christmas Eve or Christmas day, where I sing in the choir and sometimes solo. On Christmas day, we open presents in the morning and have family over for a dinner party.
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littlgriz
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thats wonderfulthat sounds wonderful
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Moongewl
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Spanish_Rumple, your description is very interesting! It's called "myrrh" in English. And we call the incense "frankincense," which is an ingredient in incense. And we call the kings the "three wise men." I wonder why we call them wise men. Everything's the same except for the names and the star, I think(someone may have to correct me, I was raised in a nonpracticing home). I think we say it was more like a moving star, like a comet of some sort.
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mistocopat
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We call them the wise men because they were wise in deciding to follow the star.
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Moongewl
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| mistocopat wrote: | | We call them the wise men because they were wise in deciding to follow the star. |
Meh. I guess that works, but I don't think one wise decision makes a person wise.
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mistocopat
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| Moongewl wrote: | | mistocopat wrote: | | We call them the wise men because they were wise in deciding to follow the star. |
Meh. I guess that works, but I don't think one wise decision makes a person wise. |
Most people would not have thought much about a bright star. The wise men knew it was a sign to guide them to Jesus.
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littlgriz
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yes thay didtyes thay did and thay had dreams the lord gav ythem dreams and mesages in the night
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Rumblepurr
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Some AnswersThe "Three Wise Men" were so called due to their vocation - Astrologers and Astronomers - Zoroastrians. They were very likely Persians that practiced this religious belief before Islam took over. Although a pseudo-science, many at that time believed Astrology was real, and those who knew how to divine human futures were learned men... Thus, they were considered "Wise Men".
The "Star" has been a subject of debate over the years: A comet, a Nova, or even "a miracle." For the above to have some credence, a planetary conjunction may have been the answer. In the constellation of Pisces (The Fish) around 6 BCE, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn danced around each other int he sky - an important sign to astrologers. Pisces was said to represent the House of the Jews, and the planetary meeting signified the consultation of the "leaders". This was seen by the Zoroastrians as the herald of a great king in the land of the Jews. Herod, as seen in the Bible, was not a big fan of that idea...
Respectfully submitted,
Rumblepurr 
The Writer Cat.
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littlgriz
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that isso wonderful | Mumsytype wrote: | Christmas in the Mumsytype/Belle/Wrenchy home... it's going to be different this year, because Belle is going to Disneyworld for the 2 weeks before Christmas to see Rollerboy and Memphis and other friends there! She'll be back the morning of Christmas Eve.
I'm singing in a Christmas Concert on the 9th, carol singing for charity a couple of times - once in Trafalgar Square - doing a Service of Nine Lessons and Carols, and the traditional Christmas Eve service in Purley.
I usually have The Messiah playing more or less daily the week before Christmas as well.
We have Advent Calendars from the 1st December- each day a little numbered window is opened, and there's a little bit of chocolate behind it. The picture on the calendar is usually of the manger scene or something like that.
I start making my Christmas Mince Pies the first weekend in December - I take store-bought jars of normal mincemeat (mixed dried fruit, peel, sugar and spices) and add finely chopped apple and a LOT of black rum to soak it well. Then I make little shortcrust pies with that as filling, and with glazed lids. I usually make four dozen at a time. They tend to be eaten quite quickly. I don't do a cake, or trifle, or pudding, or a ham or great turreen of green pea and ham soup, so I have it a lot easier than my mum did!
We put up our very nice artificial tree a week before Christmas. It stands on a little table in this room, in front of the window so everyone can see it. It holds four long strings of lights, a load of traditional old ornaments, painted blown eggs, and chocolate ornaments as well. We pile the presents around its base, and open them on Christmas morning.
We always have special Christmas Stockings on our bedroom doors, with silly fun things inside them. I try to always put in a red apple, a tangerine, a chocolate orange, a book of some kind, and then fill up with daft fluffy pens and makeup and stuff like that. The girls do mine!
We usually have christmas dinner about 3pm. It takes until then to open presents, sort out stuff, play with it, and get the cooking done! We don't have turkey for Christmas anymore, as none of us really like it, and we like a beautiful roast joint of beef better! So on Christmas day I cook us a traditional roast beef lunch. We have New Zealand pavlova for dessert (since my parents were both Kiwis).
This year my friend Anna is visiting from New Zealand, so we'll have her as houseguest over Christmas, which I'm really looking forward to. And my chap is coming over on Boxing Day.
Oh, and from next weekend we'll get the white little icicle lights up along the front of the house and the candle arch things in the front windows, and all the Christmas Cards get stuck onto the staircase, under the big artificial wreath that goes in and out of the banisters. We also put a circular wreath on the front door, with little red light-up berry lights.
Some of the houses in this area go totally bananas with decorative lights - there's one road where people go night after night just to see the lights! Every house is DRIPPING with neon santas, reindeer, lit inflatable things, huge angels, santa-on-a-bike, santa-in-a-train, even a Santa-climbing-a-rope-ladder up to a window. It's the Road that Good Taste Abandoned. |
that isso neet ow that sounds nice we vbout a little tree this year cus of our children thay love to tar things e spwechaley sami our pollicle dog
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Misto
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I am doing a "Christmas Around The World" show for a national radio station. I have to read what happens at Christmas in Venezuela. I've got a script, but I need to read it in a Venezuelan accent.... Any ideas how to do that?
Thanks!
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littlgriz
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:) | Misto wrote: | I am doing a "Christmas Around The World" show for a national radio station. I have to read what happens at Christmas in Venezuela. I've got a script, but I need to read it in a Venezuelan accent.... Any ideas how to do that?
Thanks! |
yes get a cd ore atape of the languig ore ask sum friends
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