Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Molpet]

Off topic and I will take pictures for taxes soon
But I am wondering if people on your side of the pond, celebration this day
https://www.almanac.com/st-nicholas-day

 

[fuzzi]

Off topic and I will take pictures for taxes soon
But I am wondering if people on your side of the pond, celebration this day
https://www.almanac.com/st-nicholas-day

I enjoyed that, thanks!

 

[Skyeknight]

Slightly off topic from chickens, but I installed an update for the BYC app that promised to fix the issue with uploading photos (previously I had to open up the website if I wanted to post pictures, very inconvenient). Pictures seem to work now, but it appears that the app has decided that it must stick ads in between posts in forums now. I have an adblocker, but the grey rectangles are still pretty intrusive (attached). It seems the changelog failed to mention this

Wait the backyard chickens app is supposed to still work?! Mine immediately breaks down and exits when I try to open it.

 

[Skyeknight]

Off topic and I will take pictures for taxes soon
But I am wondering if people on your side of the pond, celebration this day
https://www.almanac.com/st-nicholas-day

This is an nationwide holiday celebrated in the Netherlands. Everyone here knows about it and celebrates in some way. The article explains it quite well. For us it starts around 20 November and ends today on the 5th of December. Every year there is a whole news program for kids specifically with a story around it which differs every year. This year the presents disappeared I think (didn't follow it). There was also the whole discussion a few years back about the helpers. These are black Pete's, which are in blackface. Now they have a few smudges of soot instead of full blackface. I am kinda surprised you even know about it to be honest. Do you celebrate it?

 

[notabitail]

This is an nationwide holiday celebrated in the Netherlands. Everyone here knows about it and celebrates in some way. The article explains it quite well. For us it starts around 20 November and ends today on the 5th of December. Every year there is a whole news program for kids specifically with a story around it which differs every year. This year the presents disappeared I think (didn't follow it). There was also the whole discussion a few years back about the helpers. These are black Pete's, which are in blackface. Now they have a few smudges of soot instead of full blackface. I am kinda surprised you even know about it to be honest. Do you celebrate it?

We celebrate St. Nicholas's Day, usually on December 6th. Stockings, usually with a fruit and chocolate coins, maybe some useful clothing, and St. Nicholas-shaped cookies.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

This is a nationwide holiday celebrated in the Netherlands. Everyone here knows about it and celebrates in some way. The article explains it quite well. For us it starts around 20 November and ends today on the 5th of December. Every year there is a whole news program for kids specifically with a story around it which differs every year. This year the presents disappeared I think (didn't follow it). There was also the whole discussion a few years back about the helpers. These are black Pete's, which are in blackface. Now they have a few smudges of soot instead of full blackface. I am kinda surprised you even know about it to be honest. Do you celebrate it?

It’s our origin of Santa Claus, whom we conveniently assign to Christmas Eve instead. Santa comes down chimneys, including non-existent chimneys, bringing presents.

In many families, Santa is very practical, bringing toys like rocking horses and bicycles* that are nearly impossible to wrap. Parents seize on this useful fact.

*It is also unknown how Santa gets rocking horses and bicycles down even existing chimneys, but there you are.

 

[Molpet]

I am kinda surprised you even know about it to be honest. Do you celebrate it?

It popped up in an email about traditions

My family always celebrated Christmas ...December 25th.
One great grandparents came from Sweden and others from Germany, Austria and Ireland....but I think they left traditions behind and assimilated.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

It popped up in an email about traditions

My family always celebrated Christmas ...December 25th.
One great grandparents came from Sweden and others from Germany, Austria and Ireland....but I think they left traditions behind and assimilated.

I think that in the US, it’s mostly Catholic and maybe Episcopalian churches that observe it. Maybe Lutheran?

Most Protestant services don’t even have services on Christmas morning (although maybe on Christmas Eve.) A friend of mine who belonged to a Southern Baptist church told me that their new pastor tried to get people to attend on Christmas morning, and he was nearly drawn and quartered, mostly by the women.

 

[notabitail]

I think that in the US, it’s mostly Catholic and maybe Episcopalian churches that observe it. Maybe Lutheran?

Most Protestant services don’t even have services on Christmas morning (although maybe on Christmas Eve.) A friend of mine who belonged to a Southern Baptist church told me that their new pastor tried to get people to attend on Christmas morning, and he was nearly drawn and quartered, mostly by the women.

Catholic here: My family has always done St. Nicholas day, but I don't know if other families do.

 

[BDutch]

Off topic and I will take pictures for taxes soon
But I am wondering if people on your side of the pond, celebration this day
https://www.almanac.com/st-nicholas-day

I did as a child, and when we had children.
It’s a celebration in the Netherlands and Belgium for children, when they get presents. A bit like kings day in Spain.