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Ayx Shewma
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Posted - 2013.12.12 17:58:00 -
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The 'x days' until Christmas actually begins on Christmas day, not before. Seems CCP has fallen for the same 'get it done early so you can get it over with' mentality as with all other big corporations. |
Rhivre
TarNec
Invisible Exchequer
650
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Posted - 2013.12.12 18:00:00 -
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Are you mixing up the 12 days of xmas (which count the days until the visitation of the wise men) with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule_Lads
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Batelle
Komm susser Tod
599
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Posted - 2013.12.12 18:03:00 -
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yup, Christmas day to Epiphany. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Days_of_Christmas
What has CCP done/said that's prompted this?
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Rhivre
TarNec
Invisible Exchequer
650
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Posted - 2013.12.12 18:06:00 -
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Yule lads advent calendar <------ seems to be confusing people
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Na Und
Galactronics
114
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Posted - 2013.12.12 18:13:00 -
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It confused me, and I like to think that I'm not easily confused. I just wanted to confirm how to redeem any gifts.
Don't care if it's carbon, or anything like that . . . .
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Tweek Etimua
Aideron Robotics
17
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Posted - 2013.12.12 18:55:00 -
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXXb6p8e6ik&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Dont be confused. |
Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
2009
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Posted - 2013.12.12 19:00:00 -
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^ Avatar looks like a Yule Lad. Well done! |
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
17706
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Posted - 2013.12.12 19:00:00 -
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Just an FYI on Christmas traditions: they're not universal. SoGǪ
GǪthis.
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Felicity Love
Nighthawk Exploration
1040
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Posted - 2013.12.12 19:57:00 -
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... now accepting all donations of carbon, charon and coal. Merry Yuletide 
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CCP Doom
C C P
C C P Alliance
56
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Posted - 2013.12.12 20:44:00 -
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In Iceland Christmas is celebrated with presents and dinner on the evening of December 24, the same as the rest of the Nordics and other European countries.
Christmas Day itself is a day of recovery and for family and friends 
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SurrenderMonkey
Space Llama Industries
368
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Posted - 2013.12.12 20:53:00 -
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Quote:Additionally, the Yule Lads are often depicted with the Yule Cat, a beast that, according to folklore, eats children who don't receive new clothes for Christmas.
You will wear that ugly sweater grandma gave you and you will like it. |
Casanunda
Church Of The Eternal Cosmic Confidence Trick
133
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Posted - 2013.12.12 21:42:00 -
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Ayx Shewma wrote:The 'x days' until Christmas actually begins on Christmas day, not before. Seems CCP has fallen for the same 'get it done early so you can get it over with' mentality as with all other big corporations.
Until is the operative word, if it began on Christmas day, then the word until wouldn't have been used.
The fact that I am not a gazillionaire Gallente aristocrat with the sexual capacity of a rutting rhino is a constant niggle. |
Lors Dornick
Kallisti Industries
Solar Assault Fleet
817
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Posted - 2013.12.12 21:44:00 -
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The festival known as Christmas in English is called Jul/J+¦l/Joulu in the Nordic countries (but then we've only been considered Christian for the about last 1000 years).
Even the various Christian denominations that celebrate it use that name (there's some smaller groups of Christians that refuse to celebrate it at all since there's no solid foundation for it in the good book and they consider it a pure pagan and/or commercial enterprise).
As for the exact date it seems that Santa (or his local cultural avatar) takes care of the Nordics first (possibly because we're close neighbours). So he visits us on the eve of the 24:th, then he hits the road and sorts out the rest of the world on the 25:th.
People more into a scientific explanation could argue that all festivals at that time of year (including new years) should be centred on winter solstice. And that all the different dates are down to errors in calculating a proper calender.
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Seven Koskanaiken
Sons Of Saints
Circle-Of-Two
568
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Posted - 2013.12.12 21:55:00 -
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What are we getting for Imbolc? |
Miilla
Hulkageddon Orphanage
768
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Posted - 2013.12.12 22:35:00 -
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Seven Koskanaiken wrote:What are we getting for Imbolc?
An Imbolc cord? |
Vera Algaert
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
1151
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Posted - 2013.12.12 23:23:00 -
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Lors Dornick wrote:Even the various Christian denominations that celebrate it use that name (there's some smaller groups of Christians that refuse to celebrate it at all since there's no solid foundation for it in the good book and they consider it a pure pagan and/or commercial enterprise).
The point of Christmas is to keep you from celebrating Epiphany because putting too much emphasis on Epiphany might give people dangerous ideas... the biblical account sounds too much like an adoption story for comfort.
Christmas emphasizes Jesus' divine sonship from birth and thus acts as a counterweight to Epiphany. Additionally,
many Eastern Churches celebrate Christmas and Epiphany on the same day (which ensures that Christmas gets the spotlight) while the Western Churches chose to reinterpret Epiphany to bring it more in line with Christmas (the epiphany at Jesus' baptism is pushed into the background or omitted entirely, instead an epiphany to the wise men is construed and celebrated).
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Lors Dornick
Kallisti Industries
Solar Assault Fleet
817
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Posted - 2013.12.12 23:38:00 -
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Vera Algaert wrote:Lors Dornick wrote:Even the various Christian denominations that celebrate it use that name (there's some smaller groups of Christians that refuse to celebrate it at all since there's no solid foundation for it in the good book and they consider it a pure pagan and/or commercial enterprise). The point of Christmas is to keep you from celebrating Epiphany because putting more emphasis on Epiphany might give people dangerous ideas... the biblical account ("this is my beloved son...") sounds too much like an adoption story for comfort. Christmas emphasizes Jesus' divine sonship from birth and thus acts as a counterweight to Epiphany. Additionally, many Eastern Churches celebrate Christmas and Epiphany on the same day (which ensures that Christmas gets the spotlight) while the Western Churches chose to reinterpret Epiphany to bring it more in line with Christmas (the epiphany at Jesus' baptism is pushed into the background or omitted entirely, instead an epiphany to the wise men is construed and celebrated). Christmas is the price you pay for getting the idea of a pre-existent son of God into people's heads.
