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Who brings the gifts (jakubmarian.com)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Translating "julemanden" as "Christmas man" just feels wrong.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You could say "Yule man" instead, but it means the same thing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Well not exactly. Yule and similar words are used as the word for Christmas in Scandinavian languages but it used to refer to a non-christian tradition. Scandinavian countries are generally not very religious and I personally don't like the association of yule with christianity.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Came here to point out that "jul" isn't exactly Christmas. It feels weird seeing "julenisse" be translated as "Christmas gnome" knowing the mythos behind the ~~little pyromaniac shitter~~ little buddy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Its meaning has become conflated with Christmas just as Christmas was stolen from pagan traditions, but that is still its current meaning in English.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Yea but coming from a danish viewpoint, I find it strange to equate them.