Well back at work after a relatively uneventfull week doing the family shuffle, the girls ended up being very confused about christmas as the opened presents on Christmas Eve (Polish Tradition) then with my parents on Christmas and then with cousins on the 27th they now think Chtistmas is over a week. I ended up having a little too much temparanillo on Christmas, not to good for hangovers. Had some interesting cultural observations on Christmas from Polish and German perspectives. The European Christmas is more about food then presents, and in scaring the crap out of little kids to make sure they are good
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knecht_Ruprecht
Coming back to work it is amazing how many stories I am hearing of family tensions at Christmas.
Its so ironic that getting the family together to celebrate the spirit of Christmas is when most family fights and feuds happen. There is a Polish proverb that Christmas guests are like freshly caught fish, great the first day, a bit smelly the 2nd day and by the 3rd day no longer welcome.
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