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What seemed weird when I visited your country
ankhtahr:
Here in Germany "Christmas" begins on Christmas Eve. Children get their presents on christmas eve. Christmas Eve is basically the "main event" over here. But only the evening. Christmas Eve is considered a "half public holiday", so stores close around 2pm, and you don't have to work into the evening. Same goes for New Years Eve (called Silvester over here).
Method of Madness:
I never even considered that "Eve" meant "evening of" and not "the evening before". Makes me think of Judaism (the day goes from sundown to sundown)
pwhodges:
Exactly - it's the same thing.
Metope:
Sounds like Norway is exactly like Germany in that regard. It's funny, because the two following days (called First Christmas Day and Second Christmas Day) are complete public holidays while Christmas Eve is only a public holiday after noon. In my family, Christmas Eve is the main event and it's also for the immediate family, while the following two days are for extended family dinners. This arrangement is normal for the families of most of my friends too, but I don't know if it's representational for the whole country.
snalin:
It's like that everywhere I've been, and for my entire extended family, so I'm pretty sure it's representional.
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