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Post by kyrie on Dec 24, 2006 10:48:13 GMT 1
....*insert name of the holiday you celebrate* Since we're all from different countries, it might be interesting to see if there are any similarities in celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Yule or any other holiday you might celebrate. In Croatia we celebrate Christmas. Since I'm not very religious I won't go into details of church tradition, so maybe someone else will fill that in. In my family there's a tradition of going to my dad's aunt every Christmas eve for dinner. It's same every year: we start with lighting the candle, saying prayer and then we eat garlic with bread. After that comes the apple and then main course. Bean salad with carp fish. We also drink brandy (or schnapps) mixed with honey. Afer dinner the candle is turned off with the same brandy. And then we just have fun - watch movies on tv, talk and exchange gifts, but the "official" gift exchanging is on Christmas morning. And that's it. How do you celebrate holidays?
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Post by chatnoir on Dec 24, 2006 11:09:43 GMT 1
In Hungary we celebrate Christmas too. Well I'm not that religious either, but in Christmas time, we usually go to the church, in the 25th. In 24th we're decorating the Christmas tree together, and then we usually go to my godmother's for dinner. Everyone's smiling (the quarreling time is over after the tree's decorated at home lol), drinking egg/chocolate/cherry liqueur, then we eat the menu what always contains fish as fish soup and fish in fried breadcrumbs, sometimes there's chicken as well... Special Christmas cake filled with poppy and nut... Yummy After the eating part, with full tummy we exchange the gifts, and we don't wait till the next morning (jeeeeez how could we? I'm too curious for this )! Around midnight we go home and celebrate with candles, sparkler and Christmas music at home just with my parents and brother together. And we surely don't go to bed till 3 am I love this part of the year!!! *sings Xmas songs* I wish you all the happiest holidays ever!
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Post by kyrie on Dec 24, 2006 11:45:59 GMT 1
We just decorated the Christmas tree. Same here. Mostly. Re: Christmas cakes: If they're in a roll, then we have the same cakes here.
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Post by chatnoir on Dec 24, 2006 11:52:16 GMT 1
Re: Christmas cakes: If they're in a roll, then we have the same cakes here. Yes, rolls! How do you call it?
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Post by kyrie on Dec 24, 2006 12:24:15 GMT 1
The one with the nuts - orehnjaca (orehnyacha) Poppy - makovnjaca (mackovnyacha)
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Post by chatnoir on Dec 24, 2006 12:37:06 GMT 1
It's "bejgli" here. The nuts one is "diós bejgli" (diosh beigli), the poppy one is "mákos bejgli" (makosh beigli).
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Post by kyrie on Dec 24, 2006 12:42:06 GMT 1
Poppy is mákos? We say mak.
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Post by chatnoir on Dec 24, 2006 12:45:47 GMT 1
Poppy is "mák"; "mákos" is "with poppy" Another similarity
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Post by kyrie on Dec 24, 2006 12:52:02 GMT 1
Well, hey, we were 1 country in the past. And orehnjaca i makovnjaca are customs from Slavonia which is along the hungarian border
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Post by chatnoir on Dec 24, 2006 12:56:58 GMT 1
Well, hey, we were 1 country in the past. And orehnjaca i makovnjaca are customs from Slavonia which is along the hungarian border 1st sentence: 2nd: Oh well everything's so close here
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Post by kyrie on Dec 24, 2006 13:01:24 GMT 1
Except Poland.
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Post by chatnoir on Dec 24, 2006 13:17:13 GMT 1
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Post by kyrie on Dec 24, 2006 13:21:34 GMT 1
Aw, sorry. Couldn't control myself. Is it me or are we the only ones here?
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Post by chatnoir on Dec 24, 2006 13:26:48 GMT 1
Seems so...
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Post by kyrie on Dec 24, 2006 13:46:51 GMT 1
You all done with gift wrapping, zee?
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