TIL Happy Holidays literally means Happy Holy Day
TIL Happy Holidays literally means Happy Holy Day
Happy Holidays to you all! Get bent, FOX news. Let everyone celebrate the season. Now, I am off to prepare for Festivus at my house.
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There are some Christian denominations that celebrate Christmas in January.
Also for some countries, they do Christmas Day on the 24th. Poland for instance tends to have the big family get together dinner on the 24th.
But yeah, you can also have Hanukkah, Diwali, Kwanza, New Years, Eid/ end of Ramadan, you could even throw in Lunar New Year which can be early January. Also St.Stephens Day/Boxing day, Los Posadas. Even the Satanic Temple has the festival of Sol Invictus if you wanted to include that too lol.
I think nearly all European countries except the English speaking, celebrates at 24th.
In Italy we are split between terroni (24th evening celebration and 25th lunch celebration) and polentoni (25th lunch and 26 lunch)
At the end happens often that families are mixed so you do all the 3. On top of that you have friends to meet and what's best than another lunch/dinner?
In Germany, we usually have presents on the 24th in the evening, but the big family gatherings are often on the 25th (and 26th, as you're typically part of multiple families).
Same in Denmark, but not everyone will do a traditional thing the 25th or 26th. Most will though.
24th is very traditional.
Orthodox Christians celebrate on 7th of January
I'm in the US, and our family has always had the big get together on the 24th with extended family, then the morning of the 25th is a more personal thing where our individual families (and their children now) get together and exchange gifts.
So I don't know if there's any real generalization like that.
Everyone is never everyone in the real world. I do think though, that the general majority in each country does the same thing.
And what you described is not the European way but the "English" way, confirming my statement.
True. Happy holidays was accidentally inclusive, as opposed to it being designed that way. It was just used as another way to say Merry Christmas.
We also celebrate yalda night in there.
Winter solstice time tends to be culturally significant for most.
for some countries, they do Christmas Day on the 24th. Poland for instance tends to have the big family get together dinner on the 24th.
It's the same in Denmark, I wonder if it's a Northern European thing? I think Poland is mostly Catholic whereas Denmark is Lutheran protestant, so it's not just denomination.