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2006-11-28 Europe

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Posted by Jackal 2006-11-28 18:52|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Santa is an English language creation, people who want to see him should go to America where I am sure Coca Cola will be happy to oblige."

What a bunch of crap: Sinterklaas

But then there is no love lost between the Germans (and I suppose the Austrians) and the Dutch.

Posted by KBK 2006-11-28 21:06|| 2006-11-28 21:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Bloody nonsense. Depending on the region, the traditional gift giver is either Baby Jesus, Saint Nicholas or the Christmas Man (der Weihnachtsmann), who is clearly not the jolly American elf, being much sterner and leaner, amongst other things. I always thought he was related to the English Father Christmas, as several regions of Germany have historically close ties with England due to trade and intermarriage (Hesse, for instance, and Hannoverian League trading cities of the northern coast).

This is just another slap at those damned materialistic Amis, to whom the spiritually pure Germans are so naturally superior.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-11-28 21:38|| 2006-11-28 21:38|| Front Page Top

#3 It's hard to tell whether they're driven more by their hatred of the US or their hatred of themselves.

Oh, well. I hope we can have a chance to clear out the valuable bits of Western culture before the European Caliphate pulls a Bamyan.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2006-11-28 21:44|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-11-28 21:44|| Front Page Top

#4 MIL FORUM POSTER > Russia's ENERGY-BASED GLOBAL ASYMMETRIC WARFARE AGX USA-NATO > GERMANY will belong to RUSSIA by Year 2050, BRITAIN-FRANCE by 2080? WOT/9-11 > D *** ng it, Twis about Radical Islam, and only Radical Islam.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-11-28 22:55|| 2006-11-28 22:55|| Front Page Top

#5 GOOD THING - FREEREPUBLIC.com > REUTERS.com = USA wants to renew former Cold War "REFORGER" MILEX. Focii [LUGAR]- in short, Russia's energy policies may one day lead to Euro-specific dependency on Russia wid risk of Euro-Russian regional MIL CONFRONTATION/CONFLICT.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-11-28 23:44|| 2006-11-28 23:44|| Front Page Top

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