What's the time between xmas & new years eve called in your country?
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mr_pigeonwizard
· 4 years ago
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The word romjul comes from the Norse rúmheilagr meaning "which does not have to be kept strictly holy"
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silvermyth
· 4 years ago
And what I call my entire year of sinning
anthracite
· 4 years ago
My language, Dutch, doesn't have a word for that, but we do have a "second Christmas day", an "old year's day", and of course, a "new year's day".
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mr_pigeonwizard
· 4 years ago
Cool, I haven't heard of "old year's day" before, what or when is that?
anthracite
· 4 years ago
It's not an official holiday, but it's what we call the 31st of december.
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mr_pigeonwizard
· 4 years ago
Neat, thanks
karlboll
· 4 years ago
Sweden has "mellandagarna", meaning "the inbetween days". It's a time for working, partying, going on holiday, planning new years party, resting up after Xmas and eating leftovers. Oh, and there's a big sale of stuff that didn't sell for Xmas.
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mr_pigeonwizard
· 4 years ago
That's similar to the other word we use: Mellomjul, and we have pretty much the same activities I see
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snowbeast
· 4 years ago
I prefer romjul. Bring out the rum!
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mr_pigeonwizard
· 4 years ago
A wheel of rum it is then
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karlboll
· 4 years ago
There's rum in the glögg.
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mr_pigeonwizard
· 4 years ago
That's true, if you make the non kid version of it
teresammm
· 4 years ago
@anthracite, second Christmas day (2e Kerstdag) is what some countries call Boxing Day. Old year’s day (Oudjaar, Oudejaarsdag, Oudjaarsavond) is New Year’s Eve.
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mr_pigeonwizard
· 4 years ago
Oh nice, some linguistics in the mix too, I love it
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teresammm
· 4 years ago
Glad to hear! I must admit that I deleted it at first as I didn’t want to sound condescending. Nothing but respect for @anthracite!
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snowbeast
· 4 years ago
In Sweden we do also have dipping day (Xmas Eve). And hence we have the day before dipping day. And, yes you guessed it, the day before the day before the dipping day. I am not making this up.
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mr_pigeonwizard
· 4 years ago
The day before the day before the day, happens here too, but we don't have dipping day though
anthracite
· 4 years ago
@teresammm No disrespect taken! Or whatever they say... oh well
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snowbeast
· 4 years ago
What do you do if you do not dip!? Shocked and aghast @mr_pigeonwizard
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karlboll
· 4 years ago
@snowbeast Maybe they just take a shower?
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mr_pigeonwizard
· 4 years ago
Yes, just a shower....
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norwegiangirl
· 4 years ago
When I was a kid, I thought the «rom» in romjul meant «rom» as in outer space. I was so confused why we called it Outer-space-christmas, but figured it had something to do with the bethlehem star
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mr_pigeonwizard
· 4 years ago
It makes sense though, sort of
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