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Usagi books make great presents! We just got "Travels with Jotaro" for a birthday gift for my nephew. We introduced him to Usagi and his mom says he's not a reader but loves to read Usagi. I think comics are great for "reluctant readers".

Couldn't agree more, especially with Usagi. I believe it caters to a wide range of interests.

I plan on handing my collection down to my children.

yay! quelling a fantom ink set!

Andy wrote:Usagi books make great presents! (...)

Couldn't agree more, I plan to make myself a lot of this presents.

.......Im a broke little person this year......almost as any year...I have a BIG BIG!!! (in Germany, USA, Ireland).......Family!!!!!! And I have to see and Give gifts to all!!!

Usagi wrote: .......Im a broke little person this year......almost as any year...I have a BIG BIG!!! (in Germany, USA, Ireland).......Family!!!!!! And I have to see and Give gifts to all!!!

You don't have to give presents to all, I only buy presents for my closest family.

I only buy presents for my closest family.

Someone's following the European format for Christmas. My father gets very cranky that we give more than one gift... and it rubs him a little that the giving happens on Christmas rather than St. Nicholas Day. Liefde Sinterklaas, please bring me a tasty orange, and don't let your helper bundle me off to Spain!

takematsu wrote:

I only buy presents for my closest family.

Someone's following the European format for Christmas. My father gets very cranky that we give more than one gift... and it rubs him a little that the giving happens on Christmas rather than St. Nicholas Day. Liefde Sinterklaas, please bring me a tasty orange, and don't let your helper bundle me off to Spain!

Maybe that's because I live in Europe? On St. Nicholas Day we give small presents, like candy, sweets, and the big presents are left for Christmas.

Maybe that's because I live in Europe?

GOOD HEAVENS! Poland in... Europe?! When did that happen? *book-checking noises* Ahhh. Three billion years ago. THAT explains why I missed the memo.
I am a great jack-BADWORD today, it seems.

It's funny the way that some traditions are being globalized, like Santa Claus. In Spain, presents were usually given to your relatives on Epiphany day (January 6), supposedly the day on which the 3 Magi gave their presents to the newborn Jesus, and Christmas was a family day on which you mostly have a huge lunch which will generate left-over food for the following 3 weeks. However, more and more families choose Christmas as their "presents-give-away" day, and are replacing the old-fashioned Bethlehem scenografy with the "brand new" Christmas tree.

However, the weirdest traditions come from Catalonia (the Spanish region where Barcelona is at.) One of them is the Caga Tió ("Crapping uncle", literally,) which consists in painting a face on a log, putting a barretina (traditional hat) and a blanket on it and placing the presents under the blanket. Then, the children take a stick and start hitting the log while singing a song, and then the Tió "craps" the children's presents (as you probably guess, the children just grab the presents from the log.) Another one is the "caganer" ("crapper," again.) When making the Bethlehem sceganografy (Is "crib" a proper translation?) with its little stall with Jesus, Mary, Joseph, the Magi, and everything else, is also a tradition to put a "caganer" (a little doll defecating) in it, usually in a hidden corner so you have to look for it. Kids love it, of course . There have been many movements started by the Church to ban this kind of traditions, but it seems that foreign costumes are the ones that will make these disappear.

speaking of tradition, the highland games are cool, throwing trees and what not.