Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 25 Dec 2002.
Nerd Boy, episode 321
alt.ascii-art
· 13 messages · 25 Dec 2002 - 28 Dec 2002
ART DAY: SOME OF MY XMAS PRESENTS
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Powerpuff Girls boardgame Pringles
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Picture and description of the boardgame:
http://www.brio.se/alga/presentationer/barnspel/38010-782_PPG.html
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"Joaquim G�ndara" <cla...@lords.com> wrote in message news:aub4qq$5vj82$1...@ID-102694.news.dfncis.de... > ART DAY: SOME OF MY XMAS PRESENTS > --------------------------------- ________ o <snip> :) I only found out yesterday that you guys do the christmas thing on 24th. Do you know why? Nobody seemed to know when we were talking about it yesterday. Happy (belated*) Christmas :) * Delete if you celebrate on or after the 25th ;-) T.
> "Joaquim G�ndara" <cla...@lords.com> wrote in message > news:aub4qq$5vj82$1...@ID-102694.news.dfncis.de... > > ART DAY: SOME OF MY XMAS PRESENTS > > _ > (_)-. |/ --. > _____________ | _ `% - ,-. > \ _________(')__ |\ -. / ; > o \ _____[]______) \ `./ > o \ (____________[] \ > oo \ _______________ \ > o \/__________________\ > > Powerpuff Girls boardgame > > Picture and description of the boardgame: > http://www.brio.se/alga/presentationer/barnspel/38010-782_PPG.html > > > The Super-Hero girls are again out to fight the bad guys to keep > Townsville safe. A clever game with an exciting action in the Swing > Pole with a PowerPuff model, the game is based on the popular > tv-series. The pints you collect while knocking out the bad guys ^^^^^ > will determine the winner at the end of the game. > For 2-4 players. Age 6 and up. Playing time about 45 minutes. Ahhh, so it's a drinking game!! ~ ~ ( o )o) ( o )o )o) (o( ~~~~~~~~o ( )' ~~~~~~~' ( )|) |-. o| _ |-. \ o| |_||_) | \ \ | | ||_) | | | o| | / / | |." " | |- ' .========. mb -- AZC --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.431 / Virus Database: 242 - Release Date: 17/12/2002
"Tom Bampton" <mol...@yahoo.com> skrev i meddelandet news:aublf1$pkk$1$830...@news.demon.co.uk > "Joaquim G�ndara" <cla...@lords.com> wrote in message > news:aub4qq$5vj82$1...@ID-102694.news.dfncis.de... > > ART DAY: SOME OF MY XMAS PRESENTS > > --------------------------------- ________ o > <snip> > > :) > > I only found out yesterday that you guys do the christmas thing on 24th. > Do you know why? Nobody seemed to know when we were talking about it > yesterday. My guess is because it's the way they do it in Germany, the home of der Tannenbaum and Saint Nick. If I'm not entirely mistaken, they open their presents on the night between the 24th and 25th. Not exactly how we do it; we can't wait till nightfall, but then again it's always dark as night at winter around here. By the way, did you know that Kris Kringle and Saint Nick are actually two different persons? Kris Kringle = Christkindl (Christ child), not St Nikolaus. http://www.german-way.com/german/christmas.html > Happy (belated*) Christmas :) Merry Christmas! -- OO Joaquim G�ndara .||. http://www.Nerd-Boy.net bb jg
"Andrew Carpenter" <and...@gloucestershire.freeserve.co.uk> skrev i meddelandet news:auc5cm$ie$1...@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk > > > "Joaquim G�ndara" <cla...@lords.com> wrote in message > > news:aub4qq$5vj82$1...@ID-102694.news.dfncis.de... > > Powerpuff Girls boardgame > > The Super-Hero girls are again out to fight the bad guys to keep > > Townsville safe. A clever game with an exciting action in the Swing > > Pole with a PowerPuff model, the game is based on the popular > > tv-series. The pints you collect while knocking out the bad guys > ^^^^^ > > will determine the winner at the end of the game. > Ahhh, so it's a drinking game!! I knew someone would make fun of that typo. "Points"! "POINTS"! :) -- OO Joaquim G�ndara .||. http://www.Nerd-Boy.net bb jg
"Tom Bampton" <mol...@yahoo.com> wrote in news:aublf1$pkk$1$830...@news.demon.co.uk: > I only found out yesterday that you guys do the christmas thing on > 24th. Do you know why? Nobody seemed to know when we were talking International dateline? Merry Christmas you litte ASCII characters... -- "Loving kindness, warm hearts and a, "Life is mostly froth and bubble, Stretched out hand of tolerance, Two things stand like stone, All the shining gifts, Kindness in another's trouble, That make peace on Earth." - tBW And courage in your own." - ALG
Christmas is the 25th right? So christmas eve is the 24th, and you wait till midnight. Then when it's 0:00:00"01 it's finally christmas so you can open the presents :) It's logical ! BoD Tom Bampton wrote: > "Joaquim G�ndara" <cla...@lords.com> wrote in message > news:aub4qq$5vj82$1...@ID-102694.news.dfncis.de... > > ART DAY: SOME OF MY XMAS PRESENTS > > --------------------------------- ________ o > <snip> > > :) > > I only found out yesterday that you guys do the christmas thing on > 24th. Do you know why? Nobody seemed to know when we were talking > about it yesterday. > > Happy (belated*) Christmas :) > > * Delete if you celebrate on or after the 25th ;-) > > T.
