Re: Halloween

>Message-id: <3A0...@hotmail.com>
>Maybe you should import the Swedish Easter
>witches...?

What an idea... but I'm afraid they might get lost
amidst all the Easter bunnies, chicks, ducklings,
eggs, baskets, egg hunts, and the religious aspects
of the holiday.  But I promise that I'll make an ASCII
Easter witch this spring!  (If I forget, just remind me!)

>> (even though we do write in English most of the time)  ;)
>And? Surely the "international" bit has more to do with what countries
>people live in (and what countries/religions their ancestors belonged
>to) than with what language is used for communication?

Absolutely... I only made that comment because it is very
easy for short-sighted people to assume that since we use English
in this newsgroup, we all have the same customs, traditions, and
ideals.

>How long would
>it take you to work your way through a dictionary?   ;-)

It depends... abridged or unabridged?  :P

>http://www.sverigeturism.se/smorgasbord/smorgasbord/culture/lifestyle/fes
tivals.html

Nice link.  I printed out the Swedish recipes.  I think I'll give the
meatballs a try.  :)

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>> I think that a mention of such things on this newsgroup might
>> elicit additional ASCII art pictures.
>
>Definitely! I have already posted some Lucia pictures in the past and I
>have seen some pictures here related to some Dutch (?) holiday, and
>jewish holidays, and "valentines day", and other days that are not
>celebrated in Sweden ... Most of it Good Stuff!   :-)

Hopefully we can have a 'heads-up' on some of these holidays and
traditions before the day has arrived.

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