Merry Christmas from Germany, /his/, hope you guys all had a good day! It's a pity it wasn't colder, didn't feel incredibly Christmas-y this year.So, to keep the Board Owner from banning this thread, why was Saint Nicholas chosen out of all saints as o

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Anonymous 12/26/15 (Sat) 01:21:16 508e40 No.33949

Merry Christmas from Germany, /his/, hope you guys all had a good day! It's a pity it wasn't colder, didn't feel incredibly Christmas-y this year.

So, to keep the Board Owner from banning this thread, why was Saint Nicholas chosen out of all saints as one to represent Christmas?

How true is the story of Mary and Joseph's trip back to Bethlehem? I mean, did people actually make this trip on 1BC to be documented or would this trip have been later or earlier?

How do you celebrate Christmas where you live, now and historically? I'm staying with my girlfriend in Germany at the moment and their Christmas is very Christian, while in my native Britain it has been commercialised to all hell. Britain was not always like this, however, as Christmas had previously been a Christian festival for hundreds of years before it was banned by the Puritan Parliament in the 1640s before being reinstated under Charles II's rule.

Anonymous 12/26/15 (Sat) 16:38:05 121fe2 No.33969

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>>33949

Merry Christmas to you from Italy!

>why was Saint Nicholas chosen out of all saints as one to represent Christmas?

Uhm, he doesn't here, but I'd say it's because he's associated with gift-giving in December, a tradition that goes back to Roman times. He anonymously gave gold (represented by the three oranges in your pic) to three girls to save them from prostitution, and between that, the Three Wise Men and Saturnalia - poof, Santa Claus. But that's just a guess.

>How do you celebrate Christmas where you live?

With our families, putting on weight obscenely, and exchanging socks, scarves and other useless shit. Best time of the year though this hot, dry winter a shit.

Anonymous 12/26/15 (Sat) 18:04:42 791704 No.33970

>>33969

Wewe Italianon, anyways this, we eat something all together at home and then gift things and play bingo sometimes with money, too.

Anonymous 12/26/15 (Sat) 21:45:24 717fe8 No.33974

This Christmas sucks. Its to warm for Feuerzangenbowle or hot punch.

At least I got the Christmas presents for my family in time. Christmas really is a terrible event; its always such a surprise when it comes up each year.

Anonymous 12/26/15 (Sat) 23:29:59 84c63a No.33975

>>33969

>He anonymously gave gold (represented by the three oranges in your pic) to three girls to save them from prostitution

ohhhh, so this is why you get an orange in your stocking at Christmas? I always wondered about that man, cheers.

>>33970

so much food man, I had goose yesterday, what about you Italianons?

>>33974

man, I don't mind the presents bit, I can deal with that, it's the tradition of giving cards to people like what the fuck, I'm giving them a present and they're offended if I don't write them a card?

Anonymous 12/30/15 (Wed) 00:19:15 43e000 No.34022

>>33975

Timballo and Lamb

Anonymous 12/30/15 (Wed) 22:01:04 51095e No.34038

>>33975

Well, in the Southern states it was traditional to do it because fruit was expensive during the depression and even before the depression. Fruit was considered a luxury and thus was a good gift for children being simple minded and all. Oranges were considered a favorite of children for their sweetness. Not talking mass produced ones, real oranges. Boomers and their parents passed it on along with buying toys and shit to children.

Most of what people ate back then were grains and veggies, with fruits being only common like they are today in the tropical regions. Most people ate corn, wheat products, potatoes and the moderate amount of meat you could afford. Fruit, being sweet, was attractive to children and thus it became traditional to give it to children during the winter when it was extremely rare. When preservation techniques became more advanced in the 20s, it became even more widespread, even going farther up North. When the depression happened it became common to give fruit for Christmas as a cheap alternative to consumer goods like toys.

Well, that's how my family explained it anyways.

t. Guy from Kentucky