Re: Halloween
From Peter Punk <ppu...@damnthatspam.chello.nl>
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· 2 Nov 2000 23:40 · View full thread
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On 02 Nov 2000 14:30:14 GMT, spu...@aol.comQQ (Spunk1111) provoked the following text: >>It's extremely unusual that somebody won't give the Easter witches >>anything. >>[I do, however, think that once a year is quite enough!] >I had never heard of Easter witches before. And I can now understand >your reluctance at accepting an Americanized Halloween tradition in >your country -- kids already travel door-to-door for treats. >I'd probably feel the same way if Santa Claus decided to make >a second appearance in a year. You want a 2nd appearance of Santa Claus? Come to Holland! On December 6th we celebrate Sinterklaas (pronounced roughly as "cinder class" :-)), the origin of the person of Sinterklaas is the same (a Spanish bishop) and we exchange prezzies. But traditionally on Christmas we have only a tree, food and a lot of Christmas spirit :-)) However, Christmas in Holland gets more and more Americanised, Santa Claus takes Sinterklaas' place, the exchanging of gifts gets postponed until Christmas and some people even give presents at both Sinterklaas and Christmas! By tradition, santa Claus, Halloween and Valentine's day have no place in Holland. A few years ago i never would have thought i'd hear myself say this, but i think that many (not every) country's traditions are something to be kept... well... pure (by lack of another word). I find myself valuing the traditional Dutch holidays more the older i get. -- Peter Punk \ / ---\\\\--- / \ Draai je V3.0 al van de SETI@home client? http://home.hetnet.nl/~setiathomegroep/index.html voor tips, antwoorden, discussies. links, downloads en meer. 331wu/6228hrs A critic is a man who knows the way, but can't drive the car.
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