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User:Daniellef99

2009-12-15T20:59:15Z

Daniellef99:

Hello, I'm a 14-y-o homeschooler and Glenn Beck fan. I live with my parents and four siblings. We believe in Jesus but don't agree with any of the churches out there except, perhaps, Morningstar Ministries, but we have to watch it from the internet because it's many states away. I love science, all of it. I could read about science all day. I also really like optical illusions, the Matrix, Sherlock Holmes, doing hemp, reading, Christmas time, carrying around my little sister, spacetime, being random, talking about random things, singing carols (even though I can't really sing that well), and cheese. My Dad says I'm a nerd.

User talk:Daniellef99

2009-12-15T20:46:55Z

Daniellef99:

This is my talk page. If you have any questions or comments concerning me or my contributions this is where you put them!

User talk:Daniellef99

2009-12-15T20:45:03Z

Daniellef99:

This is my talk page. If you have any questions or comments concerning me or my contributions this is where you put them! <font color="#ff00ff">[[User:Daniellef99|Dani]]<sup>[[User talk:daniellef99|''talk to me'']]</sup></font> 15:45, 15 December 2009 (EST)

Christmas in Germany

2009-12-15T18:58:46Z

Daniellef99:

'''Christmas in Germany''' is an important holiday, just as it is in America. The words Merry Christmas in German are Froehliche Weihnachten.

In [[Germany]] there are several different celebrations in December including [[advent]], the countdown to Christmas Day; Nikolaustag (St. Nicholas Day) on the 6th; Heilgabend (Holy Eve, German equivalent of Christmas Eve) on the 24th; Weihnachten ([[Christmas]] Day) on the 25th; zweite Weihnachtstag (Second Christmas Day) on the 26th; and Silvester ([[New Year]]'s Day) on the 31st. Much like our Christmas, Christmas in Germany is about spending time with the family, sharing gifts, eating good food and celebrating the birth of [[Jesus]].

== Traditions ==

During the four months before Christmas, Germans celebrate advent with the usual advent calendar, which has been around since 1851. Every day until Christmas, a little window of the advent calendar is opened revealing a candy or other little token. In many cities in Germany, the town hall acts as a large advent calendar. Every day a lit window is revealed showing a decorative painted picture. <ref>http://www.germany-tourism.de/ENG/culture_and_events/christmas_markets_offers.htm?op=getBrauchtum</ref> Also for advent, special wreathes are hung with four candles, one for each week before Christmas.

December 6th is Nikolaustag, St. Nicholas Day. It is a Christian holiday based on a 16h century tradition. The night of the 5th, children set out their shoes in hopes that the next morning the shoes are filled with candy, toys and gifts by St. Nikolaus if they have been good children. If they have not been good, the shoes are filled with twigs. <ref>http://www.californiamall.com/holidaytraditions/traditions-germany.htm</ref>

Heilgabend (Christmas Eve) is the main Christmas celebration rather than Christmas Day. On the evening of the 24th the Christmas tree, called the Tellenbaum, is set up. The children of the household are not allowed to see the tree until it is fully decorated and trimmed. They are brought into a separate room while the parent decorates the tree. It is a wonderful surprise when the bell is rung for the kids to enter the room and see the tree, decked out with real candles or lights, little treats and candies, trinkets and other fun things. Also in the evening Christian families go to church for a special mass. Then they eat a giant feast, which may consist of foods such as suckling pig, "reisbrei" (a sweet cinnamon), white sausage, macaroni salad, and many regional dishes.<ref>http://www.californiamall.com/holidaytraditions/traditions-germany.htm</ref> Also popular in Germany are Nativity scenes.

And now we are brought to Christmas Day, Weihnachten, itself. This day is spent with close family (other relatives usually come over on the Second Day of Christmas). On Christmas Eve children have written letters to either the Christkindl (Christ Child, a Protestant figure), a girl with wings, a crown and a white robe; or Weihnachtsmann, [[Santa Claus]]. Then on the morning of Christmas children can unwrap the presents that have been left under the tree by one of these figures. Some families hire college students or ask a relative to dress up as Christkindl or Santa. The kids then sing a song or read a poem for their guest. After the presents are unwrapped the family eats a traditional German dinner, which might include fish like carp or salmon, sausages and potato salad, goose or duck with potato dumplings and gravy.

