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Post by el alma on Oct 8, 2005 19:27:41 GMT
i am introducing myself again, because before i didnt really say much.
my name is sara and i live wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy over in the united states, in a city called san jose. it is really close to san francisco..which is a lovely place to be!
fall is just around the corner here, and soon the leaves will fall and the skies will become purple when the sun goes down!
i really am so glad patrick wolf has a forum! it is so heartwarming to see so many admiring fans and people willing to share their treasures!
yay!
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Post by obeseguy on Oct 8, 2005 22:28:22 GMT
Hello... again Jx
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Post by Laurel? on Oct 8, 2005 22:48:40 GMT
My brother was born in San Jose... or maybe it was me?
Welcome aboard.
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Post by AnneYgerne on Oct 9, 2005 1:55:19 GMT
Welcome to you!!!
Fall is around the corner here too, in Belgium...
When the sky starts to turn red in the evening we say that "Saint Nicolas cuit ses spéculoos"
=> Saint Nicolas (the one that insired the red Coca-Cola Santa Klaus we all know today) in baking his speculoos (a typical belgian kind of spice biscuit prepared and given around Saint Nicolas on the 6th of december to the children who go to school)!
Chaaalut!
Anne
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Post by jelkemeneer on Oct 9, 2005 9:05:38 GMT
welcome to the forum Sara Welcome to you!!! Fall is around the corner here too, in Belgium... When the sky starts to turn red in the evening we say that "Saint Nicolas cuit ses spéculoos" => Saint Nicolas (the one that insired the red Coca-Cola Santa Klaus we all know today) in baking his speculoos (a typical belgian kind of spice biscuit prepared and given around Saint Nicolas on the 6th of december to the children who go to school)! Chaaalut! Anne In the Netherlands we also know him. His name is Sinterklaas over here. And speculoos is called 'speculaas'. A lot of dutch people also eat lots of 'pepernoten', it are a sort of small biscuits, a bit like speculaas. Officially children get the pepernoten from the Zwarte Pieten. Sinterklaas comes to Holland in November on a boat from Spain with a lot of black guys/girls, called "zwarte pieten". Between then and his birthday, 5 December, little children put their shoes in front of the door and they get little presents in it, like chocolate-money of pepernoten. Then on Sinterklaas his birthday, everybody get lots of presents of Sinterklaas. It's something like Christmas actually. Well, that's what the children think.. Actually it's just the parents who give the presents, but that doesn't matter that much. I'm actually gonna play Sinterklaas at my school, just for fun Sinterklaas's boat Pepernoten A 'zwarte piet' with (a) sinterklaas Sinterklaas
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Post by AnneYgerne on Oct 9, 2005 9:42:35 GMT
welcome to the forum Sara Welcome to you!!! Fall is around the corner here too, in Belgium... When the sky starts to turn red in the evening we say that "Saint Nicolas cuit ses spéculoos" => Saint Nicolas (the one that insired the red Coca-Cola Santa Klaus we all know today) in baking his speculoos (a typical belgian kind of spice biscuit prepared and given around Saint Nicolas on the 6th of december to the children who go to school)! Chaaalut! Anne In the Netherlands we also know him. His name is Sinterklaas over here. And speculoos is called 'speculaas'. A lot of dutch people also eat lots of 'pepernoten', it are a sort of small biscuits, a bit like speculaas. Officially children get the pepernoten from the Zwarte Pieten. Sinterklaas comes to Holland in November on a boat from Spain with a lot of black guys/girls, called "zwarte pieten". Between then and his birthday, 5 December, little children put their shoes in front of the door and they get little presents in it, like chocolate-money of pepernoten. Then on Sinterklaas his birthday, everybody get lots of presents of Sinterklaas. It's something like Christmas actually. Well, that's what the children think.. Actually it's just the parents who give the presents, but that doesn't matter that much. I'm actually gonna play Sinterklaas at my school, just for fun Sinterklaas's boat Pepernoten A 'zwarte piet' with (a) sinterklaas Sinterklaas ;D Ours travels on/with a donkey and one Zwarte Piet (Père fouettard = whipping father) who is there to whip the children who didn't work well at school. And we prepare a plate the evening before he should come with vegetables for his donkey (carrotes, celery and turnip) and coffe for both him and Père Fouettard and the next day the plate is full of nice things to eat: tangerines, nuts, speculoos, chocolate money, marzipan in the shape of a pig and/or the vegetables and a special brand of sweets (shown on jelke's pic) white, yellow, orange and pink in the shape of objects like a wooden shoe, coffe-mill, mouse... and for some reason that same day my mother always use to prepare a soup with the same vegetables we had given for Saint Nicolas! The odd thing is that we had given them all to him, so how could she use some for the soup? Where did she get them from ?
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Post by MissBlue on Oct 9, 2005 16:13:51 GMT
welcome sara!! aw so many patrick fans stateside! he really should come and visit! xx x
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Post by el alma on Oct 9, 2005 16:22:36 GMT
wow, annygerne, jelkemeneer, thank you for the culture explosion!!!
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Post by Jessica on Oct 9, 2005 17:52:12 GMT
A lot of dutch people also eat lots of 'pepernoten', it are a sort of small biscuits, a bit like speculaas. Officially children get the pepernoten from the Zwarte Pieten. That's where you're wrong.... Pepernoten are the soft ones, kruidnoten are the ones that taste like speculaas, but a lot of people make the mistake to call them pepernoten instead of kruidnoten so you're forgiven. Kruidnoten are the most tasty ones, I almost bought them today!
