Longgrain
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Sat Dec-25-04 07:29 PM
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RE: all the Steve threads... |
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as a non-practitioner who was raised Catholic, I just realized tomorrow is the the feast day for St. Stephen... http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14286b.htmIt's also Boxing Day if anyone wants to put their gloves on... Discuss...
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Sat Dec-25-04 07:47 PM
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1. Tomorrow is my friend Steven's bday! |
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Sat Dec-25-04 07:49 PM
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2. Time to get out the Reynolds Warp... |
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:tinfoilhat:
But I jest...:)
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Sat Dec-25-04 08:06 PM
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3. boxing day has nothing to do with gloves |
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unless you're returning them.
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Sat Dec-25-04 08:10 PM
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4. I've seen several different explanations of just what... |
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"Boxing Day" is.
What, exactly, is it?
Do they really celebrate it in Canada?
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Sat Dec-25-04 08:23 PM
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5. The day you give Christmas gifts to those who provide service |
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Sat Dec-25-04 08:26 PM
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7. love the hawker hurricane in the picture |
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Sat Dec-25-04 08:31 PM
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8. Thanks for the link. I had read somewhere that it was connected... |
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to Victorian England and "poor boxes" but, after that, descriptions seemed to diverge wildly, and its current celebration/observance had always baffled me.
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Sat Dec-25-04 08:25 PM
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6. I was going to say that |
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Sat Dec-25-04 08:32 PM
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9. From my understanding... |
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On Boxing day employers and employees switch places...IOW the bosses do all the menial work while the worker sort of takes the day off and bosses his supervisor around.
It evolved from the Old English tradition of land owners giving gifts to their subjects the day after Christmas.
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Sat Dec-25-04 08:34 PM
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10. My Husband - whose name is Stephen |
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says one of his first memories of Christmas is that all the people in the church would sing about him. He didn't get all the words, but it goes:
da da da da, da da da, on the feast of Stephen
:D
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Sat Dec-25-04 08:44 PM
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11. I think you might be thinking of the Christmas carol |
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Edited on Sat Dec-25-04 08:49 PM by Longgrain
"Good King Whenc..ah..a mis"
Um..I'mean
"Good King What's-his-name"?
It goes: Good King (what's his name) came to me, on the feast of Stephan..."
Maybe someone could google the lyrics, but I can't, for the life of me, spell the title...
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Sat Dec-25-04 08:49 PM
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Sat Dec-25-04 08:50 PM
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I've been racking my brain trying to come up with the proper pronunciation.
:-)
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Sat Dec-25-04 08:54 PM
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14. Finally the offical song of Boxing Day! |
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Dec. 26 for those of you not in the know...
Good King Wenceslas looked out On the feast of Stephen When the snow lay round about Deep and crisp and even Brightly shone the moon that night Though the frost was cruel When a poor man came in sight Gath'ring winter fuel
"Hither, page, and stand by me If thou know'st it, telling Yonder peasant, who is he? Where and what his dwelling?" "Sire, he lives a good league hence Underneath the mountain Right against the forest fence By Saint Agnes' fountain."
"Bring me flesh and bring me wine Bring me pine logs hither Thou and I will see him dine When we bear him thither." Page and monarch forth they went Forth they went together Through the rude wind's wild lament And the bitter weather
"Sire, the night is darker now And the wind blows stronger Fails my heart, I know not how, I can go no longer." "Mark my footsteps, my good page Tread thou in them boldly Thou shalt find the winter's rage Freeze thy blood less coldly."
In his master's steps he trod Where the snow lay dinted Heat was in the very sod Which the Saint had printed Therefore, Christian men, be sure Wealth or rank possessing Ye who now will bless the poor Shall yourselves find blessing
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Sat Dec-25-04 09:02 PM
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Edited on Sat Dec-25-04 09:05 PM by bain_sidhe
I actually knew the first two lines, but not the rest of it... but Steve would always just hum until it got to his name, then shout it out. So actually, I should have typed:
da da da da da da da, da da da da STEPHEN
But I figured NOBODY could figure out what I meant if I did that!
(On edit: it helps to envision a three or four year old kid doing this, rather than the full grown adult my honey is right now...)
:D
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