Christmas is such a significant holiday to Germans that there is even a second Christmas Day, zweite Weihnachtstag, with more food and more family.

A notable part of Christmas in Germany are the many Christmas markets and fairs open every day from the last week of November to around Christmas Eve. These festive markets are full of handmade novelties and food, wonderfully lit with Christmas lights, and they attract more and more tourists every year.

=== The Christmas Tree ===

The Christmas tree is an important holiday tradition in countries all over the world, and is a tradition that originated in Germany. The fir tree has a long association with Christianity that began in Germany almost 1,000 years ago when St Boniface, who converted the German people to Christianity, was said to have come across a group of [[pagans]] worshiping an oak tree. In anger, St Boniface is said to have cut down the oak tree and to his amazement a young fir tree sprung up from the roots of the oak tree. St Boniface took this as a sign of the Christian faith. But it was not until the 16th century that fir trees were brought indoors at Christmas time.
The Hessian soldiers brought the Christmas tree tradition to America during the [[Revolutionary War]].
The Christmas carol "O, Christmas Tree" is also of German origin. The best known version of "O, Tellenbaum" was written in 1824 by a composer named Ernst Anschutz. The melody is an old folk tune.

== See also ==
*[[Christmas]]
*[[Germany]]
*[[Christmas in Sweden]]
*[[Advent]]
*[[The Nativity]]
*[http://www.santas.net/germanchristmas.htm Christmas in Germany at Santa's Net]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Christmas]]
[[Category:Germany]]
[[Category:Christmas Worldwide]]

Category:Christmas Worldwide

2009-12-15T18:58:15Z

Daniellef99: Created page with 'Christmas in different countries around the world.'

Christmas in different countries around the world.

Christmas in Sweden

2009-12-15T18:57:12Z

Daniellef99:

[[Sweden]] is 87% [[Lutheran]] so Christmas is celebrated widely there, with some unique traditions. To say Merry Christmas (and a happy New Year) in Swedish is God Jul (and Ett Gott Nytt År).

== Traditions ==
In Sweden people kick off the Christmas season with [[advent]], the countdown to Christmas Day, with the traditional advent calendar. Children enjoy opening the little windows of the calendar each day to discover the treasures inside. Many homes have an advent candle holder with four candles, one for every week before Christmas. Every Sunday one is lit until all four candles are shining and Christmas has arrived.

The first Christmas celebration is marked by Saint Lucia Day on December 13, the feast day for the young Italian martyr [[Saint Lucy]]. In the morning the eldest daughter of the household dresses as Lucia, wearing a white robe, red sash, and an evergreen crown with tall candles attached. <ref>http://www.santas.net/swedishchristmas.htm</ref> She is accompanied with her younger siblings: the girls also dressed in white and holding candles, and the "star boys" wearing pointed hats adorned with golden stars while holding lanterns or star wands. They then bring coffee, mulled wine, and saffron buns (a Swedish bun typically eaten during Advent and on St Lucia day) to the adults in their beds while singing Santa Lucia. In a more modern tradition the town elects their own Lucia, and escorted by her her maids and star boys, she goes around town bringing light, song, and, of course, saffron buns.

The Christmas tree usually isn't put up until two days before Christmas Day. It is decorated with glass bulbs, straw ornaments, candies, tinsel, and electric lights or candles. A house in Christmas time would be festively decorated with poinsettias, red tulips, evergreens, gingerbread biscuits, and may smell of pepparkakor, or, "ginger thins": a Swedish christmas cookie.

The height of Christmas celebration in Sweden is Christmas Eve, called Julafton in Swedish. No work is to be done on this day except to feed the animals, and the family sits down to a feast. <ref>http://www.californiamall.com/holidaytraditions/traditions-sweden.htm</ref> The traditional Julafton dinner consists of smorgasbord, a Scandinavian buffet, with ham, pork, or fish, jellied pigs feet, lutefisk, and various other sweets. Another tradition is to serve a rice porridge called Risgryngrot with a hidden almond in it. Whomever finds the whole almond in their bowl will be married the next year. <ref>http://www.santas.net/swedishchristmas.htm</ref> This traditions varies between families.

