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A description of Christmas in Nianacio will come later.
OOC: Aaah, I forgot to do this when it was still December 1st forum time! :(

Please do not make posts about killing people, that are intended to insult Christians, or with subjects that might be inappropriate for children to read (this is about Christmas, after all!).

Here are three links that might help you come up with a distinctive set of traditions:
http://www.christmas.com/pe/1427
http://www.santas.net/aroundtheworld.htm
http://www.the-north-pole.com/around/index.htm

Well... it's kinda more commericalized, and we stripped the religious aspects out a few years ago. We call it BigumGiftumGivin. Basic exchanges of presents along with a few old carols and some kindness to the fellow man sort of thing.

We do not celebrate Christmas and it is not a national holiday. Christianity is a small religion in our nation, as are it's holidays. The main religions are the Primes, Erisism, Islam and Judaism.

Until the Christians gain more followers in our nation, Christmas will not be celebrated too widely.

Happy Non-Denominational Winter Season!

-Random Government Intern

We abduct homeless people then roast them on a spit. Later, we dance naked around the fire and hold Pagan fertility rights which is a kind of unnecessary considering it usually decays into an homosexual orgy. :twisted:

We don't celebrate Christmas; instead, we kill Christians and wonder what the hell Christmas is. ;)

...seriously, I've got nothing to add here.

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Haha...I changed the "what not to post" part of the post.

Chipland's post is a good example of what I didn't want in this thread.

Usualy chistmas celebrations involve a 3-5 hour feast, consisting primarily of beer chugging contests for the kids and a shot-for-shot competiton for the older people. Not much food is served except for pickled eggs and peanuts.

Actualy... most every holiday is celebrated that way here.

It isn't.*
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Why would a bunch of machines care about some idiot who killed himself for no apparent reason, or a stupid log? Furthermore, the seasons never change in the airless void of space, so there is no reason to celebrate the "winter season" either.

Well, we start the season in mid-August with advertising and TV specials, which rise to a sappy climax on Christmas Eve. We give gifts, celebrate the season, use the excuse to get out of school/work, and compete to see who can light their house the most garishly. Last year's winner, one Lee Everwood, used a Porto-Fusion Reactor to power his terawatt laserlight show that lasted all 12 days of christmas. We cut down our own trees, or buy them in the cities, and light those up as well, usually with ornaments given in previous years and with assorted trains scooting around the base. Many people go to Church (usually for the first time since Easter) and get together with family. Then we eat a lot of food, exchange more gifts, and have awkward silences around the dinner table with the relatives. The next day, 50% of the gifts are returned, and the everyone prepares for next year. Charity donations, on the rise for the past month, plummet, and everyone gets wasted on New Years when they see the bills. (But it builds population! :D ) It's the best holiday!

This is Holy lands, so we are very uncommercial and extremely religious as it should be!

Christmas is not a national holiday in Rejistania, since christians are a small minority in our country. But of course, the christians celebrate it and since no one but them cares about, it is celebrated without any commercial hype, sometimes even without any presents. In Rejistania, the christians are known for their christmas carols like they are known for the cross, but since this songs use rejistanian harmonies and lyrics in rejistanian languages, they are totally unknown outside the country!

EDIT: YASMOT (yet another sh*tty mass of typoes)

We don't have christmas. We have "GreedyDay".

We're in the Southern hemisphere, so Christmas is in summer here. It's a national holiday - a leftover from the colonial days. In actual fact, it holds little religious meaning for the majority of the population, but it's seen as a day to share a good time with friends and family.

Given that there is no private enterprise here, it's very little commercialised.

We don't call it christmas. It's Solstice in Assington. It is a time to celebrate the year and give to others.

Basically X-mas without the religious background.

We celebrate Yule rather than x-mas. Families gather together and share food and stories. The children are given gifts and then a fresh vampire is thrown on the fire and everyone gathers around to watch it burn.


oop ! Did I say vampire ? I meant log, yes log....