>> I only found out yesterday that you guys do the christmas thing on >> 24th. Do you know why? Nobody seemed to know when we were talking >> about it yesterday. > > My guess is because it's the way they do it in Germany, the home of > der Tannenbaum and Saint Nick. If I'm not entirely mistaken, they open > their presents on the night between the 24th and 25th. Not exactly how > we do it; we can't wait till nightfall, but then again it's always > dark as night at winter around here. We opened our presents yesterday on the 24th around 8 o'clock in the evening. It's the way it's done here in Denmark. You spend the day with your family and go to church during the day .. when the evening comes you gather and eat christmas dinner , cookies , chocolate , marcipan .. etc. Then you join hands and dance/walk around the christmas tree singing. Then you a place to sit down while some of the more impatient (usually the younger) looks at each present and reads it's to/from label and brings the presents to the people they are for. When all presents are delivered they also sit down themselves to open all the presents they recieved. Around midnight people go home or go into town to continue celebrating depending on preference. Merry Christmas. CeeJay
In article <auc60h$64lel$1...@ID-102694.news.dfncis.de>, cla...@lords.com says... > "Tom Bampton" <mol...@yahoo.com> skrev i meddelandet > news:aublf1$pkk$1$830...@news.demon.co.uk > > "Joaquim G�ndara" <cla...@lords.com> wrote in message > > news:aub4qq$5vj82$1...@ID-102694.news.dfncis.de... > > > ART DAY: SOME OF MY XMAS PRESENTS > > > --------------------------------- ________ o > > <snip> > > > > :) > > > > I only found out yesterday that you guys do the christmas thing on 24th. > > Do you know why? Nobody seemed to know when we were talking about it > > yesterday. > > My guess is because it's the way they do it in Germany, the home of > der Tannenbaum and Saint Nick. If I'm not entirely mistaken, they open > their presents on the night between the 24th and 25th. Not exactly how > we do it; we can't wait till nightfall, but then again it's always dark > as night at winter around here. The way my norwegian friend explained it was they have their xmas dinner and presents on the 24th, but he didnt know why. I thought it was a scandinavian thing, but I guess not :) Here in the UK it sort of depends. Some families open *one* present on 24th and the rest on the 25th, which is also when the dinner happens. We usually open all the presents in the morning of the 25th, then have dinner, then generally either fall asleep, watch tv, or try and play a game of some sort (which traditionally ends in an argument and various family members not talking to each other for the rest of the day ;-)..) When we were kids present opening was spread across the day. Nowadays we just dont bother and do it all at once. Oh, there's the stocking too which "santa" fills with small presents while you're asleep, so that's usually first. My mum goes a bit mad with that, to the extent that when last year I was in the US for xmas she actually put the stocking in my suitcase so I'd still have it :) > By the way, did you know that Kris Kringle and Saint Nick are actually > two different persons? Kris Kringle = Christkindl (Christ child), not > St Nikolaus. > http://www.german-way.com/german/christmas.html Who is Kris Kringle? never heard of that one before. T.
