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| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5146 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 17 of 22 28 December 2011 at 2:47pm | IP Logged | ||
When does it come, and how do you celebrate it when it comes? Edited by Solfrid Cristin on 28 December 2011 at 2:50pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 4868 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian* | Message 18 of 22 28 December 2011 at 3:40pm | IP Logged | ||
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On the 7th of January. I usually don't celebrate it.
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| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6409 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 19 of 22 28 December 2011 at 6:17pm | IP Logged | ||
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Yeah it's more of a religious holiday here... Cristin, haven't you heard of this? :O The Russian Orthodox Church still uses the Julian calendar. Also, during the USSR times at one point everything Christmassy was forbidden as religious, even Christmas trees, and then when the ban was lifted it was only allowed to celebrate New Year but not Christmas.
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| hrhenry Octoglot Senior Member United States languagehopper.blogs Joined 4942 days ago 1871 posts - 3642 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, ItalianC2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe | Message 20 of 22 28 December 2011 at 6:21pm | IP Logged | ||
Interesting. When I saw the date, I had just assumed it was in celebration of Epiphany (which is indeed a religious celebration). Although if you happen to be in Madrid on Jan 6, for example, you'll see Epiphany being celebrated in the form of a huge party and spectacular parade. R. == 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| JimmyJameskun Newbie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5760 days ago 35 posts - 46 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin, Indonesian | Message 21 of 22 29 December 2011 at 3:35am | IP Logged | ||
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Hmm, interesting to hear other people's Christmas's and/or non-Christmas's in other languages. Here in the San
Francisco Bay Area, my parents do all the cards and chocolates. Otherwise, the conversations during our dinner was either English or Cantonese. English for the newer generation (us) and Cantonese for the older generation (parents, aunts, and uncles). Our dinner was mainly chinese cuisine though! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6409 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 22 of 22 29 December 2011 at 5:07am | IP Logged | ||
and we also have Old New Year on January 13th :D and wow it seems to be a bigger thing in Serbia 1 person has voted this message useful |
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