After the meal a friend or family member dresses up as Tomte, the Christmas gnome. He is a Swedish legend that supposedly lives under the floorboards or in the barn, watching over the household and livestock throughout the year. He has a white beard, red robes, and hands out gifts with funny little rhymes attached that hint at what the gift is. Afterward the children leave him a bowl of porridge. In older days a yule goat called julbok was an alternative to Tomte, nowadays the goat is used only as a straw ornament. In recent times Santa Claus has caught up in Sweden and Tomte is losing his identity.

Many Swedish families make it a tradition to watch the Donald Duck Christmas specials on television every Christmas Eve at three PM.

Then on Christmas morning families get up very early to go to a candle-lit church service.

The Christmas festivities officially end on January 13th, Knuts day. On this day the tree is chucked into the snow, all of the decorations taken down and the edible decorations gobbled up.

== See Also ==
*[http://goscandinavia.about.com/od/knowledgesafety/qt/xmassweden.htm Sweden's Christmas Traditions]
*[[Sweden]]
*[[Christmas in Germany]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Christmas]]
[[Category:Sweden]]
[[Category:Christmas Worldwide]]

Christmas in Germany

2009-12-15T18:56:10Z

Daniellef99:

Christmas in Germany

2009-12-15T18:55:03Z

Daniellef99:

Christmas in Sweden

2009-12-15T18:45:44Z

Daniellef99: /* See Also */

[[Sweden]] is 87% [[Lutheran]] so Christmas is celebrated widely there, with some unique traditions. To say Merry Christmas (and a happy New Year) in Swedish is God Jul (and Ett Gott Nytt År).

== Traditions ==
In Sweden people kick off the Christmas season with [[advent]], the countdown to Christmas Day, with the traditional advent calendar. Children enjoy opening the little windows of the calendar each day to discover the treasures inside. Many homes have an advent candle holder with four candles, one for every week before Christmas. Every Sunday one is lit until all four candles are shining and Christmas has arrived.

The first Christmas celebration is marked by Saint Lucia Day on December 13, the feast day for the young Italian martyr [[Saint Lucy]]. In the morning the eldest daughter of the household dresses as Lucia, wearing a white robe, red sash, and an evergreen crown with tall candles attached. <ref>http://www.santas.net/swedishchristmas.htm</ref> She is accompanied with her younger siblings: the girls also dressed in white and holding candles, and the "star boys" wearing pointed hats adorned with golden stars while holding lanterns or star wands. They then bring coffee, mulled wine, and saffron buns (a Swedish bun typically eaten during Advent and on St Lucia day) to the adults in their beds while singing Santa Lucia. In a more modern tradition the town elects their own Lucia, and escorted by her her maids and star boys, she goes around town bringing light, song, and, of course, saffron buns.

The Christmas tree usually isn't put up until two days before Christmas Day. It is decorated with glass bulbs, straw ornaments, candies, tinsel, and electric lights or candles. A house in Christmas time would be festively decorated with poinsettias, red tulips, evergreens, gingerbread biscuits, and may smell of pepparkakor, or, "ginger thins": a Swedish christmas cookie.

The height of Christmas celebration in Sweden is Christmas Eve, called Julafton in Swedish. No work is to be done on this day except to feed the animals, and the family sits down to a feast. <ref>http://www.californiamall.com/holidaytraditions/traditions-sweden.htm</ref> The traditional Julafton dinner consists of smorgasbord, a Scandinavian buffet, with ham, pork, or fish, jellied pigs feet, lutefisk, and various other sweets. Another tradition is to serve a rice porridge called Risgryngrot with a hidden almond in it. Whomever finds the whole almond in their bowl will be married the next year. <ref>http://www.santas.net/swedishchristmas.htm</ref> This traditions varies between families.

After the meal a friend or family member dresses up as Tomte, the Christmas gnome. He is a Swedish legend that supposedly lives under the floorboards or in the barn, watching over the household and livestock throughout the year. He has a white beard, red robes, and hands out gifts with funny little rhymes attached that hint at what the gift is. Afterward the children leave him a bowl of porridge. In older days a yule goat called julbok was an alternative to Tomte, nowadays the goat is used only as a straw ornament. In recent times Santa Claus has caught up in Sweden and Tomte is losing his identity.