We don't celebrate Christmas; instead, we kill Christians and wonder what the hell Christmas is. ;)

...seriously, I've got nothing to add here.

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We go out and kill non Catholics, so i guess it all works out... :lol:

My people dont celebrate xmas, or any holidays of that fringe sect.

The traditional way to celebrate in december here, is to sacrifice family sized snickerbars to Artemis, have BBQ's on the beach with friends, family and forbidden loves. My people also shave their pet pomeranians to look like lions and parade them in the main city streets while singing synth-pop songs from the 1980s.

Tis joyful summer fun for the whole nation.

Please do not make posts about killing people, that are intended to insult Christians, or with subjects that might be inappropriate for children to read (this is about Christmas, after all!).


Is sacraficing chickens okay. Becasue we do that. Instead of an angel or star on top of the tree we have a cooked rooster head

It isn't.

Why would a bunch of machines care about some idiot who killed himself for no apparent reason, or a stupid log? Furthermore, the seasons never change in the airless void of space, so there is no reason to celebrate the "winter season" either.

You know that christmas involves getting free stuff? right? :(

You know that christmas involves getting free stuff? right? :(

Alas, nothing is ever free, and no one can ever say that they truely own anything.

Ownership is so material... ephemiral, it only exists because we say so.

You know that christmas involves getting free stuff? right? :(

Alas, nothing is ever free, and no one can ever say that they truely own anything.

Ownership is so material... ephemiral, it only exists because we say so.

Yes, but you're still getting free stuff. Who knows? Maybe a greed chip or 2 might fix this adversion to material goods you picked up.

Three Christmases have been saved by a man by the name of Homer Simpson and eight have been ruined by the same man. One Christmas featured Funzo, an adorable talking toy. Uhh... yeah.

Mayor Joe Quimby of Springfield, USA
A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.
http://www.trevweb.com/simpsonstrivia/Images/quimby.gif

In the Holy Empire of Pantocratoria, the full Christmas feast season is celebrated traditionally. Attendance at Mass throughout the season is compulsory (as opposed to regular Sundays and other feast days, when it is just "strongly recommended"). However, Christmas is also very commercial, with a huge upturn in consumerism. Since Pantocratorians attend Church everyday in the Christmas season, they have been gradually weened onto the idea of giving gifts for each of the twelve feast days of Christmas, making Christmas an extremely profitable period for retailers, even by the standards of the rest of the world.

According to the Ministry of Cultural Development, the compulsory Church-going tends to nullify the ill-effects of this extreme commercialisation. Because both religious fervour and consumerism are at an all-time high during this time of the year, the two tend to cancel each other out to some extent.

Ministry of Cultural Development

Draconis Nightcrawlis celebrates christmas under its original name, Yule. It's original traditions are also observed.

WE PLAY REGGAE MUSIC FOR THREE WEEKS STRAIGHT, THEN EVERYBODY HAPPY.

Be Easy My Brother!!!!

Being a theocracy, Traehnoil puts high emphasis on the religious aspect of the season. We exchange minimal gifts and a huge feast is given for the people by Supreme Pontiff Neb Nouhlac. Even our celtic leprechauns take part in the celebrations. 8)

Erin Go Bragh!! :lol:

Well it depends on the person. Everyone goes down to they're favorite pub on the night before Christmas with the locals and everyone get wasted(Except for the kids). Some people go out into the frozen wilderness and do some camping and snow related activities. All authoritarian figures are dressed as a fat guy in red, whom we've named, "The Fat Man". Our casinos are especially busy that time of year as well. 8) We celebrate X-mas like it was meant to be celebrated.

We also burn down Christian churches the night before Christmas to make sure they don't go praying :roll: . They are forced to drunken stupor like the rest of us and all is well in Yurka!

Please do not make posts about killing people, that are intended to insult Christians, or with subjects that might be inappropriate for children to read (this is about Christmas, after all!).