There's also the slight cynical idea that since there's wasn't any obvious date to celebrate the birth of Christ the church of that time (300 AD ish) decided that putting it at the same time as several pagan festivals was a good idea.
They didn't have to tell people to stop having a party, they just tweaked the reason.
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Tul Breetai
Impromptu Asset Requisition
Insurance Fraud.
441
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Posted - 2013.12.13 00:00:00 -
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So... yeah...
Apparently we were visited by Stekkjarstaur last night, the dude who harasses sheep, but is impaired by his stiff peg-legs.
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Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
17709
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Posted - 2013.12.13 00:28:00 -
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Lors Dornick wrote:There's also the slight cynical idea that since there's wasn't any obvious date to celebrate the birth of Christ the church of that time (300 AD ish) decided that putting it at the same time as several pagan festivals was a good idea.
They didn't have to tell people to stop having a party, they just tweaked the reason.
Politics. Politics never changes.
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Magnus Orly
Crucial Contribution
2
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Posted - 2013.12.13 00:39:00 -
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Wonder if it is possible to recieve the yule lad gifts retroactively for a week back or so? |
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Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
17712
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Posted - 2013.12.13 00:43:00 -
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Magnus Orly wrote:Wonder if it is possible to recieve the yule lad gifts retroactively for a week back or so?
Once they're unlocked, you should be able to collect them at any time until late January.
Also, the 12th was the first day, per the tradition, if you were thinking that you had missed some by only having #12 available.
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Petrified
Old and Petrified Syndication
TOG - The Older Gamers Alliance
38
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Posted - 2013.12.13 01:29:00 -
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CCP Doom wrote:In Iceland Christmas is celebrated with presents and dinner on the evening of December 24, the same as the rest of the Nordics and other European countries. Christmas Day itself is a day of recovery and for family and friends
lol... kinda like New Years Day for Americans. The actual fun is the night before while everyone recovers the next day. One of the reasons so many have that day off. |
NightCrawler 85
Phoibe Enterprises
1112
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Posted - 2013.12.13 06:42:00 -
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Just wanted to say thank you CCP!
Having moved from Scandinavia to US i still miss my Christmas chocolate calendar, but this makes up for it!
Fun idea, and I cant wait until i see what we get tomorrow 
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Jet Burns
Zero Dot Zero
71
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Posted - 2013.12.13 06:49:00 -
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Our family always celebrated xmas eve, and xmas day was alone time to play with toys that had no batteries to make them work. |
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CCP Doom
C C P
C C P Alliance
67
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Posted - 2013.12.13 13:18:00 -
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Tippia wrote:Magnus Orly wrote:Wonder if it is possible to recieve the yule lad gifts retroactively for a week back or so? Once they're unlocked, you should be able to collect them at any time until late January. Also, the 12th was the first day, per the tradition, if you were thinking that you had missed some by only having #12 available.
Yep this is right, you don't have to log in every day to get the gifts. You could log in at any time and collect all those that are available.
And just to confirm the calendar will be available until the end of January although if you have already claimed all of the gifts these will always be in your in-game redeeming system until you allocate them to your character.
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Lugalbandak
Anunnaku Warfare Corp.
281
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Posted - 2013.12.13 13:19:00 -
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Ayx Shewma wrote:The 'x days' until Christmas actually begins on Christmas day, not before. Seems CCP has fallen for the same 'get it done early so you can get it over with' mentality as with all other big corporations.
fack xmas , who gives a damn
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Koban Agalder
Future Corps
Sleeper Social Club
42
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Posted - 2013.12.13 13:24:00 -
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Lugalbandak wrote:Ayx Shewma wrote:The 'x days' until Christmas actually begins on Christmas day, not before. Seems CCP has fallen for the same 'get it done early so you can get it over with' mentality as with all other big corporations. fack xmas , who gives a damn
I would say that probably people who celebrate the anniversary of birth of Jesus ?
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Aiden Terona
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
35
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Posted - 2013.12.13 13:42:00 -
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Koban Agalder wrote:Lugalbandak wrote:Ayx Shewma wrote:The 'x days' until Christmas actually begins on Christmas day, not before. Seems CCP has fallen for the same 'get it done early so you can get it over with' mentality as with all other big corporations. fack xmas , who gives a damn I would say that probably people who celebrate the anniversary of birth of Jesus ?
Jesus is still a thing? |
Markku Laaksonen
EVE University
Ivy League
230
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Posted - 2013.12.13 15:33:00 -
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Aiden Terona wrote:Jesus is still a thing?
I feel no need to elaborate on any personal religious beliefs or lack thereof, but...
You being a douche is still a thing? |
Rikki Bigg
EVE University
Ivy League
2
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Posted - 2013.12.13 17:45:00 -
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Petrified wrote:CCP Doom wrote:In Iceland Christmas is celebrated with presents and dinner on the evening of December 24, the same as the rest of the Nordics and other European countries. Christmas Day itself is a day of recovery and for family and friends lol... kinda like New Years Day for Americans. The actual fun is the night before while everyone recovers the next day. One of the reasons so many have that day off.
Actually Christmas Eve is short for Christmas Evening, as tradition states the new day begins at sundown. So it's technically not the night before, just the night of Christmas, followed by Christmas day. |
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