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Post by White Onyx Elephant on Oct 9, 2005 17:53:36 GMT
hello Sara! welcome to the forum Sara Welcome to you!!! Fall is around the corner here too, in Belgium... When the sky starts to turn red in the evening we say that "Saint Nicolas cuit ses spéculoos" => Saint Nicolas (the one that insired the red Coca-Cola Santa Klaus we all know today) in baking his speculoos (a typical belgian kind of spice biscuit prepared and given around Saint Nicolas on the 6th of december to the children who go to school)! Chaaalut! Anne In the Netherlands we also know him. His name is Sinterklaas over here. And speculoos is called 'speculaas'. A lot of dutch people also eat lots of 'pepernoten', it are a sort of small biscuits, a bit like speculaas. Officially children get the pepernoten from the Zwarte Pieten. Sinterklaas comes to Holland in November on a boat from Spain with a lot of black guys/girls, called "zwarte pieten". Between then and his birthday, 5 December, little children put their shoes in front of the door and they get little presents in it, like chocolate-money of pepernoten. Then on Sinterklaas his birthday, everybody get lots of presents of Sinterklaas. It's something like Christmas actually. Well, that's what the children think.. Actually it's just the parents who give the presents, but that doesn't matter that much. I'm actually gonna play Sinterklaas at my school, just for fun in Poland Saint Nicolas (œwiêty Miko³aj in Polish) comes to children's bedrooms by night on the 6th of December and leaves presents (if the children were nice during last year)or a twig (if they weren't) under their pillows or near their beds.
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Post by heidi on Oct 9, 2005 18:00:29 GMT
hello again... and we have a saint nicolas in switzerland, too... we call him "santiglaus" or "santiklaus" or "niggi-näggi"... he lives in the schwarzwald in a little house with a donkey (i just met one time one with a real donkey) and his "schmuzli" (kind of his assistant)... he writes down in a book about the children if they were god and honest or if they were bad over the year... the good ones get bags with peanuts, mandarins, oranges, "grättimänner"/"grittibänz", "lebkuchen" (we call them "läbkueche") and some candy when he comes at the 6th of december... but they have to tell him a poem... and before he comes you hear his bell ringing... the bad ones get some blows with the rod (?) (we call it "ruete") on their ass (i just saw this happen one time and i never get one, haha)... or if they were really bad, he takes them with him to his house and they have to work for him there and must pare carrots... (acctually, if you are a child it sounds more logical, hihi...) that's the "santiglaus" with his "schmuzli", and some children with their bags... a "grättimaa"/"grittibänz" some "läbkueche" and the rod or "ruete" (sorry, couldn't find a better picture... it's the thing the "santiglaus" is holding in his right hand...) it is really fascinating if you're a child... a lot of children are also scared of him... but it is always sweet to see kids telling their poems... i always started to learn one a few days before he came when i was younger...
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Post by Jessica on Oct 9, 2005 18:04:54 GMT
and we have a saint nicolas in switzerland, too... we call him "santiglaus" or "santiklaus" or "niggi-näggi"... He looks more like an Antiklaus to me! His assistant is almost too scary for little children. Especially the ones who are not allowed to watch Harry Potter for being too scary.
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Post by el alma on Oct 9, 2005 18:55:22 GMT
wow. that assistant is scary! i hate being american. there is no real american 'culture' it is alright to latch onto others, right?
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Post by heidi on Oct 9, 2005 19:29:58 GMT
umm, yeah, that's a scary one... i didn't find a better picture... acctally, the assistants aren't that... um... they don't talk and just carry the big bag if there isn't a donkey... or so... acctually i was always more scared fom the santiglaus, because i always thought he would know how much i lied when i was late on coming home and stuff... hihi... and in switzerland we have a lot of these 'culture stuff' or so... and in every kanton (something like federal states, we have 26) has its own traditions... well, i just know those from where i live... oh, i found a better picture, where schmuzli doesn't look so scary... and i forgot to mention that the samiglaus or samiklaus or niggi-näggi also is called samichlaus... lol
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Post by brokenrose on Oct 9, 2005 22:08:17 GMT
Hi, im Sarah too, but with an H hehe. ;D
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Post by jelkemeneer on Oct 10, 2005 14:23:33 GMT
A lot of dutch people also eat lots of 'pepernoten', it are a sort of small biscuits, a bit like speculaas. Officially children get the pepernoten from the Zwarte Pieten. That's where you're wrong.... Pepernoten are the soft ones, kruidnoten are the ones that taste like speculaas, but a lot of people make the mistake to call them pepernoten instead of kruidnoten so you're forgiven. Kruidnoten are the most tasty ones, I almost bought them today! Yes, you're right..
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Post by Laurel? on Oct 12, 2005 23:16:51 GMT
i hate being american. there is no real american 'culture' America has it's own culture, along with those that have been brought over by all who have immigrated here. Cultures tend to blend even more these days because of how small the world has grown thanks to technology, but even with the blending every nation still has it's own culture. Look around.
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Post by el alma on Oct 13, 2005 0:21:08 GMT
i know that, and that is the thing i love about it.but wouldnt it be nice, laurel?, to have some sort of unique celebration that involves the whole country to come together as a happy community? well, just here where i live there is just alot of hostility toward one another.
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