We also burn down Christian churches the night before Christmas to make sure they don't go praying . They are forced to drunken stupor like the rest of us and all is well in Yurka!

OOC: Yes, I know lots of other people have done it too, but I thought maybe those people did it before the original poster edited their post. Can people no longer read even the first post before they post in a thread?

in carlemnaria the exchanging of gifts is not unique to one particular day of the year. rather it is after all a fundimental eliment and basis of our post monitarist economy. there are however feasts and celebrations held at all four primal points of the year, each associated with their ancient 'element'; summer, earth; spring, water; winter, air; and fall, 'fire'.
the winter solstice or midwinter's eve as it is called is celebrated with generous often communal feasting, where praise and thanks is given genericly to the great mystery of spirituality for the good fortune of all who have made to this 'half way through the winter' time of year.

the decorating of trees and houses with intricately programed sequences of small colored lights also occurs. creating a cheerful and delightful atmosphere on cold winter nights.

we do not however put human looking faces on inanimate objects or asign names of persons past or present to days, places, objects or even each other. rather everything is allowed it's own identity, not one arbitrarily imposed by some set of social assumptions.

children of all ages are inspired to be creative in their inviting of one another to their gatherings,
which often take place in schools and even town halls.

again this is not done to impose arbitrary perceptions of the nontangable however, such a practice believed to be divisive and widely frowned upon.

it is widely believed as is practiced by the nalanuthu, that the imposing of names and deffinicians opon matters of the spirit become a barrier to its mutual affection with the living.

there are many local tales of 'santa clawses', often totemic nonhuman or sometimes anthro creatures, these are often colorful and each village and town and district and area has its own unique tails to tell
of its own friendly spirits and how they keep people warm and protect them through the long cold nights and short magical days of the winter season

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Please do not make posts about killing people, that are intended to insult Christians, or with subjects that might be inappropriate for children to read (this is about Christmas, after all!).

We also burn down Christian churches the night before Christmas to make sure they don't go praying . They are forced to drunken stupor like the rest of us and all is well in Yurka!

OOC: Yes, I know lots of other people have done it too, but I thought maybe those people did it before the original poster edited their post. Can people no longer read even the first post before they post in a thread?

Thats beautiful Yurka, bringing together all those diffrent people. :cry:

The Corporation of Akimi doesn't celebrate X-mas, we call it Party Day! The Corporations give all of the employees a huge bonus and they usually spend it on gifts for their family and friends.

The people of Zenti, being mostly Buddhist, do not celebrate the religious aspect of Christmas. We all go the local Buddhist temples where we eat vegetarian cuisine, watch plays, and give gifts to our family and friends.

In Scardias Athem we do not celebrate Christmas. We do however celebrate the Sabbat of Yule on December 21st. People feast and gather into their covens and practice various rituals. The practice of gift giving is also observed.

Everyone in the Empire celebrates Christmas by national law. Pretty much like the U.S. except without civil rights groups suing the pants off everyone. There is a grand affair in Morgul (capital) where the Emperor holds the annual Christmas celebration.

We go out and kill non Catholics, so i guess it all works out... :lol:I will have to warn the citizens of Nianacio to not go to Imitora...
Is sacraficing chickens okay. Becasue we do that. Instead of an angel or star on top of the tree we have a cooked rooster headI dunno...:?
My people dont celebrate xmas, or any holidays of that fringe sect.We're not a fringe sect! :o
we do not however put human looking faces on inanimate objectsYou have no paintings of people?

BuMp

Tordhee, de facto spokesperson on religious and spiritual issues for The Safalran Lands, says "Our populace is mainly atheist, but the significant pagan minority celebrate the winter solstice. Our calendar is based on the solstices and equinoxes, so many of the atheists also celebrate because it gives them an excuse for a party."

