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Chanukah.

floatingmagictree wrote:

It's called Diwali.

You're Indian? Me too! Except I am a Catholic, so I don't really celebrate Diwali.

Christmas for me, my favorite day of the year!

nikkiperson2 wrote:

Chanukah.

This.

But, alternate spellings:

Chanukah
Chanuka
Channuka
Chanukka
Channukka
Channukka
Hanukah
Hanukkah
Hanukah
Hanuka
Hannukka
Hannukkah
Hannuka
Hannukah

jacool wrote:

In Sweden we celebrate Christmas on December 24th. This is a normal Christmas for me:

9:00 wakes up and eats breakfast

10:00 looks in my Christmas sock, finds a letter opens it, gets a hint to where something is hidden... thinks, searches, finds the present (always a book).

13:00 Dinner, In Sweden we eat this for Christmas dinner:
Christmas Ham, Sausages, Meatballs, Herring and much more!

15:00 The Swedish tradition is to watch Donald Duck and other animated Disney shows that are on the TV (always the same on Christmas, tradition you know...)

18:00 Some sandwiches or maybe more Christmas food for dinner...

19:00 Gathering around the Christmas tree, everyone in the family take turns opening presents.
20:00 Playing around with my new stuff 

21:00 watches a Swedish show called "Svensson Svensson".

22:00 sitting and drinking mulled wine with my family (I prefer non-alcoholic)

23:00 - 00:00 Going to bed, lying thinking about how wonderful this Christmas was (Even though it hasn't ended yet) and about my family 

Next day (25th):

My grandparents come to visit us and we eat more Christmas dinner (We stop eating Christmas dinner around the 27th).

For me Christmas doesn't end until New Years Eve 

Wow! I love to hear about Christmas in other countries! Great post, Jacool! Here in America, it is very different, but the spirit of the holidays will always be alive!

Last edited by MKR (2009-11-14 17:52:43)

gershmer wrote:

nikkiperson2 wrote:

Chanukah.

This.

But, alternate spellings:

Chanukah
Chanuka
Channuka
Chanukka
Channukka
Channukka
Hanukah
Hanukkah
Hanukah
Hanuka
Hannukka
Hannukkah
Hannuka
Hannukah

I always wondered why there are so many spellings. My family just sticks with "Chanukah."

Just an average Christmas.

The night before, I go to a Christmas Mass at about Midnight or 11PM, and go to bed at like 1AM. The next morning (Christmas morning), I wake up as early as I can to open up presents, and play with them at what not. I usually forget to open the stockings...

J0j2 wrote:

Channuka for me. (you can spell it 1billion different ways.)


I call it 'Decelebrate'. lol

We light the candles and on the first night we always open presents. And one of the 8 days, we have a party with latkes (potatoe pancakes) and play drydle and I WIN CHOCOLATE GELT!!!!!

OMG I love love LOVE Latkeys! They're like, my favorite food ever XD they're so delicious 

adriangle wrote:

Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday, am I correct?

Yup.

Last edited by nikkiperson2 (2009-11-14 18:30:34)

nikkiperson2 wrote:

gershmer wrote:

nikkiperson2 wrote:

Chanukah.

This.

But, alternate spellings:

Chanukah
Chanuka
Channuka
Chanukka
Channukka
Channukka
Hanukah
Hanukkah
Hanukah
Hanuka
Hannukka
Hannukkah
Hannuka
Hannukah

I always wondered why there are so many spellings. My family just sticks with "Chanukah."

There are many spellings because it is transliteration.
The official US-recognized (but not exact transliteration) is Hanukkah, but whatever.

Last edited by gershmer (2009-11-14 19:54:14)

06dknibbs wrote:

A normal Christmas for me is with family, 

It's usually:

8-9:00am, wake up
9:00am, open presents with mom + sister
9:30-1:00am, play with presents for a bit and maybe eat and watch TV
1-2:00am, travel to Grandma's house and have a family party until about 9:00pm
9:00pm, come home and spend the evening with mom + sister

And then sleep at whatever time 

LOL That's exactly what I do every year, right down to the hour 

In my Polish tradition, we get all the presents on the Christmas Eve evening.
First we have a big dinner, with my relatives and so on. Unfortunately, since I live in the UK, I can't celebrate with my family. It's still awesome though!
On the Christmas day, we go to a special mass too.
One thing I dislike, is that noone knows why Christmas even exists, and it's more of a marketing ploy...

Last edited by Oramis (2009-11-19 15:15:58)

Oramis wrote:

In my Polish tradition, we get all the presents on the Christmas Eve evening.

Same as the Swedish tradition (even though we have a family tradition that you get a book in the Christmas eve morning).

jacool wrote:

In Sweden we celebrate Christmas on December 24th. This is a normal Christmas for me:

9:00 wakes up and eats breakfast

10:00 looks in my Christmas sock, finds a letter opens it, gets a hint to where something is hidden... thinks, searches, finds the present (always a book).

13:00 Dinner, In Sweden we eat this for Christmas dinner:
Christmas Ham, Sausages, Meatballs, Herring and much more!

15:00 The Swedish tradition is to watch Donald Duck and other animated Disney shows that are on the TV (always the same on Christmas, tradition you know...)

18:00 Some sandwiches or maybe more Christmas food for dinner...

19:00 Gathering around the Christmas tree, everyone in the family take turns opening presents.
20:00 Playing around with my new stuff 

21:00 watches a Swedish show called "Svensson Svensson".

22:00 sitting and drinking mulled wine with my family (I prefer non-alcoholic)

23:00 - 00:00 Going to bed, lying thinking about how wonderful this Christmas was (Even though it hasn't ended yet) and about my family 

Next day (25th):

My grandparents come to visit us and we eat more Christmas dinner (We stop eating Christmas dinner around the 27th).

For me Christmas doesn't end until New Years Eve 

I have a Swedish friend! She told me a similar story.