Intel486dx33 wrote on 2022-12-17, 11:26:

The Home computer market would not be what it is without Christmas season sales. This is definitely the time of year when most h […]
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The Home computer market would not be what it is without Christmas season sales.
This is definitely the time of year when most home computers and components are sold.
Just look at all the Black Friday , Cyber Monday, Christmas sales, etc.
Sale after Sale.
This is time of year everyone in America(s) saves their MONEY for.
The Christmas season sales.

In America I think this is becoming the time of year when people upgrade and replace their home computers.

That first picture, is so fully Scandinavian. No bling-bling, just normal colours. Down to earth and all that.

I do not do much X-Mas decoration. But Jul it has to be, so I have a few old style elf's (or 'Nisser' to be specific)
Nisser comes from the old entity, that are living in the barn. Originally named Niels, then nis and finally Nissen.
If you did not feed it with porridge, the entity would make the milk sour and even kill the live stock.
So you better give nissen a bowl of porridge, or you would be without the means of being alive.

They are close related to santa, but are not santa's helpers. If you treat them well, they will provide children with
one gift a day, in the stockings that children have put up. Mostly just a tiny piece of candy or some fun toy.

Most people think they have red clothes, but I like the old version with grey clothes.

Santa has Gifts for Everyone.
I like to buy a bunch of my Favorite Chocolates and hand them out to guest.
I was to Lazy to go out and search for a Christmas tree to buy this year.
Also we are experiencing a drought season with extreme heat and allot of the Christmas trees died or have been damaged.
So the selection is not very good this year. But I did notice that of the trees that were for sale they sold out quickly.

Intel486dx33 wrote on 2022-12-18, 18:59:

Santa has Gifts for Everyone. I like to buy a bunch of my Favorite Chocolates and hand them out to guest. I was to Lazy to go ou […]
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Santa has Gifts for Everyone.
I like to buy a bunch of my Favorite Chocolates and hand them out to guest.
I was to Lazy to go out and search for a Christmas tree to buy this year.
Also we are experiencing a drought season with extreme heat and allot of the Christmas trees died or have been damaged.
So the selection is not very good this year. But I did notice that of the trees that were for sale they sold out quickly.

Just get an elf or something, and place it at it's feet. Or something.

brostenen wrote on 2022-12-18, 17:46:

WolverineDK wrote on 2022-12-17, 03:15:

Bossen Og Bumsen Op Til Jul. […]
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brostenen wrote on 2022-12-16, 21:38:

Why is saint nicolas not christian? Sure he evolved, but as far as I know saint nicolas is christian.
He should (as far as I remember) have lived in a town that are located in modern Turkey.

Bossen og bumsen? Does not ring a bell, not even the name. Is it from some sort of contemporary pop culture or something?

Bossen Og Bumsen Op Til Jul.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoz3Fe0eu1g

Well perhaps the bishop Saint Nicholas of Myra whom the catholic church says is the "Yule-man" . Is one thing, but the origin of the jolly old fellow with a beard and all that is so much older, both the Russian father frost, and an ancient Afghan religion, that has many similarities with the Norse mythology has that bearded fellow in it and he gives out gifts (if you checked the video with Yule you will see what I am talking about Odin). So no, "Santa Claus" per se is NOT Christian at all. The Catholic church took saturnalia , and the Viking Yule, and called it "Christ-mass". There is nothing Christian about the winter solstice at all. Sorry to burst your bubble mate 😀

Last year, I looked up the ancient Afghanistan stuff, and found a great video about ancient Afghanistan, and that video had the stuff about the ancient Afghan religion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipwWXY-ig08 , but if you are not interested in the MANY similarities, if you want to only hear about the bearded fellow. Then go to 24 minutes and 39 seconds of the video. But the whole video is great. About the similarities, if not parallels to the Celtic and Norse mythology. Inlcuding the world creation in the Norse mythology and the Afghan . So enjoy 😀

That is exactly what I mean about the christian santa, evolved into what we know today. The base is Saint Nicholas, but have been added local tradition and belief, in order to be what santa is today. The society is after all, based on christianity in one way or the other. Personally it rejoyce me, that we are going back to older times. Kind of becomming more norse in the way we conduct jul. Personally I dislike the term Yule, but prefer the term jul. Jul is all about eating and making children happy. Nothing more or less.

* Big cyber Yule/Jule hug * to you mate 😀

More Santas

W-w-wishing you all a v-v-very Merry Christmas and a s-s-standard def n-n-new year. 😰

Wishing you a Merry Retro Christmas, may your parts continue to work for another year!

has anyone burned down the straw goat yet?

HO HO HO

Merry Christmas, everyone! ^^ 🎄

Merry Christmas

Standard Def Steve wrote on 2022-12-21, 08:14:

W-w-wishing you all a v-v-very Merry Christmas and a s-s-standard def n-n-new year. 😰
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Whaa'? Where are you located? North Pole? Santa, is that you?

Merry Christmas!

EDIT: Talk about temperature differences.

33°C Here in Melbourne , Deffo feeling the heat as well , btw merry Christmas y'all.

Happy Festivus for the rest of us. 😄

I'm spending X-Mas over at my Twitch channel streaming H2H-XMas for Doom 2.

I know there's been more recent Christmas themed WADs but, I'm trying to make it a "tradition" to specifically play through this one, and yes I complain very frequently about it.

Merry Christmas!

What did you all get ?

We played “White Elephant” gift exchange game and I picked a gift that had a Brand NEW $100 bill in it but it was quickly stolen from me.
That $100 bill went thru 3 other people before it was deemed not eligible for trade anymore.

So I ended up with a $20 Starbucks gift card in the end.

It’s allot of fun playing “White Elephant Gift exchange game”