Did you see the reindeer in the far right bottom corner? 😊
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Living in the Caribbean, a hot area, there is no winter or snow.
Yet our liturgical expressions contain all the coldness of winter that traditionally have been ascribed to Christmas.
And those who have never heard of Santa and his reindeers; must be from another planet
We as children first and as adults have only to imagine and accept.it all.
That's not so bad even, for here longing sets in, and in the end many of us travel to fulfill our dreams.
[Well maybe not to the North Pole though😊]
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It must be so strange for you when we all talk about Christmas and snow.
ReplyDeleteNot at all Björn. Traditional Christmas carols, was what i knew as a child growing up . They are full of snowy Christmases😊
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I can relate to celebrating Christmas without snow or winter. I think its more of a North American image. But its fun to imagine then. Now that I am experiencing winter, it looks magical but a long winter season is not fun. Happy Holidays to you!
ReplyDeleteThank you Grace. Many Happy Returns
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I love your take on this, it really makes one ponder how "traditions" become so mainstream and others not so much. Thank you for joining in, Gillena!
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by Melissa
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Certainly not the North Pole! It's a good thing Christmas is not dependent on snow. Happy Christmas, Gillena.
ReplyDeleteThank you Dora. Many Happy Returns
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Dear Gillena,
ReplyDeleteFor many people here in Central Europe it would be a dream to live in the Caribbean or somewhere else where it is warm "all year round". But I can understand that a cold, white, blanket of snow that covers everything has a certain fascination even in warm countries. Snow always gets me into the Christmas spirit very quickly too. That's probably because when I was a child there was often snow in our region in December. This is not often the case today.
But the birth of Jesus certainly did not take place in a place with snow. And the "real" Santa Clause didn't live on the North pole! This is how the story of Santa Claus came about:
Santa Claus originally had nothing to do with Christmas and nothing to do with snowy regions. Nicholas of Myra served as Bishop of Myra in what is now Turkey in the first half of the 4th century. Legend tells that he gave gifts to poor children. On December 6th, Saint Nicholas (who is called "Sinterklaas" in the Netherlands) is celebrated in most European countries.
In the 17th century, the Dutch brought the "Sinterklaas"-custom to the newly founded city of "Nieuw Amsterdam", which is now called New York. There, the tradition of giving gifts to children was moved to the Christmas season.
A Coca Cola advertising campaign was based on the figure of Saint Nicholas: In 1931, cartoonist Haddon Sundblom designed Coca Cola's signature Santa Claus with a red robe, stocking cap, white beard... and I assume snow, sleigh and reindeer then were added soon. You see: Coca Cola "invented" the figure of the "traditional" Santa Claus, as everyone understands him today - but that has nothing to do with Christianity or with the liturgy.
Anyway: If you want to see snow in our garden, there is a collage of it in my previous post - https://rostrose.blogspot.com/2023/12/osterreichische-nationalbibliothek.html
- Otherwise, in my current post I offer you, among other things, a Christmas market in Vienna...
I wish you a nice pre-Christmas season!
All the best from Austria, Traude
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https://rostrose.blogspot.com/2023/12/weihnachtliche-lichter-klimts.html
Tradue thanks for dropping by with all that interesting info. Thanks for the link. I will visit
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Some traditions cross many lands. Happy Holidays, Gillena!
ReplyDeleteHappy you dropped by Sara
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