tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35124868099611785.post631374142200846432..comments2023-10-24T12:39:03.746+02:00Comments on Uh Oh Spaghettios: Etymology (and ethics) of Santa ClausRebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15768568719894187436noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35124868099611785.post-22533184385903812112008-12-08T13:53:00.000+01:002008-12-08T13:53:00.000+01:00Rachael, Charlie and Lola are great. I don't get t...Rachael, Charlie and Lola are great. I don't get tired of reading/watching them and Suzanne learns lots of English from them. <BR/><BR/>Elisabeth, my husband also associates St. Nicolas with candy so I guess food's a common association with the fellow. Food and whips.Rebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15768568719894187436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35124868099611785.post-89178103705636733172008-12-06T20:11:00.000+01:002008-12-06T20:11:00.000+01:00I went to Catholic school in the suburbs of Lille,...I went to Catholic school in the suburbs of Lille, and this guy dressed as a bishop (so, he really didn't look like Le Pere Noel) would show up on La Saint Nicolas and would give us an orange. Nothing better than a nice little dose of vitamin C to keep a kid happy!Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06397908781677596824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35124868099611785.post-33874051337711187232008-12-05T10:01:00.000+01:002008-12-05T10:01:00.000+01:00we just tell our kid that it's saint nicolas and w...we just tell our kid that it's saint nicolas and when he asks where he's gone, i say he's gone back to turkey. with his pony, of course. the lillois don't seem to play up the whip so much -- the holiday is just an excuse for giving even more sweeties to the kids. my son thinks of saint nicolas as a strictly food holiday -- saint nicolas de pain d'epice from the market, saint nicolas from paul the bakery, and tomorrow he'll get sweeties from the city. <BR/><BR/>ooh, we have the charlie and lola that you folks are reading and boy is it a winner here.<BR/><BR/>rachaelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35124868099611785.post-58096754650880184742008-12-03T13:28:00.000+01:002008-12-03T13:28:00.000+01:00While you're at it, why now throw in "a Festivus ...While you're at it, why now throw in "a Festivus for the rest of us"? That'd sure take the French off guard!<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FestivusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com