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| maydayayday Pentaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5028 days ago 564 posts - 839 votes  Speaks: English*, German, Italian, SpanishB2, FrenchB2 Studies: Arabic (Egyptian), Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Polish, Persian, Vietnamese Studies: Urdu | Message 1 of 34 22 October 2010 at 3:03pm | IP Logged | ||
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I realise that not all parts of the world celebrate the same 'Christmas' as we do in the UK but most celebrate something once per year, so please use your own local/cultural celebration to list what language related materials you would request from 'Santa' - I would also find it interesting if you could summarise the background to the festivities, dates etc.
I understand that in Spain the 25th December is a religious festival and gifts are given on the 6th January. How does it work where you are? I have asked 'Santa' for a Persian language course, as everything else is coming along nicely, thank you. I was prompted to ask the question as the local shops have distressingly just started stocking up with seasonal 'stuff' and we are a long way from that day. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| garyb Triglot Senior Member ScotlandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5016 days ago 1468 posts - 2413 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, French Studies: Spanish | Message 2 of 34 22 October 2010 at 4:36pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'm still considering a Kindle or similar device, after reading the discussion about it on here. It would certainly get me reading more.
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| Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 5843 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes 5 sounds | Message 3 of 34 22 October 2010 at 5:48pm | IP Logged | ||
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I will ask Santa for an anatomically correct plaster skull (preferably human, not elven).
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 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5656 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 4 of 34 22 October 2010 at 5:49pm | IP Logged | ||
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In Germany Christmas presents are given on 24th of December, this day is called "Heiligabend" (= Holy Evening).
I will probably receive some money for Christmas and with this I will like to buy the next textbook "Günaydin" Book 2 (I am now learning with "Günaydin" Book 1) together with the answer key. Fasulye Edited by Fasulye on 22 October 2010 at 5:51pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Ari Heptaglot Senior Member Norway Joined 6391 days ago 2314 posts - 5695 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Cantonese Studies: Czech, Latin, German | Message 5 of 34 22 October 2010 at 6:42pm | IP Logged | ||
No gift-giving holiday in China, I think. On holidays where gifts would be given in the West (weddings, Spring Festival) people give each other money instead. I can't think of much materials I'd want for language learning. The Internet has pretty much all I need. But the collected works of Stephen Chow would certainly be welcome and also useful for my Cantonese. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 budonoseito Pro Member United States budobeyondtechnRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5614 days ago 261 posts - 344 votes Studies: French, Japanese Personal Language Map | Message 6 of 34 22 October 2010 at 6:42pm | IP Logged | ||
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My birthday is also in December. That makes it even harder for my family. I either want a
book or expensive gadget or sports equipment. I always end up with a book or Amazon gift card. I have been thinking about the kindle and also a netbook. The netbook would offer more options and versatility. I am hoping to get a new laptop through work and then that would take care of that need. :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6512 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 7 of 34 22 October 2010 at 9:05pm | IP Logged | ||
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Maybe no Christmas this year? That would be a nice present.
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 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6718 days ago 4250 posts - 5710 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 8 of 34 23 October 2010 at 12:08am | IP Logged | ||
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It's not on my wish list, but language learning would be a lot easier if I had even just a 1/10 of Luca's/Torbyrne's/[other polyglot's] skill/aptitude/talent. :)
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