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Post by jeanne on Dec 24, 2017 13:32:54 GMT 1
Time continues to fly by...I cannot believe it is Christmas again! I wish all forum members/readers a very peaceful Christmas! I hope everyone is able to share the day with loved ones and friends! p.s. to Bonobo - Did I break any Polish rules by sending Christmas wishes to everyone before the actual day of Christmas?  (I'm just so darn American...!) |
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Post by Bonobo on Dec 24, 2017 18:54:10 GMT 1
Time continues to fly by...I cannot believe it is Christmas again! I wish all forum members/readers a very peaceful Christmas! I hope everyone is able to share the day with loved ones and friends! p.s. to Bonobo - Did I break any Polish rules by sending Christmas wishes to everyone before the actual day of Christmas? (I'm just so darn American...!) No, to the best of my knowledge, today is the most appropriate time. Around noon my phone played text message sounds every minute. In US it is different? |
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Post by uncltim on Dec 24, 2017 19:07:16 GMT 1
Merry Christmas to all! "p.s. to Bonobo - Did I break any Polish rules by sending Christmas wishes to everyone before the actual day of Christmas? (I'm just so darn American...!)" It's kind of who we are Jeanne. |
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Post by jeanne on Dec 24, 2017 19:36:33 GMT 1
Time continues to fly by...I cannot believe it is Christmas again! I wish all forum members/readers a very peaceful Christmas! I hope everyone is able to share the day with loved ones and friends! p.s. to Bonobo - Did I break any Polish rules by sending Christmas wishes to everyone before the actual day of Christmas? (I'm just so darn American...!) No, to the best of my knowledge, today is the most appropriate time. Around noon my phone played text message sounds every minute. In US it is different? It's just that in the US people celebrate Christmas during Advent and once Christmas day is over, it's over for most people! (That's not true in the Catholic Church in the US, though. The Church doesn't begin celebrating until Christmas Eve and then continues until the Baptism of the Lord...this year Jan.8th.) I know from being part of this forum that Poles don't celebrate with Christmas carols, etc. until Christmas and then it continues until February 2nd, the feast of the Presentation! (Correct me if I'm wrong!) |
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Post by jeanne on Dec 24, 2017 19:37:46 GMT 1
Merry Christmas to all! It's kind of who we are Jeanne. True that, Tim! Merry Christmas!  |
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Post by Bonobo on Dec 24, 2017 19:46:37 GMT 1
No, to the best of my knowledge, today is the most appropriate time. Around noon my phone played text message sounds every minute. In US it is different? It's just that in the US people celebrate Christmas during Advent and once Christmas day is over, it's over for most people! (That's not true in the Catholic Church in the US, though. The Church doesn't begin celebrating until Christmas Eve and then continues until the Baptism of the Lord...this year Jan.8th.) I know from being part of this forum that Poles don't celebrate with Christmas carols, etc. until Christmas and then it continues until February 2nd, the feast of the Presentation! (Correct me if I'm wrong!) Oops, it is difficult to understand because it seems that certain words carry different meanings for us. Let me ask again: when exactly do Americans send their Christmas wishes or sing carols? I mean, the exact dates. |
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Post by jeanne on Dec 24, 2017 22:06:37 GMT 1
It's just that in the US people celebrate Christmas during Advent and once Christmas day is over, it's over for most people! (That's not true in the Catholic Church in the US, though. The Church doesn't begin celebrating until Christmas Eve and then continues until the Baptism of the Lord...this year Jan.8th.) I know from being part of this forum that Poles don't celebrate with Christmas carols, etc. until Christmas and then it continues until February 2nd, the feast of the Presentation! (Correct me if I'm wrong!) Oops, it is difficult to understand because it seems that certain words carry different meanings for us. Let me ask again: when exactly do Americans send their Christmas wishes or sing carols? I mean, the exact dates. Our Thanksgiving holiday is the fourth Thursday in November, and the day after that the "Christmas season" starts in secular American culture. The decorations go up inside and outside homes, Christmas carols are heard, and when it gets a bit closer to Dec. 25th, people start wishing others "Merry Christmas." People start mailing out Christmas cards to their relatives and friends right after Thanksgiving also. A day or two after Christmas, the focus and wishes change to "Happy New Year." Many people leave up Christmas trees and lights until January 6th but for all intents and purposes Christmas is over Dec. 26th as far as the general population's celebration. As you would expect, I find this sad...my own celebration parallels the Church celebration in length, but I do put up my lights and tree once Advent begins. |
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Post by Bonobo on Dec 25, 2017 12:08:57 GMT 1
