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In college I dated a guy whose family celebrated Christmas so I started
learning important Christmas taboos, e.g., presents must be wrapped
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Many families do not wrap presents. :-)
Yeah, all of these insights are of course specific to a culture and subculture, possibly down to the family level.
I'm sure there must be people in the US who get visits by Santa on Christmas Eve around 4pm, feed him porridge and glögg, and then proceed to open those gifts, just like in e.g. Sweden.
But that just reinforces the idea that traditions are full of codes and rituals that you cannot fully get an insight into unless you have the chance to participate.
I'm sure there must be people in the US who get visits by Santa on Christmas Eve around 4pm, feed him porridge and glögg, and then proceed to open those gifts, just like in e.g. Sweden.
But that just reinforces the idea that traditions are full of codes and rituals that you cannot fully get an insight into unless you have the chance to participate.