Christmas is banned in ITD. We instead celebrate Presidents Day, every worker is given a 15 minute break so that they may eat a flavorless rice square. The 15 minutes are then tacked on to the end of their workday. We cannot afford 15 minutes of unproductivity. Citizens are still encouraged to buy gifts, however the gifts are for the president. A minumum of 200 dollars per citizen must be spent.

We celebrate Christmas like every other American state does, with wasted people (except the kids), store Santas, lots of movie reruns, buying up a 100 credit's (=$100) worth of presents and lots and lots of kids playing in the snow.

As the primary religion in New Russia (includes New Russia, New Russia 2067, New Russia 200X and New Russia 1967) is Judaism, we do not celebrate Christmas. However, we do celebrate a somewhat commercialized version of Haunaka.

The government of Hic et Ubique (and most of the Earthside region) generaly disregard such holidays unless a criminal event takes place. Personal beliefs are personal, after all.

We take every opportunity to party, so also in cristmas what we do is that all productivity is halted exept for the numerous pubs in wich there is free beer and wurst. then the local political secretary holds a speach and then we take the rest of the day off.

This thread's not dead, this thread's not dead!
I will not let it be dead!
It is alive, oh yes it is!
You can't hear me singing this!
This thread's not dead, this thread's not dead!
I will not let it be dead!

Christmas here is mostly traditional, nice "Dont let this thread die" post by the way, cookies? *Offers cookie plate*

Thanks. *Takes a cookie. Takes a few more.* I don't like bumps, so I have to either be clever or let my threads die.

In Teritora Christmas is a major holiday that is celeberated with a major 12 day Festival, as well as relgious Cermonies, a Midnight Christmas mass, a Christmas feast and variety of midevial catholic traditions carried over from the middle Ages.

Christmas is very similar to traditional christmas around the world. But in my country we call Desperakwanzaaukkah. Much more use of candles than should be approved by fire safety laws. Also, instead of your Santa Clause we have a Desperakwanzaaukkah Pigeon who plays traditional Desperakwanzaaukkah songs on her magical oboe.

We, in Lizardom do not celebrate christmas, as it has become a greedy holiday.

We, instead, celebrate the Seinfeldian holiday of Festivus. Leg-wrestling and Festivus Pole raising abound!!!

We at Counselingtiger allow for any of our citizens to celebrate in any way they so choose. There are some who celebrate Christmas in a traditional manner. At our capital, we have decorations that celebrate all traditions in our country. We do not have any meanhearted traditions as our citizenry is very compassionate and intelligent.

Note: Christmas is celebrated differently around the RL world, so saying it's "greedy" only applies to part of the world, and saying your nation celebrates "traditionally" isn't really saying much.

On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, people have up their Christmas trees and put out their lights, except there's no snow since where in a tropical region. Instead, people grow a palm tree and hang lanterns and such on them. The day is relatively quiet, people prefer to stay inside and celebrate with families and such, although the alcoholics end up going down to their local bar or tavern. People normally attend church services early in the morning, and then go home to their families for quiet celebrations the rest of the day.
Three Kings' Day, affectionately known as little Christmas, is a while other story. People usually get up bright and early, exchange gifts with neighbors and friends, and then have little parties in the streets, playing music and such. After sundown, they attend church to hear about the meaning of Christmas, and the service usually takes about two hours.

Heh, that sounds similar to how we celebrate. Is your nation anywhere between Africa and America, and Antarctica and Russia?

The colonial base (we haven't exactly achieved independence yet) is located in the Caribbean, although there's a lot of land in our backyard that we haven't gotten around to settling yet. The vast majority of the population lives on the Atlantic Coast near the south (around where Florida or Cuba would be). Part of the reason we celebrate Three Kings' Day over here is because its my birthday. Where's your nation located?

Nianacio is an archipelago occupying most of the far east.
Unlike the area in real-life, Nianacio has been a world power since ancient times and has affected and been affected by cultures between and on the coasts of the aforementioned continents (and country).

