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[cascadiabound]

I have an old friend I haven't seen for many years who's birthday is on Christmas
I could never tell if he got presents separately or together for that day...

The people I know who have a Christmas bday celebrated both on Dec 25. They suspect they got shorted presents compared to their siblings in most cases.

 

[Rj_1954]

I have a dear friend whose birthday is Halloween!

Here he would get a Halloweenie cake

 

[cascadiabound]

Here he would get a Halloweenie cake

 

[Trubbycat]

Here he would get a Halloweenie cake

She loves her birthday.

 

[Shady_nz]

We may be weirdos to the world outside but here... here we are friends. C'mon in and have a seat.

#truth

 

[Rj_1954]

I don't know what anyone is talking about 'weirdos'...
I'm not a weirdo...

 

[cascadiabound]

She loves her birthday.

I think Halloween would be a pretty fun birthday. Guaranteed to get candy and there's always a party to go to.

 

[Rj_1954]

G'night & G'morning all in one

 

[Strixaluco]

First snow is here!
https://i.ibb.co/2Ks6wWH/IMG-20241101-124939-HDR.jpg

I really wish we could have it just winter from now on until March.... I hate typical November slush and darkness.

 

[Strixaluco]

We've had at least some 5cm so far I think, but it's like +0,3°C so it gets wet on the streets.

 

[Rj_1954]

We've had at least some 5cm so far I think, but it's like +0,3°C so it gets wet on the streets.

It's still cold...
It's 7c here

 

[cascadiabound]

 

[Strixaluco]

It's still cold...
It's 7c here

But 0°C is the the freezing / melting point.

We got some 10cm of snow and it has started to melt already - but slowly. Meaning we have 10cm of slush now. One of the worst driving conditions.

Also storm winds... First ever recorded hurricane-speed winds In Finland (though not a hurricane).

 

[Strixaluco]

Funnily enough, 1st of November is the name day of Pyry, which means heavy snowing, often with wind.

Sometimes nomen is omen.

 

[Strixaluco]

https://st2.depositphotos.com/3564827/9472/i/380/depositphotos_94727540-stock-photo-steaming-earl-grey-tea-and.jpg

 

[cascadiabound]

Funnily enough, 1st of November is the name day of Pyry, which means heavy snowing, often with wind.

Sometimes nomen is omen.

Nomen?
I don't know that term.

And I've never heard of Pyry...

scurries off to try to educate myself...

 

[Strixaluco]

Nomen?
I don't know that term.

And I've never heard of Pyry...

scurries off to try to educate myself...

Nomen = name. And I guess it's "nomen est omen", in Latin.

Pyry is a Finnish name, usually men's name. I didn't assume anyone to know it, hence I gave the translation as it's really a weather phenomena too.

 

[cascadiabound]

Nomen = name. And I guess it's "nomen est omen", in Latin.

Pyry is a Finnish name, usually men's name. I didn't assume anyone to know it, hence I gave the translation as it's really a weather phenomena too.

Ah - I do recognize it as Latin.
Are name days a common thing in Finland? Or is it associated with mythic figures?
Pyry is a very cool name.

 

[Trubbycat]

Ah - I do recognize it as Latin.
Are name days a common thing in Finland? Or is it associated with mythic figures?
Pyry is a very cool name.

Pretty sure it's fairly common in traditional societies...

 

[cascadiabound]

Pretty sure it's fairly common in traditional societies...

No wonder it's foreign to me

 

[BrendaBear]

I just found this... and I absolutely love it. I could easily see that as being me in ... 20 years? And I'm not going to embarrass my sister I could see doing that with by calling her out.
https://media1.tenor.com/m/xHffXg7s8JsAAAAC/sisters-love-happy.gif

 

[Strixaluco]

Are name days a common thing in Finland? Or is it associated with mythic figures?

It's a thing here, and in Sweden too I think. It has lost its connection to anything religious ages ago (as Lutheran church is the major one here, saints were thrown out of the window centuries ago), All common names here are included, or rather all that aren't rare, and the calendar is tweaked at times to reflect changes in the common names.

Except the orthodox minority has their own name day calendar, and that one is still connected to saints I think.

 

[cascadiabound]

It's a thing here, and in Sweden too I think. It has lost its connection to anything religious ages ago (as Lutheran church is the major one here, saints were thrown out of the window centuries ago), All common names here are included, or rather all that aren't rare, and the calendar is tweaked at times to reflect changes in the common names.

Except the orthodox minority has their own name day calendar, and that one is still connected to saints I think.

That's lovely. So most people get a birthday AND a name day.

 

[Shady_nz]

I just found this... and I absolutely love it. I could easily see that as being me in ... 20 years? And I'm not going to embarrass my sister I could see doing that with by calling her out.
https://media1.tenor.com/m/xHffXg7s8JsAAAAC/sisters-love-happy.gif

Right back atcha Sis!

 

[Strixaluco]

That's lovely. So most people get a birthday AND a name day.

Something like over 95%. Unless your name is not Finnish or Swedish.

But usually name days are not celebrated as much. Though I know when mine are (first and middle names), you can still surprise me by congratulating me on my name day because I never think of them on that day...