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What smells bad on Christmas?
2008-11-30, 14:59:49
Egidijus Jurgelionis
Hey! What's up? I'm Egidijus, as you probably saw reading a headline. I'm studying at the University in Vilnius (like Czesław Miłosz did), called Universitas Vilnensis. However, I'm going to be a journalist, when I'll grow up. Now I would like to speak about the Christmas, the day then Santa Claus was born. Oh, sorry, Jesus Christ… Jesus was born then. Unfortunately, it is really hard to say that this holiday means, because of commercialism, which is the part of Christmas now. So, catch some interesting facts about Christmas of Lithuania.
First of all, the main Christmas tree, which is located in Vilnius, isn't wooden. It's made from metal. You think, that I'm joking? Well, yes, that's my thing, but not now. Come to Vilnius and sit down under the tree. Then you’ll see metal constructions, which are hidden by branches. Are there any Christmas Robotrees in Poland?
I don't know anything about Poland and Christmas traditions there, but in Lithuania Christmas is a chance to eat like a pig and drink vodka. You, probably, know this fact: "drinken schnapsen – speeden graben" (hybrid of English, German and Lithuanian). Guess, that this means or just stop drinking "schnaps" on Christmas. I don’t remember the fact, that God was drinking something to celebrate the birthday of his son, do you?
Presents! Who will give you a present – Santa or Jesus? A?! A?! Unfortunately, there is a tradition to find a doll or car "made in China" under the Christmas Robotree, which is probably made in China too. Yes, we are patriots of our countries! "Give me a gun and I'll shout everyone, who will say anything about my village", - that's us. Sometimes teenagers give the perfume to each other. Why? For example, I would give a perfume for a friend, who smells bad. So, don't give any perfume for a human, who gives you money, because the leak of cash could be suppressed after that. Just joking again…
In my opinion, it would be better to call your friend and just congratulate him without any silly dolls, cars and cows. What's more, it would be cheaper to make up a "Christmas joke" and send it by an email or SMS. So, I'll shut up for awhile now. My email is egidijus.jurgelionis@gmail.com and merry Christmas hau hau hau...
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2008-12-03, 19:27:44
Edvinas says:
Robotree...  that's a funny thing...
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