If Santa Claus started flying over the Republic, we'd shoot him out of the sky in no time. And if any Christians started lobbying for Christmas to be a national holiday, we'd nod, smile, and send them to the designated protest area, where they would be politely ignored until they went home.

On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, people have up their Christmas trees and put out their lights, except there's no snow since where in a tropical region. Instead, people grow a palm tree and hang lanterns and such on them. The day is relatively quiet, people prefer to stay inside and celebrate with families and such, although the alcoholics end up going down to their local bar or tavern. People normally attend church services early in the morning, and then go home to their families for quiet celebrations the rest of the day.
Three Kings' Day, affectionately known as little Christmas, is a while other story. People usually get up bright and early, exchange gifts with neighbors and friends, and then have little parties in the streets, playing music and such. After sundown, they attend church to hear about the meaning of Christmas, and the service usually takes about two hours.

How.... dull.

If Santa Claus started flying over the Republic, we'd shoot him out of the sky in no time. And if any Christians started lobbying for Christmas to be a national holiday, we'd nod, smile, and send them to the designated protest area, where they would be politely ignored until they went home.

How…riiiiiiiight

We have Ramadan.

we have a traditional christmas except we have weather control so it is always a white christmas

We don't refer to the holiday as Christmas but rather as Hogswatch when we give thanks to the Gods for the birth of our Prime Saint Terry Pratchett.
Afterwards the day descends into a drunken drug fueled debauch and the day after people steal one object from another person that they have had their eye on since the previous year.

Happy Hogswatch from the Community of Electronika!

Terry Pratchett the author? I love his books! :D

*Christmas description coming soon*

God bless,

The Republic of Syskeyia

There is no Christmas in the Stalinist Union. We instead have a similar holiday celebrating the birthday of our glorious teacher Stalin, which is December 21st. By order of the Leader, all are required to pay their respects to Comrade Stalin by gathering around a giant statue of Stalin and a military parade occurs in the Stalinist Union's capital city: Stalin City.

It is called "Stalin Day."

To speak of Christmas in my land is Anarchy. Christmas and all other holidays are banned and those who practice them are publicly executed. Our all knowing and wise dictator believes that religion instigates anti-authoritative tendencies.

No Christmas. The equivalent holidays are Twelvth Night (January 6) and New Year (November 1). Twelvth Night is a very non-secular holiday, not so much celebrated as honored, though a bonfire is customary. New Year, however, is accompanied by gift exchange, carolling, wassail, and most of the other things usually associated with Christmas.

According to the most recent survey, the number of citizens claiming a religion has been dropping steadily for quite some time. Currently, less than 3% of the population indicates any religion.

There is a statutory holiday on each of the solstices & equinoxes and another on New Years day (we still use the CE calendar) and the time between the Winter Solstice and New Years (Northern Hemisphere) is full of feasting and partying as we celebrate the lengthening of the days leading to spring.

Dr. Artur Vellem, PhD
Modern Anthropology Dept
University of Braedorn
The Dominion of Braedorn

In Horrible Fishy Death, Christmas celebrates you. Hahahaha!
No but really, in Horrible Fishy Death we celebrate anti-christmas, the coming of the anti-christ. On June 25th you steal your friend's most prized possesion and break it, and hang up a rotting goat, and as it rots anti-christmas spirit fills the air.

We in Moontian do not celebrate christmas as such. We have a similar holiday called 'end of year giftday,' to be more a celebration of the end of the year. People exchange gifts, play cricket, fool around in bed, especially the teenage population.

Since the Glorious Leader of the People's Republic of Gubania did not receive one single solitary item listed in his letter to Santa Claus last year, Christmas has been outlawed.

Excess lighting and/or foliage in one's dwelling, the exchange of gifts in December, making snowmen, drinking egg nog, and participating in door-to-door singing are all punishable by a life sentence in the mines or special one-time guest appearance on The Daily Sacrifice.

-Gubania