Many Swedish families make it a tradition to watch the Donald Duck Christmas specials on television every Christmas Eve at three PM.

Then on Christmas morning families get up very early to go to a candle-lit church service.

The Christmas festivities officially end on January 13th, Knuts day. On this day the tree is chucked into the snow, all of the decorations taken down and the edible decorations gobbled up.

== See Also ==
*[http://goscandinavia.about.com/od/knowledgesafety/qt/xmassweden.htm|Sweden's Christmas Traditions]
*[[Sweden]]
*[[Christmas in Germany]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Christmas]]
[[Category:Sweden]]

Christmas in Germany

2009-12-15T03:03:35Z

Daniellef99: Christmas traditions in Germany

'''Christmas in Germany''' is an important holiday, just as it is in America. The words Merry Christmas in German are Froehliche Weihnachten.

In [[Germany]] there are several different celebrations in December including [[advent]], the countdown to Christmas Day; Nikolaustag (St. Nicholas Day) on the 6th; Heilgabend (Holy Eve, German equivalent of Christmas Eve) on the 24th; Weihnachten ([[Christmas]] Day) on the 25th; zweite Weihnachtstag (Second Christmas Day) on the 26th; and Silvester ([[New Year]]'s Day) on the 31st. Much like our Christmas, Christmas in Germany is about spending time with the family, sharing gifts, eating good food and celebrating the birth of [[Jesus]].

== Traditions ==

During the four months before Christmas, Germans celebrate advent with the usual advent calendar, which has been around since 1851. Every day until Christmas, a little window of the advent calendar is opened revealing a candy or other little token. In many cities in Germany, the town hall acts as a large advent calendar. Every day a lit window is revealed showing a decorative painted picture. <ref>http://www.germany-tourism.de/ENG/culture_and_events/christmas_markets_offers.htm?op=getBrauchtum</ref> Also for advent, special wreathes are hung with four candles, one for each week before Christmas.

December 6th is Nikolaustag, St. Nicholas Day. It is a Christian holiday based on a 16h century tradition. The night of the 5th, children set out their shoes in hopes that the next morning the shoes are filled with candy, toys and gifts by St. Nikolaus if they have been good children. If they have not been good, the shoes are filled with twigs. <ref>http://www.californiamall.com/holidaytraditions/traditions-germany.htm</ref>

Heilgabend (Christmas Eve) is the main Christmas celebration rather than Christmas Day. On the evening of the 24th the Christmas tree, called the Tellenbaum, is set up. The children of the household are not allowed to see the tree until it is fully decorated and trimmed. They are brought into a separate room while the parent decorates the tree. It is a wonderful surprise when the bell is rung for the kids to enter the room and see the tree, decked out with real candles or lights, little treats and candies, trinkets and other fun things. Also in the evening Christian families go to church for a special mass. Then they eat a giant feast, which may consist of foods such as suckling pig, "reisbrei" (a sweet cinnamon), white sausage, macaroni salad, and many regional dishes.<ref>http://www.californiamall.com/holidaytraditions/traditions-germany.htm</ref>

And now we are brought to Christmas Day, Weihnachten, itself. This day is spent with close family (other relatives usually come over on the Second Day of Christmas). On Christmas Eve children have written letters to either the Christkindl (Christ Child, a Protestant figure), a girl with wings, a crown and a white robe; or Weihnachtsmann, [[Santa Claus]]. Then on the morning of Christmas children can unwrap the presents that have been left under the tree by one of these figures. Some families hire college students or ask a relative to dress up as Christkindl or Santa. The kids then sing a song or read a poem for their guest. After the presents are unwrapped the family eats a traditional German dinner, which might include fish like carp or salmon, sausages and potato salad, goose or duck with potato dumplings and gravy.

Christmas is such a significant holiday to Germans that there is even a second Christmas Day, zweite Weihnachtstag, with more food and more family.