Oops, it is difficult to understand because it seems that certain words carry different meanings for us. Let me ask again: when exactly do Americans send their Christmas wishes or sing carols? I mean, the exact dates. Our Thanksgiving holiday is the fourth Thursday in November, and the day after that the "Christmas season" starts in secular American culture. The decorations go up inside and outside homes, Christmas carols are heard, and when it gets a bit closer to Dec. 25th, people start wishing others "Merry Christmas." People start mailing out Christmas cards to their relatives and friends right after Thanksgiving also. A day or two after Christmas, the focus and wishes change to "Happy New Year." Many people leave up Christmas trees and lights until January 6th but for all intents and purposes Christmas is over Dec. 26th as far as the general population's celebration. As you would expect, I find this sad...my own celebration parallels the Church celebration in length, but I do put up my lights and tree once Advent begins. Oh, I see. So that`s why you asked that question: p.s. to Bonobo - Did I break any Polish rules by sending Christmas wishes to everyone before the actual day of Christmas? (I'm just so darn American...!)No, there are no rules about it here although it is uncommon to do it weeks before the holiday. A few days`advance is OK, especially when you know you won`t see somebody at Christmas. I do it in case of parents and students/pupils who I meet last time a few days before Christmas. Of course, I am talking about personal wishes, not the commercial haze in stores which also begins in November. |
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Post by jeanne on Dec 25, 2017 12:43:54 GMT 1
No, there are no rules about it here although it is uncommon to do it weeks before the holiday. A few days`advance is OK, especially when you know you won`t see somebody at Christmas. I do it in case of parents and students/pupils who I meet last time a few days before Christmas. Of course, I am talking about personal wishes, not the commercial haze in stores which also begins in November. I guess I didn't realize that the "commercial haze in stores" happens in Poland also! I was thinking that since Poland is such a Catholic country the general society paralleled the observances of the Church. So, after your explanation, the differences in the respective societies' practices in Poland and the U.S. don't sound so very different! |
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Post by Bonobo on Dec 25, 2018 21:36:46 GMT 1
I wish all forum members/readers a very peaceful Christmas! I hope everyone is able to share the day with loved ones and friends! New Christmas has come but greetings are the same: Merry, healthy, family, peaceful Christmas again. I hope you are spending it as wonderfully as me. Aaa, all this laziness is wonderful... |
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Post by jeanne on Jan 4, 2019 18:56:22 GMT 1
I wish all forum members/readers a very peaceful Christmas! I hope everyone is able to share the day with loved ones and friends! New Christmas has come but greetings are the same: Merry, healthy, family, peaceful Christmas again. I hope you are spending it as wonderfully as me. Aaa, all this laziness is wonderful... Sorry I have been involved in family things and neglected to visit the forum on Christmas to wish everyone all those things you mentioned... Yes, I did have a lovely Christmas with family, and shortly before Christmas I was able to travel to Vermont for a few days to see my new granddaughter...so it's been a wonderful and busy past month or so! Glad to hear you enjoyed your time off from school and were able to be wonderfully lazy for a while! |
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Post by franciszek on Jan 4, 2019 22:07:10 GMT 1
New Christmas has come but greetings are the same: Merry, healthy, family, peaceful Christmas again. I hope you are spending it as wonderfully as me. Aaa, all this laziness is wonderful... Sorry I have been involved in family things and neglected to visit the forum on Christmas to wish everyone all those things you mentioned... Yes, I did have a lovely Christmas with family, and shortly before Christmas I was able to travel to Vermont for a few days to see my new granddaughter...so it's been a wonderful and busy past month or so! Glad to hear you enjoyed your time off from school and were able to be wonderfully lazy for a while! Thanks for your kind words will keep you updated on my thread |
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Post by Bonobo on Dec 24, 2019 13:49:45 GMT 1
Sorry I have been involved in family things and neglected to visit the forum on Christmas to wish everyone all those things you mentioned... Now we can make up for that. So, Radosnych Świąt - Joyful Christmas to everyone.    |
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Post by jeanne on Dec 24, 2019 19:07:21 GMT 1
Thank you for sharing this little bit of Polish Christmas with us!
I wish everyone who visits this forum a a very merry and joyful Christmas!
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Post by naukowiec on Dec 28, 2019 8:32:05 GMT 1
I am a bit late for Christmas wishes!! Nevertheless, I hope everyone here had a joyful Christmas and I wish you all the very best for the new year to come.
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Post by Bonobo on Dec 28, 2019 15:22:11 GMT 1
I hope everyone here had a joyful Christmas Oh, yes, that was the time of joyful laziness. But we also remembered our deceased grandpa. |
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Post by jeanne on Dec 28, 2019 18:47:29 GMT 1
I hope everyone here had a joyful Christmas But we also remembered our deceased grandpa. Yes, that wound is still fresh for you all... |
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Post by naukowiec on Dec 29, 2019 20:54:53 GMT 1
But we also remembered our deceased grandpa I would not expect otherwise, but I hope you all managed to find some cheer for the festive season, and that your wife continues to get better. |
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Post by Bonobo on Dec 30, 2019 0:05:43 GMT 1
and that your wife continues to get better. Thanks for kind words, my wife feels better indeed, so much better that she started to visit and help certain incapacitated neighbour a few floors above in our block of flats. |
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(I'm just so darn American...!)
