LL-L "Holidays" 2002.12.06 (08) [E]

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From: Richard Smith richard.m.smith at worldnet.att.net
Subject: LL-L "Holidays" 2002.12.06 (01) [E]

Hello Candon!

Just letting you know you're not the only one raising a horn this season!

Richard "Wartooth" Smith

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Holidays

Folks,

I wonder if there is any connection between the North German custom of
leaving one's shoes on a window sill (or in front of a door) for St. Nicolas
to find and fill (which must be related to the tradition of Santa Claus
coming through the chimney to fill stockings) and the Scandinavian
Yule/Christmas tradition of families putting their shoes out next to each
other to symbolize their wish for all members to remain together for another
year, which appears to be a pre-Christian tradition.

We have already discussed the Scandinavian Yule dance (family members
dancing and singing through every room is the house) as a pre-Christian
remnant, related to _Mummenschanz_ dances of the Alemannic areas where in
the Christmas and News Year's season (i.e., general Yuletide) frighteningly
dressed and masked dancers clean houses and villages of lingering evil
spirits with a lot of noise.  Does any of this survive in Lowlands customs?
Yes, and is the Druidic "Wild Hunt" (_la Chasse Artu_) and "Furious Host"
related to it?

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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