BST - Two times at different times?

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bloodline wrote:


If i wasn't for Charles Dickens the celebration of Christmas would probably have died out in the UK. When Britain became a republic with Oliver Cromwell, the festival was banned, and although it was restored with the restoration of the Monarchy, it was never very popular... Until Dickens of course, only a hundred an 150 years ago or so :-)

And, after THAT, How New York invented Christmas   :-D

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Speelgoedmannetje wrote:

bloodline wrote:
yes celia is quite right, one shouldn't forget the US contribution which pretty much established the lore and tradition we now accept as Xmas! Suffice to say, Xmas is really a very new festival :-)

AND don't forget the Dutch contribution...
Without us, you wouldn't get any presents :-P

That's exactly why I knew the article was accurate. My mother always gives us chocolates on dec 6th.

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Speelgoedmannetje wrote:

Btw. do remember that New York initially was New Amsterdam. :-)

Of course! Every New Yorker with any pride in this cities history knows that!

The area is littered with Dutch and Flemmish names. In fact my mother INSISTS that Hoboken (an area in New Jersey that faces manhatten and has a ferry going between the 2 cities) was named after the Flemish town of the same name.

And NOT from some American Indian word. Of course, the first settlers were Dutch and Flemish and there certainly were local Indians, so who the heck knows.



by the way, there is New Amsterdam beer.

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now, yer just going crazy!   :roflmao:


happy new year!