11.30.11 Music, fashion, marriage plans? No, +
Nov 30, 2011 5:35:56 GMT -5
Post by heathers on Nov 30, 2011 5:35:56 GMT -5
awww, thank you for this, heathers! 
The youtubes were sweet!! I don't think dancing around the tree is a tradition in North America... at least I've never heard of it. I know that many (most?) European countries open presents etc on Christmas Eve, but what does everyone do on Christmas Day? Go to church and eat leftovers? 
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... I think I've messed up the quote - well, that's what you get for not posting often enough
Some people go to see another part of their family for traditional Christmas lunch, which has a lot of traditional, Danish dishes (herring for starters, then different types of fish/eel and meat - we're big meat eaters in Denmark - mainly because of all the pork which we also export, and then cheese to finish), some cold and some warm, but all served as "open sandwiches" - smørrebrød. And that continues on Boxing day and sometimes day three - by that time, you're stuffed with so much food you can hardly move!
For my family christmas day has always been a lazy day - looking at presents and then having a traditional lunch, watching a film on tv and for dinner leftovers from the day before. But I have Catholic friends who go to mass - I don't know any Lutheran/protestant people who go to church.
The youtubes were sweet!! I don't think dancing around the tree is a tradition in North America... at least I've never heard of it. I know that many (most?) European countries open presents etc on Christmas Eve, but what does everyone do on Christmas Day? Go to church and eat leftovers? 
[/quote]... I think I've messed up the quote - well, that's what you get for not posting often enough
Some people go to see another part of their family for traditional Christmas lunch, which has a lot of traditional, Danish dishes (herring for starters, then different types of fish/eel and meat - we're big meat eaters in Denmark - mainly because of all the pork which we also export, and then cheese to finish), some cold and some warm, but all served as "open sandwiches" - smørrebrød. And that continues on Boxing day and sometimes day three - by that time, you're stuffed with so much food you can hardly move!
For my family christmas day has always been a lazy day - looking at presents and then having a traditional lunch, watching a film on tv and for dinner leftovers from the day before. But I have Catholic friends who go to mass - I don't know any Lutheran/protestant people who go to church.