In article <3e0a0598$0$35879$edf...@dread15.news.tele.dk>, news2003 @ceejay.cjb says... > >> I only found out yesterday that you guys do the christmas thing on > >> 24th. Do you know why? Nobody seemed to know when we were talking > >> about it yesterday. > > > > My guess is because it's the way they do it in Germany, the home of > > der Tannenbaum and Saint Nick. If I'm not entirely mistaken, they open > > their presents on the night between the 24th and 25th. Not exactly how > > we do it; we can't wait till nightfall, but then again it's always > > dark as night at winter around here. > > We opened our presents yesterday on the 24th around 8 o'clock in the > evening. > It's the way it's done here in Denmark. Kids here would love that. They usually get really impatient. I have a theory that I could go to Norway/Sweden/Denmark/etc for the 24th then here for the 25th and thus get twice as many presents. Do you think it would work ? :) > You spend the day with your family and go to church during the day .. when > the evening comes you gather and eat christmas dinner , cookies , chocolate > , marcipan .. etc. Ah, I forgot about the church bit. Some people here go to church at midnight on the 24th. > Then you join hands and dance/walk around the christmas tree singing. I dont fancy dancing around a christmas tree singing. Considering the positioning of trees in homes here, it would be downright dangerous. (It's usually against a wall near the TV). > Then you a place to sit down while some of the more impatient (usually the > younger) looks at each present and reads it's to/from label and brings the > presents to the people they are for. > When all presents are delivered they also sit down themselves to open all > the presents they recieved. That part is pretty much the same here. > Around midnight people go home or go into town to continue celebrating > depending on preference. Aha! So with you, you have hangovers on christmas day rather then the day after ;-) T.
In article <3e09b55d$0$29941$626...@news.free.fr>, Bo...@JRAF.org says... > Christmas is the 25th right? > So christmas eve is the 24th, and you wait till midnight. Then when it's > 0:00:00"01 it's finally christmas so you can open the presents :) > It's logical ! ROFL! I would of used that argument this year had I not been asleep at midnight :)
>> We opened our presents yesterday on the 24th around 8 o'clock in the >> evening. >> It's the way it's done here in Denmark. > > Kids here would love that. They usually get really impatient. Some families have a tradition that they give little gifts all day to the youngest, with a few hours in between. This way when they start nagging too much you stick a gift in their face and the nagging goes away for a few hours. Then the real gift comes with all the other gifts. Some also do calendergifts where the child each day (morning) gets to open a present. Me and my brother both had (and still have though it's not in use anymore) a blanket or sock if you will ( i can take a picture for you .. mine is very cute and christmasy .. and still used for decoration) with little rings on. From each ring hangs a small present. 24 gifts in all .. one each day of december up until the 24th. Some do a version where they give 4 gifts .. one for each sunday leading up to chrismas eve. It's called "adventsgaver" - "Gaver" means presents , "advent" is the time leading up to chrismas. > I have a > theory that I could go to Norway/Sweden/Denmark/etc for the 24th then > here for the 25th and thus get twice as many presents. Do you think > it would work ? :) Yes I do think it would work. BUT you would also have to give twice as many presents :) But you could get to celebrate christmas twice if you could do with little sleep. >> You spend the day with your family and go to church during the day >> .. when the evening comes you gather and eat christmas dinner , >> cookies , chocolate , marcipan .. etc. > > Ah, I forgot about the church bit. Some people here go to church at > midnight on the 24th. People can go to church most of the days near and around christmas. >> Then you join hands and dance/walk around the christmas tree singing. > > I dont fancy dancing around a christmas tree singing. Considering the > positioning of trees in homes here, it would be downright dangerous. > (It's usually against a wall near the TV). Move either the tree or the TV - And unplug the TV. Many people I know with little room keep the tree against a wall .. and move it when they are done eating .. and move the table they were eating by up against the wall instead so there is room. >> Then you a place to sit down while some of the more impatient >> (usually the younger) looks at each present and reads it's to/from >> label and brings the presents to the people they are for. >> When all presents are delivered they also sit down themselves to >> open all the presents they recieved. > > That part is pretty much the same here. > >> Around midnight people go home or go into town to continue >> celebrating depending on preference. > > Aha! So with you, you have hangovers on christmas day rather then the > day after ;-) With me specificly .. no - never. I have never gotten a hangover in my life. And I do drink .. I can just control my drinking and keep it too a level where I do not feel ill from it .. but still feel the other effects as I have an extremly low treshhold for alcohol. 1 beer makes me cheerful , 2 makes me very happy and I have lost a lot of inhibitions. 3 makes me loose nearly all my inhibitions (but not all my sanity) 4 affects my judgement and my balance and all my inhibitions have gone at this point. I very rarely drink more. But with others .. definatly yes. Then again .. if someone is inclined to get drunk on christmas .. what to stop them from repeating the "succes" the next day .. and the day after .. and the next day ? Christmas have plenty of excuses to party. Today f.x. we have american friends visiting for an after-chrismas party. We had a similar one yesterday. Plenty of parties and gettogether's.:)
