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Monday 25th, December 2006

Christmas in Guyana!

Filed under: Unfiled — Lilandra @ 1:17 am

Hmm.
Well, according to Santa Claus in Timehri, it’s not cold like where you come from!

19 Comments »

  1. He he….. Just think of those poor Australians who celebrate it, the poor person who has to dress-up in that over-stuffed red and white outfit: with a full facial Beard on–in the middle of summer! Customs aside, every land should celebrate whatever holiday you want to, according to their climate. You live in the tropics, nothing should involve snow! Heck, if you’re South of the Equator, then winter should be in June, and June should be renamed December–just to keep with the program. Boy, that would screw things up–eh?

    Comment by Thomasso — Monday 25th, December 2006 @ 5:47 pm

  2. LOL
    It would.
    Do Aussies really believe in Santa Claus? Is he very prevalent there? It must be serious torture.

    Tropical Santas should wear t-shirts and shorts!

    :-)

    Comment by Lilandra — Monday 25th, December 2006 @ 10:57 pm

  3. Yes, Aussies do celebrate the Santa Claus deal with chimneys and Reindeer: the whole bit. I was there about 10 years ago now, during the first couple of weeks in December; they were getting ready to celebrate it. Of course, they have slight variations: e.g, fake pine trees for X-mass trees, sand instead of snow. But I did see a guy dressed in a Santa outfit that looked terribly uncomfortable out on the beach–though he was in shorts! Its just so damn hot there in December–Santa was the last thing on my mind when I was there.

    Comment by Thomasso — Monday 25th, December 2006 @ 11:25 pm

  4. That just sounds painful!

    Ooo! Happy Boxing Day! :-)

    Comment by Lilandra — Monday 25th, December 2006 @ 11:58 pm

  5. Yeah, I like when our ads have Santa in bermuda shorts and sandals…if St Nick really were around, wouldn’t he dress to suit? Plus how can Christmas=winter for people who have never had December winter (most of us in the Caribbean whose ancestors come from Africa, India etc). At least the Aussies (mostly) can claim reminiscing of their former British days…maybe…

    Comment by Chennette — Tuesday 26th, December 2006 @ 12:01 am

  6. All what you said!

    My clock is fast

    Comment by Lilandra — Tuesday 26th, December 2006 @ 12:03 am

  7. Boxing Day! ….That’s why I don’t openly celebrate the X-Mass deal anymore! It has turned into one big commercial. “I’ll sell you this… I’ll sell you that!” One big money grab. The whole idea of buying gifts for everyone has gotten so out of hand, the other values are lost because of it. Businesses prey on this kind of thinking. The company I used to work for, for almost eleven years, made eighty percent of its profit per year just in the first two weeks of December alone.

    The real “Boxing Day” specials are well into January, when everyone is suffering with Credit Card fatigue.

    Sorry about that…. He he he Sugar high. :D

    Comment by Thomasso — Tuesday 26th, December 2006 @ 2:14 am

  8. So, what’s Boxing Day all about? I used to think it was just a bank holiday like…um…Whit Monday or Easter Monday? (one of those mondays, can’t remember which)

    Comment by Lilandra — Tuesday 26th, December 2006 @ 4:18 pm

  9. That’s a really good question? At first I thought it was the day that if anyone had any bad feelings towards another person, you invite that person into the boxing ring. But then I found out that never happened…. So, I thought, maybe that was the day the house was cleaned up from all the empty boxes that were thrown away after all the gifts were opened… Nope, that wasn’t it either… Then, I figured that that was when every store tries to sell all those items that never got sold before X-Mass, at a discount price…. Not sure if its that one either????

    Comment by Thomasso — Tuesday 26th, December 2006 @ 5:29 pm

  10. Maybe there’s a history somewhere if I wasn’t too lazy to look for it?

    Comment by Lilandra — Tuesday 26th, December 2006 @ 6:21 pm

  11. Let’s see if the link works:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_Day

    Comment by Lilandra — Tuesday 26th, December 2006 @ 6:22 pm

  12. Ha! There… Canada, See. Shopping day, not Boxing day! Gangs of women swarm the streets of shopping centres and “shop till they drop”–as they look for those ultimate deals! Ha! No rest for the wicked I say. :P

    I just stay at home, playing with my new toys. :)

    Comment by Thomasso — Tuesday 26th, December 2006 @ 6:35 pm

  13. and the Commonwealth so me too!

    Comment by Lilandra — Tuesday 26th, December 2006 @ 6:35 pm

  14. ooooh Boxing Day sales in Canada…ooooh. I lined up in the snow the year I was in Toronto to get CDs etc on sale. They had news crews filming the bargain-crazy-people. But I didn’t have a lot of money, I just delayed my return home for the experience of the Great Sales. I only made it to one store, then I sort of walked along Yonge Street and maybe Yorkville? watching the craziness. Oh and buying good 2-for-1 pizza slices at a place that specialised in that.

    Names escape me. It was exactly 10 years ago. Boy am I getting old.

    Comment by Chennette — Tuesday 26th, December 2006 @ 8:41 pm

  15. PIZZA!!!!

    Comment by Lilandra — Wednesday 27th, December 2006 @ 12:47 am

  16. I guess I should give you an update on “Boxing Day” over here. It is no longer Boxing Day anymore—it is Boxing Week! Researchers have discovered that consumers are starting to catch on with how these post X-Mass sales work, so they are letting them go for a week now. Sneaky eh?

    I was driving by a “Best Buy” store: there was a line-up that seem to stretch 3/4 of the way around. People standing in the cold for that super deal: PEOPLE, GET A LIFE!!!!!!!

    Regrettably, Pizza is not counted as a Boxing Week sale item. So regular prices for all Pizza. Sad eh? I guess its time to move to where Pizza is on sale all-year-around!

    Comment by Thomasso — Thursday 28th, December 2006 @ 4:34 pm

  17. OH MY!

    Or home made pizza made out of sale ingredients?

    Comment by Lilandra — Friday 29th, December 2006 @ 4:32 am

  18. Hard to believe Christmas is already around the corner. I am ready for some Thanksgiving turkey though.

    Comment by retro — Monday 19th, November 2007 @ 10:06 am

  19. Yeah…I was still thinking the year had just begun

    we don’t do thanksgiving (non-usa) but all this foodnetwork watching has me craving turkey et al

    Comment by Lilandra — Monday 19th, November 2007 @ 2:35 pm

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