by Princess 27 Replies latest jw friends
I got an email sending me a link to all the crackers I sent...and not one for me! Oh well, it was nice of me to send a cracker to Qwerty, Brumm and Stephanus.
Funny it's an Oz thing too. Brumm, it has nothing to do with the dubs, it just isn't a USA thing.
It's not a USA thing, Princess, but you can order them from Williams Sonoma's Holiday catalog each year. I did this year, and we pulled our crackers (no double entendres from you naughty ones out there) on New Year's Eve. The kids really enjoyed it, and so did I since I'd never done it before! We had little silver charms and a joke in each of ours. I'll probably do it again next year!
Nina
Thanks cruzanheart! That is where I saw them, in the Williams Sonoma catalog. My favorite store!
I'll order some next year. What was inside? Up to the quality standards of WS?
Rachel
I recall a talk at a district assembly several years back about paper crowns. Part of a symposium I think. As I recall, there are mentioned on certain papyrus manuscripts dating from the 2nd century C.E. It appears their were used in pagan worship in ancient Babylon. They were often used as part of the ritual for pagan sex worship.
I'll have to find those old assembly notes in the closet.
***** Rub a Dub
It's not just Christmas, us Brits pick odd times to do strange things. I'm going to a work's dinner in 2 weeks and the emailed invite has stated that all must wear some kind of hat. There will be some ladies turn up in proper hats, but most will wear novelty hats and me and one other guy are going in huge black afro wigs.
R,
I've introduced party hats, via Christmas crackers, to my new family in the US. Two years ago I bought some English made crackers from a local store and this past Christmas I bought some imported from Canada (Quebec actually and the jokes were all about the English). We all wore the party hats after groaning at the awful jokes (although I did learn an Elephant joke I had not heard before). The other English tradition we enjoy (well I do) is Christmas pudding and Scully on this board helped me find a source in the US for imported English foods. The last time I visited my old home town I bumped in to a JW acquaitance whilst shopping in Tescos and choosing Christmas puddings to return to the US with.
The strange thing is, I never, ever, celebrated Christmas when I lived in England. Now I want to enjoy the traditions and customs of my former home even though I have no experience of them.
Regards,
Thirdson
An interesting point, Thirdson. As someone brought up with no Christmas tradition to adhere to, a Dub can pick and choose what traditions they like, rather than being bound by whatever is the norm in the local area.
Hi Stephanus,
I can pick and choose. Even as a J-Dub I enjoyed Christmas, the extended holiday period between Christmas and New Year and the TV specials and the first run movies (even enduring the Queen's speach while waiting for the movie to start at 3:15) . In more recent years with the advent of Video, there aren't many films worth watching that we haven't seen at the theater or on video already. That probably contributes to the view expressed by many corresponants to the BBC news web site that British TV over Christmas was crap. US TV is just as bad and I didn't watch any TV on Christmas day last year. Christmas is totally different for me now.
I still think the best Christmas we had when I was a JW was the Christmas Day we spent at Christies Beach SA, 1970.
Thirdson