A notable part of Christmas in Germany are the many Christmas markets and fairs open every day from the last week of November to around Christmas Eve. These festive markets are full of handmade novelties and food, wonderfully lit with Christmas lights, and they attract more and more tourists every year.

=== The Christmas Tree ===

The Christmas tree is an important holiday tradition in countries all over the world, and is a tradition that originated in Germany. The fir tree has a long association with Christianity that began in Germany almost 1,000 years ago when St Boniface, who converted the German people to Christianity, was said to have come across a group of pagans worshiping an oak tree. In anger, St Boniface is said to have cut down the oak tree and to his amazement a young fir tree sprung up from the roots of the oak tree. St Boniface took this as a sign of the Christian faith. But it was not until the 16th century that fir trees were brought indoors at Christmas time.
The Hessian soldiers brought the Christmas tree tradition to America during the [[Revolutionary War]].
The Christmas carol "O, Christmas Tree" is also of German origin. The best known version of "O, Tellenbaum" was written in 1824 by a composer named Ernst Anschutz. The melody is an old folk tune.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Christmas]]
[[Category:Germany]]

User talk:Daniellef99

2009-12-15T02:35:11Z

Daniellef99:

This is my talk page. If you have any questions or comments concerning me or my contributions this is where you put them!

Christmas in Sweden

2009-12-14T22:29:54Z

Daniellef99:

[[Sweden]] is 87% [[Lutheran]] so Christmas is celebrated widely there, with some unique traditions. To say Merry Christmas (and a happy New Year) in Swedish is God Jul (and Ett Gott Nytt År).

== Traditions ==
In Sweden people kick off the Christmas season with [[advent]], the countdown to Christmas Day, with the traditional advent calendar. Children enjoy opening the little windows of the calendar each day to discover the treasures inside. Many homes have an advent candle holder with four candles, one for every week before Christmas. Every Sunday one is lit until all four candles are shining and Christmas has arrived.

The first Christmas celebration is marked by Saint Lucia Day on December 13, the feast day for the young Italian martyr [[Saint Lucy]]. In the morning the eldest daughter of the household dresses as Lucia, wearing a white robe, red sash, and an evergreen crown with tall candles attached. <ref>http://www.santas.net/swedishchristmas.htm</ref> She is accompanied with her younger siblings: the girls also dressed in white and holding candles, and the "star boys" wearing pointed hats adorned with golden stars while holding lanterns or star wands. They then bring coffee, mulled wine, and saffron buns (a Swedish bun typically eaten during Advent and on St Lucia day) to the adults in their beds while singing Santa Lucia. In a more modern tradition the town elects their own Lucia, and escorted by her her maids and star boys, she goes around town bringing light, song, and, of course, saffron buns.

The Christmas tree usually isn't put up until two days before Christmas Day. It is decorated with glass bulbs, straw ornaments, candies, tinsel, and electric lights or candles. A house in Christmas time would be festively decorated with poinsettias, red tulips, evergreens, gingerbread biscuits, and may smell of pepparkakor, or, "ginger thins": a Swedish christmas cookie.

The height of Christmas celebration in Sweden is Christmas Eve, called Julafton in Swedish. No work is to be done on this day except to feed the animals, and the family sits down to a feast. <ref>http://www.californiamall.com/holidaytraditions/traditions-sweden.htm</ref> The traditional Julafton dinner consists of smorgasbord, a Scandinavian buffet, with ham, pork, or fish, jellied pigs feet, lutefisk, and various other sweets. Another tradition is to serve a rice porridge called Risgryngrot with a hidden almond in it. Whomever finds the whole almond in their bowl will be married the next year. <ref>http://www.santas.net/swedishchristmas.htm</ref> This traditions varies between families.

After the meal a friend or family member dresses up as Tomte, the Christmas gnome. He is a Swedish legend that supposedly lives under the floorboards or in the barn, watching over the household and livestock throughout the year. He has a white beard, red robes, and hands out gifts with funny little rhymes attached that hint at what the gift is. Afterward the children leave him a bowl of porridge. In older days a yule goat called julbok was an alternative to Tomte, nowadays the goat is used only as a straw ornament. In recent times Santa Claus has caught up in Sweden and Tomte is losing his identity.