"CeeJay" <new...@ceejay.cjb REMOVEthisSPAMfilterTOreply .net> wrote in message news:3e0cc552$0$35809$edf...@dread15.news.tele.dk... > >> We opened our presents yesterday on the 24th around 8 o'clock in the > >> evening. > >> It's the way it's done here in Denmark. > > > > Kids here would love that. They usually get really impatient. > > Some families have a tradition that they give little gifts all day to the > youngest, with a few hours in between. > > This way when they start nagging too much you stick a gift in their face and > the nagging goes away for a few hours. > Then the real gift comes with all the other gifts. That sounds like good sense to me ;-) > Some also do calendergifts where the child each day (morning) gets to open a > present. <snip> > It's called "adventsgaver" - "Gaver" means presents , "advent" is the time > leading up to chrismas. We do that too, except its an advent calendar. Basically its made out of cardboard with 24 little window things in it that are initially hidden. Each day you open one and there's a picture behind it. Some of them have chocolate in also. > > I have a > > theory that I could go to Norway/Sweden/Denmark/etc for the 24th then > > here for the 25th and thus get twice as many presents. Do you think > > it would work ? :) > > Yes I do think it would work. > BUT you would also have to give twice as many presents :) > But you could get to celebrate christmas twice if you could do with little > sleep. That's true. Would also need to do a lot of flying, so owning a plane would help :) <snip> > >> Then you join hands and dance/walk around the christmas tree singing. > > > > I dont fancy dancing around a christmas tree singing. Considering the > > positioning of trees in homes here, it would be downright dangerous. > > (It's usually against a wall near the TV). > > Move either the tree or the TV - And unplug the TV. > Many people I know with little room keep the tree against a wall .. and move > it when they are done eating .. and move the table they were eating by up > against the wall instead so there is room. Sounds too much like hard work, but not that easy this year anyway. We are having the house decorated, so there's actually no room to move anything. We have the tree by the front door (and it takes up half the width of the hallway, which isnt very wide to start with) since there's no room *anywhere* else in the house due to stuff being already put there so it's out of the way for the decorating. Access to stuff under the tree was pretty interesting :) > >> Then you a place to sit down while some of the more impatient > >> (usually the younger) looks at each present and reads it's to/from > >> label and brings the presents to the people they are for. > >> When all presents are delivered they also sit down themselves to > >> open all the presents they recieved. > > > > That part is pretty much the same here. > > > >> Around midnight people go home or go into town to continue > >> celebrating depending on preference. > > > > Aha! So with you, you have hangovers on christmas day rather then the > > day after ;-) > > With me specificly .. no - never. > I have never gotten a hangover in my life. And I do drink .. I can just > control my drinking and keep it too a level where I do not feel ill from it > .. but still feel the other effects as I have an extremly low treshhold for > alcohol. > 1 beer makes me cheerful , 2 makes me very happy and I have lost a lot of > inhibitions. > 3 makes me loose nearly all my inhibitions (but not all my sanity) 4 affects > my judgement and my balance and all my inhibitions have gone at this point. > I very rarely drink more. Same here. I just get very ill the night I get drunk, and am mostly fine the day after. > But with others .. definatly yes. > Then again .. if someone is inclined to get drunk on christmas .. what to > stop them from repeating the "succes" the next day .. and the day after .. > and the next day ? Another theory is if you sleep little enough that the alcohol doesnt wear off then start drinking as soon as you wake up you'll be permanantly drunk without getting a hangover. However, I believe they call that "being an alcoholic" so its probably not such a good idea afterall :) > Christmas have plenty of excuses to party. > Today f.x. we have american friends visiting for an after-chrismas party. > We had a similar one yesterday. > > Plenty of parties and gettogether's.:) Then you have new years and it starts all over again (parties), then you swear never to eat or drink so much ever again, then it happens all over again next year ;-) T.
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