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Post by alexandgruntz on Dec 24, 2007 9:51:43 GMT -8
Okay, I know most of you are still waiting out Christmas Eve, but because it's Christmas Day here, merry Christmas to all. Hope you get what you wanted.
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Post by Bea on Dec 25, 2007 0:29:46 GMT -8
And to you
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Post by Theo on Dec 25, 2007 9:43:02 GMT -8
I wish you a Merry Christmas, I wish you a Merry Christmas, I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
-> To all Gruntzers from Teo
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Post by SwordGrunt on Dec 25, 2007 10:53:47 GMT -8
Same from me, to all of you Gruntz Fanz! And thanks to all you three
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Post by alexandgruntz on Dec 25, 2007 11:23:59 GMT -8
Boxing Day, and there's a lot of food sitting on my desk, as well as a copy of Windows Vista. Once Vista is installed, I'll test Gruntz on it for all of you.
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Post by BattlezM on Dec 25, 2007 17:08:25 GMT -8
MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone.
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Post by FriedGruntzaholic on Dec 25, 2007 19:18:19 GMT -8
Merry Christmas, fellow gruntzerz! These are "good tidings of great joy which are to all people. For unto you is born...in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord...Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, good will toward men." Luke 2:10-14 paraphrased.
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Post by oldone on Dec 26, 2007 7:08:18 GMT -8
Amen. And I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas.
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Post by GooRoo on Dec 26, 2007 12:02:28 GMT -8
Amen. And I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. I really won't know if it has been a wonderful Christmas until I receive word that daughter #2 and her husband have arrived safely at home. There is a lot of 'weather' in eastern Washington (state), where they are heading. On our way home last night from my brother-in-law's home in Puyallup, Washington we ran into snow flurries even here (in the ' banana belt') that wasn't a lot of fun to drive in ... so I am praying for them to have a safe return trip home. So I am going to be "on pinz and needlez" until the telephone ringz, and it is them saying they are home and unpacked ... about 8 or 9 hourz from now.
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Post by Gamer on Jan 1, 2008 11:45:39 GMT -8
Yay It was nice... now we are taking down the decorations so it's a little sad.
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Post by Theo on Jan 1, 2008 13:00:08 GMT -8
So early? We'll take them down on the 8th of January.
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Post by GooRoo on Dec 25, 2020 8:42:10 GMT -8
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Post by Zu on Dec 25, 2020 13:05:01 GMT -8
Happy Holidays to everyone!
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Post by Rik on Dec 26, 2020 4:48:43 GMT -8
Merry Christmas and Happy new year
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Post by GooRoo on Dec 24, 2022 14:10:19 GMT -8
MERRY CHRISTMAS
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. —Isaiah 9:6
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Post by Rik on Dec 25, 2022 5:46:42 GMT -8
Merry Christmas and Happy new year 2023
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Post by Perfect Grunt on Dec 27, 2022 2:21:56 GMT -8
Frohe Weihnachten from Germany!
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Post by GooRoo on Dec 27, 2022 8:15:52 GMT -8
Frohe Weihnachten from Germany!
My German teacher from 1960 gave me "Froheliche Weinachten". What is the difference (in English)?
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Post by Perfect Grunt on Jan 1, 2023 4:55:19 GMT -8
Frohe Weihnachten from Germany! My German teacher from 1960 gave me "Froheliche Weinachten". What is the difference (in English)?That's a tricky question, since it involves lots of "emotional truth". "Fröhlich" is a lot more like "jumping around and singing and laughing", while "froh" can be (doesn't have to) much calmer, silent and even spiritual. I would also say that "fröhlich" is much more a temporary mindset, while "froh" is usually a longer lasting feeling. Examples: - I can be froh that I have such a wonderful wife.
- I can be fröhlich because I've got my favourite cheese while shopping and because I am going to eat it tonight.
- If I trip over something in the stairway and sprain my toe, I can still be froh about not having broken my leg, even while not being fröhlich at the moment because of the pain.
- Drinking alcohol can make some people fröhlich but usually not froh.
So, when talking to a Christian, I am much more convenient in saying "Frohe Weihnachten", since I know (s)he is getting much from the religious part of the celebration and not only from the "party". When talking to someone I know (s)he is not very religious, I could (but usually wouldn't) say "Fröhliche Weihnachten". And when talking to a Jew or a Muslim, I could just say "Schöne Feiertage" ("Happy Holidays") – but usually wouldn't, because I do not think that thorougly during spoken conversation. Additum by my wife: " Fröhliche Weihnachten is simply outdated".
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Post by GooRoo on Jan 1, 2023 16:35:52 GMT -8
My German teacher from 1960 gave me "Froheliche Weinachten". What is the difference (in English)? That's a tricky question, since it involves lots of "emotional truth". "Fröhlich" is a lot more like "jumping around and singing and laughing", while "froh" can be (doesn't have to) much calmer, silent and even spiritual. I would also say that "fröhlich" is much more a temporary mindset, while "froh" is usually a longer lasting feeling. Examples: - I can be froh that I have such a wonderful wife.
- I can be fröhlich because I've got my favourite cheese while shopping and because I am going to eat it tonight.
- If I trip over something in the stairway and sprain my toe, I can still be froh about not having broken my leg, even while not being fröhlich at the moment because of the pain.
- Drinking alcohol can make some people fröhlich but usually not froh.
So, when talking to a Christian, I am much more convenient in saying "Frohe Weihnachten", since I know (s)he is getting much from the religious part of the celebration and not only from the "party". When talking to someone I know (s)he is not very religious, I could (but usually wouldn't) say "Fröhliche Weihnachten". And when talking to a Jew or a Muslim, I could just say "Schöne Feiertage" ("Happy Holidays") – but usually wouldn't, because I do not think that thorougly during spoken conversation. Additum by my wife: " Fröhliche Weihnachten is simply outdated".
I could not ask for a better explanation of the difference ... and my 62 year old lesson supports your wife's "simply outdated". And my German teacher (the father of my team's 1st singles player) was prone to preferring formal language ... Sie sind, NOT du bist ... for example. Times (and language) change ... but 'old fogies' seldom do.
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