Many Swedish families make it a tradition to watch the Donald Duck Christmas specials on television every Christmas Eve at three PM.

Then on Christmas morning families get up very early to go to a candle-lit church service.

The Christmas festivities officially end on January 13th, Knuts day. On this day the tree is chucked into the snow, all of the decorations taken down and the edible decorations gobbled up.

== See Also ==
*[http://goscandinavia.about.com/od/knowledgesafety/qt/xmassweden.htm|Sweden's Christmas Traditions]
*[[Sweden]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Christmas]]
[[Category:Sweden]]

Christmas in Sweden

2009-12-14T22:28:37Z

Daniellef99:

[[Sweden]] is 87% [[Lutheran]] so Christmas is celebrated widely there, with some unique traditions. To say Merry Christmas (and a happy New Year) in Swedish is God Jul (and Ett Gott Nytt År).

== Traditions ==
In Sweden people kick off the Christmas season with [[advent]], the countdown to Christmas Day, with the traditional advent calendar. Children enjoy opening the little windows of the calendar each day to discover the treasures inside. Many homes have an advent candle holder with four candles, one for every week before Christmas. Every Sunday one is lit until all four candles are shining and Christmas has arrived.

The first Christmas celebration is marked by Saint Lucia Day on December 13, the feast day for the young Italian martyr [[Saint Lucy]]. In the morning the eldest daughter of the household dresses as Lucia, wearing a white robe, red sash, and an evergreen crown with tall candles attached. <ref>http://www.santas.net/swedishchristmas.htm</ref> She is accompanied with her younger siblings: the girls also dressed in white and holding candles, and the "star boys" wearing pointed hats adorned with golden stars while holding lanterns or star wands. They then bring coffee, mulled wine, and saffron buns (a Swedish bun typically eaten during Advent and on St Lucia day) to the adults in their beds while singing Santa Lucia. In a more modern tradition the town elects their own Lucia, and escorted by her her maids and star boys, she goes around town bringing light, song, and, of course, saffron buns.

The Christmas tree usually isn't put up until two days before Christmas Day. It is decorated with glass bulbs, straw ornaments, candies, tinsel, and electric lights or candles. A house in Christmas time would be festively decorated with poinsettias, red tulips, evergreens, gingerbread biscuits, and may smell of pepparkakor, or, "ginger thins": a Swedish christmas cookie.

The height of Christmas celebration in Sweden is Christmas Eve, called Julafton in Swedish. No work is to be done on this day except to feed the animals, and the family sits down to a feast. <ref>http://www.californiamall.com/holidaytraditions/traditions-sweden.htm</ref> The traditional Julafton dinner consists of smorgasbord, a Scandinavian buffet, with ham, pork, or fish, jellied pigs feet, lutefisk, and various other sweets. Another tradition is to serve a rice porridge called Risgryngrot with a hidden almond in it. Whomever finds the whole almond in their bowl will be married the next year. <ref>http://www.santas.net/swedishchristmas.htm</ref> This traditions varies between families.

After the meal a friend or family member dresses up as Tomte, the Christmas gnome. He is a Swedish legend that supposedly lives under the floorboards or in the barn, watching over the household and livestock throughout the year. He has a white beard, red robes, and hands out gifts with funny little rhymes attached that hint at what the gift is. Afterward the children leave him a bowl of porridge. In older days a yule goat called julbok was an alternative to Tomte, nowadays the goat is used only as a straw ornament. In recent times Santa Claus has caught up in Sweden and Tomte is losing his identity.

Many Swedish families make it a tradition to watch the Donald Duck Christmas specials on television every Christmas Eve at three PM.

Then on Christmas morning families get up very early to go to a candle-lit church service.

The Christmas festivities officially end on January 13th, Knuts day. On this day the tree is chucked into the snow, all of the decorations taken down and the edible decorations gobbled up.

== See Also ==
*[http://goscandinavia.about.com/od/knowledgesafety/qt/xmassweden.htm|Sweden's Christmas Traditions]
*[[Sweden]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Christmas]]
[[Category:Sweden]]

Christmas in Sweden

2009-12-14T22:27:25Z

Daniellef99:

[[Sweden]] is 87% [[Lutheran]] so Christmas is celebrated widely there, with some unique traditions. To say Merry Christmas (and a happy New Year) in Swedish is God Jul (and Ett Gott Nytt År).

