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Arannir
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Nov 28 2014, 5:33pm
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Christmas Time
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I love that time of the year.
In Germany (and in some other countries too) we have this time before Christmas called "Advent". Often you get calenders for the 24 days of December until Holy Night... Each day containing a box filled with a nice picture, sweets and similar things.
I got a special one this year from my better half - all Elven style with Tengwar numbers and all :)
One last Middle-earthy Christmas time (however, Christmas will always be Tolkien time for me as I first read the book that time in 1999).
"I am afraid it is only too likely to be true what you say about the critics and the public. I am dreading the publication for it will be impossible not to mind what is said. I have exposed my heart to be shot at." J.R.R. Tolkien
We all have our hearts and minds one way or another invested in these books and movies. So we all mind and should show the necessary respect.
(This post was edited by Arannir on Nov 28 2014, 5:34pm)
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BlackFox
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Nov 28 2014, 5:59pm
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Christmas 2012. The Hobbit. Life hasn't been the same since.
Happy Advent! 
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dubulous
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Nov 28 2014, 11:46pm
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The Hobbit and Christmas will always go together for me
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I received The Hobbit book as a Christmas present 14 years ago and haven't looked back since. It's funny I still remember exactly where and when I read the first page and just instantly fell in love with that world.
And then of course, a year later, The Fellowship of the Ring premiered, so there are quite a few pleasant Christmas memories with Tolkien for me.
Even Tolkien aside, I've always loved Christmas time, though. It brings light to an otherwise very dreary time of year.
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Bracegirdle
Valinor
Nov 29 2014, 8:26pm
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The Twelve Days of Christmas…. With Dancing Ladies, Maids Milking, Drummers Drumming and so on….
And, get this:: There were FIVE, I say, FIVE GOLD RINGS – Can you believe it!! 
Well, Happy Advent anyhoo…
“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.”
But, sneaking off in daylight takes much more cunning.
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Elizabeth
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Nov 29 2014, 10:59pm
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Advent is the 4 Sundays before Christmas Day, theoretically a time for prayerful contemplation in preparation for the event, although many of us prepare a little more actively.
The Twelve Days of Christmas are the time after Christmas, between Christmas Day and Epiphany (January 6). Traditionally, Epiphany celebrates the visit of the Three Kings, and more generally, the realization that Jesus is Special.
I believe both of these are observed in all variants of Christianity that follow the traditional Ecclesiastical calendar.
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Bracegirdle
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Nov 30 2014, 1:47am
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I didn't realize that "The Twelve Days of Christmas" was anymore than a witty catchy Christmas Carol.
Now googling I also find the twelve days are called 'Christmastide'. I like that!
“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.”
But, sneaking off in daylight takes much more cunning.
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entmaiden
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Nov 30 2014, 3:15am
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as the day after Thanksgiving. While the banks and the stock exchanges are open on Friday, the rest of the US that can have a day off are either shopping, eating leftovers, or watching television.
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Bracegirdle
Valinor
Nov 30 2014, 2:25pm
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It's either
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“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.”
But, sneaking off in daylight takes much more cunning.
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Aragorn's Sexy Scar
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Nov 30 2014, 7:27pm
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An extra day off work for us Brits
I work in a chocolate factory and I've already produced and packed foiled chocolate eggs(not the creme eggs) for Easter 
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Bracegirdle
Valinor
Nov 30 2014, 8:34pm
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Black Friday...
As it should be. Good day to stay home!!! and
“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.”
But, sneaking off in daylight takes much more cunning.
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Bracegirdle
Valinor
Nov 30 2014, 8:40pm
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Uummm! Tasty job. Yum, yum.. //
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“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.”
But, sneaking off in daylight takes much more cunning.
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Greenwood Hobbit
Valinor
Nov 30 2014, 9:42pm
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Boxing day, according to Wikipedia -
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Boxing Day is traditionally the day following Christmas Day, when servants and tradespeople would receive gifts, known as a "Christmas box", from their bosses or employers.[1] Today, Boxing Day is the bank holiday that generally takes place on 26 December. It is observed in the United Kingdom, Canada, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Kenya, South Africa, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica and other Commonwealth nations, as well as Norway,the Netherlands and Sweden.
In South Africa, Boxing Day was renamed Day of Goodwill in 1994. The day is known as St. Stephen's Day in Italy, Finland, and Alsace and Moselle in France. It is also known as both St. Stephen's Day and the Day of the Wren or Wren's Day in Ireland. In many European countries, including notably Germany, Poland, the Netherlands and those in Scandinavia, 26 December is celebrated as the Second Christmas Day.[2]
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Meneldor
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Nov 30 2014, 10:23pm
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I don't think he knows about second Christmas, Pip. //
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They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters, these see the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep. -Psalm 107
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