TheMurphy@lemmy.worldtoToday I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL Happy Holidays literally means Happy Holy DayEnglish
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9 months agoSame in Denmark, but not everyone will do a traditional thing the 25th or 26th. Most will though.
24th is very traditional.
Same in Denmark, but not everyone will do a traditional thing the 25th or 26th. Most will though.
24th is very traditional.
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.
And ‘jul’ comes from the nordic word ‘yule’ which means Christmas before religion high jacked it.
Yule is much older than Christmas, dating back to the viking age. And they have similar traditions.
I think nearly all European countries except the English speaking, celebrates at 24th.
And you can be sure whatever causes all major illness today, they know, but it’s too profitable to do anything about it.
The things the sugar industry knows for example, but everyone is turning a blind eye.