LL-L "Holidays" 2003.12.05 (07) [E]

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From: "Gustaaf Van Moorsel" <gvanmoor at aoc.nrao.edu>
Subject: LL-L "Holidays" 2003.12.05 (01) [E]

Ron Wrote:

> Happy St. Nicolas Day to all of you who will celebrate it tomorrow,
December
> 6!
>
> I know that it is the most important holiday of the Christmas season for
> most of our friends in and from the Netherlands and Belgium.

Thanks!  Although here in the New Mexico desert there is very little
that reminds me of the dark and cold of Sinterklaas back home, I did
manage to mail order a supply of speculaas, pepernoten, and banket-
staaf, which I will present to my American colleagues during an ex-
tensive coffee break this morning.  If last year is any indication,
it will all be gone by 11am MST!

It seems that each culture has at least one celebration which is
largely unique.  Here in the US, for me, it is Thanksgiving, and
back home, in the Netherlands, it definitely is Sinterklaas.

Gustaaf

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