== Traditions ==
In Sweden people kick off the Christmas season with [[advent]], the countdown to Christmas Day, with the traditional advent calendar. Children enjoy opening the little windows of the calendar each day to discover the treasures inside. Many homes have an advent candle holder with four candles, one for every week before Christmas. Every Sunday one is lit until all four candles are shining and Christmas has arrived.

The first Christmas celebration is marked by Saint Lucia Day on December 13, the feast day for the young Italian martyr [[Saint Lucy]]. In the morning the eldest daughter of the household dresses as Lucia, wearing a white robe, red sash, and an evergreen crown with tall candles attached. <ref>http://www.santas.net/swedishchristmas.htm</ref> She is accompanied with her younger siblings: the girls also dressed in white and holding candles, and the "star boys" wearing pointed hats adorned with golden stars while holding lanterns or star wands. They then bring coffee, mulled wine, and saffron buns (a Swedish bun typically eaten during Advent and on St Lucia day) to the adults in their beds while singing Santa Lucia. In a more modern tradition the town elects their own Lucia, and escorted by her her maids and star boys, she goes around town bringing light, song, and, of course, saffron buns.

The Christmas tree usually isn't put up until two days before Christmas Day. It is decorated with glass bulbs, straw ornaments, candies, tinsel, and electric lights or candles. A house in Christmas time would be festively decorated with poinsettias, red tulips, evergreens, gingerbread biscuits, and may smell of pepparkakor, or, "ginger thins": a Swedish christmas cookie.

The height of Christmas celebration in Sweden is Christmas Eve, called Julafton in Swedish. No work is to be done on this day except to feed the animals, and the family sits down to a feast. <ref>http://www.californiamall.com/holidaytraditions/traditions-sweden.htm</ref> The traditional Julafton dinner consists of smorgasbord, a Scandinavian buffet, with ham, pork, or fish, jellied pigs feet, lutefisk, and various other sweets. Another tradition is to serve a rice porridge called Risgryngrot with a hidden almond in it. Whomever finds the whole almond in their bowl will be married the next year. <ref>http://www.santas.net/swedishchristmas.htm</ref> This traditions varies between families.

After the meal a friend or family member dresses up as Tomte, the Christmas gnome. He is a Swedish legend that supposedly lives under the floorboards or in the barn, watching over the household and livestock throughout the year. He has a white beard, red robes, and hands out gifts with funny little rhymes attached that hint at what the gift is. Afterward the children leave him a bowl of porridge. In older days a yule goat called julbok was an alternative to Tomte, nowadays the goat is used only as a straw ornament. In recent times Santa Claus has caught up in Sweden and Tomte is losing his identity.

Many Swedish families make it a tradition to watch the Donald Duck Christmas specials on television every Christmas Eve at three PM.

Then on Christmas morning families get up very early to go to a candle-lit church service.

The Christmas festivities officially end on January 13th, Knuts day. On this day the tree is chucked into the snow, all of the decorations taken down and the edible decorations gobbled up.

== See Also ==
*[[http://goscandinavia.about.com/od/knowledgesafety/qt/xmassweden.htm|Sweden's Christmas Traditions]]
*[[Sweden]]

[[Category:Christmas]]
[[Category:Sweden]]

Christmas in Sweden

2009-12-14T22:03:43Z

Daniellef99: Christmas traditions in Sweden

[[Sweden]] is 87% [[Lutheran]] so Christmas is celebrated widely there, with some unique traditions. To say Merry Christmas (and a happy New Year) in Swedish is God Jul (and Ett Gott Nytt År).

== Traditions ==
In Sweden people kick off the Christmas season with [[advent]], the countdown to Christmas Day, with the traditional advent calendar. Children enjoy opening the little windows of the calendar each day to discover the treasures inside. Many homes have an advent candle holder with four candles, one for every week before Christmas. Every Sunday one is lit until all four candles are shining and Christmas has arrived.

