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Plum@lemmy.worldM to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 days ago

List of Christmas and winter gift-bringers

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List of Christmas and winter gift-bringers

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Plum@lemmy.worldM to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 days ago
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  • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
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    24 days ago

    So do children in Poland get visited by David Bowie?

    • GraniteM@lemmy.world
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      24 days ago

      I’d like to tell you about it, but I think I’d blow your mind.

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    deleted by creator

  • DrDystopia@lemy.lol
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    23 days ago

    Finland: “Goat”

    Me: What?!

    Finland: “A picture of Christmas goat and his wife:”

    Me:

    Source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joulupukki

  • 1stQ@feddit.org
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    It’s Holy-night-man in Germany. (If you want a more literal translation.)

  • starlinguk@lemmy.world
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    The Dutch have St Nicholas, so do the Belgians, and many Germans have St Nicholas too. Bad Wiki page.

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      Nikolaus comes December 6th, Weihnachtsmann comes December 24th in Germany. Two different figures (That are admittedly based on the same historic figure, as far as I know. Some Greek guy?). Not sure about the Dutch, but didn’t Santa come from the Dutch Sinter Claas or something?

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    24 days ago
    NSFW Yule Goat

    Source


  • ArseAssassin@sopuli.xyz
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    Meanwhile in Poland

  • ChronophobianQ@piefed.zip
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    Yule man in Denmark would be more accurate. It’s not really about christ for most of us here.

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