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Saturday, December 24, 2005
12:22:00 PM EST
Hearing Morning Christmas

How Santa Does It

How to say Merry Chrismas in several dozen languages, from Afrikaans to Yoruba. Just in case you need to.

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This entry has 5 comments: (Add your own)

#5 Comment from gifdude
12/24/05 11:05 PM | Permalink

I have a friend in Amsterdam, Holland. Had to google to find out to say Merry Christmas lol
#4 Comment from lurkynat
12/24/05 6:06 PM | Permalink

and interesting comments lol
#3 Comment from lurkynat
12/24/05 6:05 PM | Permalink

Here's my blog adn nteresting commenta about Saint Nicholas:
http://journals.aol.com/lurkynat/Interface/entries/705/AddComment
nat
#2 Comment from monponsett
12/24/05 1:02 PM | Permalink

I busted Santa when I was a kid (I hid behind the tree), and he just looked at me and said, "S'up?"
#1 Comment from lurkynat
12/24/05 12:52 PM | Permalink

I wrote a journal about Saint Nickolas; our ancestor of Santa Claus!
He was quite a character!
natalie