The first Christmas celebration is marked by Saint Lucia Day on December 13, the feast day for the young Italian martyr [[Saint Lucy]]. In the morning the eldest daughter of the household dresses as Lucia, wearing a white robe, red sash, and an evergreen crown with tall candles attached. She is accompanied with her younger siblings: the girls also dressed in white and holding candles, and the "star boys" wearing pointed hats adorned with golden stars while holding lanterns or star wands. They then bring coffee, mulled wine, and saffron buns (a Swedish bun typically eaten during Advent and on St Lucia day) to the adults in their beds while singing Santa Lucia. In a more modern tradition the town elects their own Lucia, and escorted by her her maids and star boys, she goes around town bringing light, song, and, of course, saffron buns.

The Christmas tree usually isn't put up until two days before Christmas Day. It is decorated with glass bulbs, straw ornaments, candies, tinsel, and electric lights or candles. A house in Christmas time would be festively decorated with poinsettias, red tulips, evergreens, gingerbread biscuits, and may smell of pepparkakor, or, "ginger thins": a Swedish christmas cookie.

The height of Christmas celebration in Sweden is Christmas Eve, called Julafton in Swedish. No work is to be done on this day except to feed the animals, and the family sits down to a feast. The traditional Julafton dinner consists of smorgasbord, a Scandinavian buffet, with ham, pork, or fish, jellied pigs feet, lutefisk, and various other sweets. Another tradition is to serve a rice porridge called Risgryngrot with a hidden almond in it. Whomever finds the whole almond in their bowl will be married the next year. This traditions varies between families.

After the meal a friend or family member dresses up as Tomte, the Christmas gnome. He is a Swedish legend that supposedly lives under the floorboards or in the barn, watching over the household and livestock throughout the year. He has a white beard, red robes, and hands out gifts with funny little rhymes attached that hint at what the gift is. Afterward the children leave him a bowl of porridge. In older days a yule goat called julbok was an alternative to Tomte, nowadays the goat is used only as a straw ornament. In recent times Santa Claus has caught up in Sweden and Tomte is losing his identity.

Many Swedish families make it a tradition to watch the Donald Duck Christmas specials on television every Christmas Eve at three PM.

Then on Christmas morning families get up very early to go to a candle-lit church service.

The Christmas festivities officially end on January 13th, Knuts day. On this day the tree is chucked into the snow, all of the decorations taken down and the edible decorations gobbled up.

Talk:Glenn Beck

2009-12-14T21:34:47Z

Daniellef99: /* Moderate? */

==Moderate?==
What's wrong with calling Glenn Beck a moderate?

Update: I changed the article so that all the facts are neutral. [[User:PSMax8956|PSMax8956]] 13:11, 2 August 2007 (EDT)

Well, he calls himself a conservative. I'd put him in between hard-core conservatives like Ann Coulter and the more moderate "conservatives" like Bill O'Reilly. I like all of them, by the way.[[User:JamesL|JamesL]] 22:15, 13 December 2007 (EST)

:Beck refers to himself as libertarian AND conservative: [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09047/949391-129.stm] [[User:ObserverNY|ObserverNY]] 10:06, 23 September 2009 (EDT)ObserverNY
::He says he's a libertarian who doesn't like libertarians.

==Media Matters==
I joined this, today actually, because I agree with the idea that Wikipedia has a liberal bias. On the subject of Media Matters, Wikipedia often refers to them as a "media watchdog group". In the Wikipedia article on Glenn Beck, Media Matters is cited no less than nine times. Since this website is NOT Wikipedia, we should use other sources.[[User:JamesL|JamesL]] 22:15, 13 December 2007 (EST)

Glenn is hardly a Moderate. He's a true blue Conservative and thats why I like the dude. I think you have Glenn confused with Jim Bohannan.

==Liberal silencing?==

This section should probably be removed, as no sources are cited, in accordance [[Conservapedia:Commandments]]. [[User:IStig|IStig]] 10:15, 5 October 2009 (EDT)

As it's been over a week since I posted that and nobody has provided sources, I have removed the section. If you want to reinstate it with reliable sources, be my guest. [[User:IStig|IStig]] 00:22, 15 October 2009 (EDT)

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