Re: Country Related: Christmas
| From: | Tom Wier <artabanos@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, December 24, 1998, 18:10 |
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Carlos Thompson wrote:
> Andrew Smith wrote:
>
> > Is it just me or do other South Nation conlangers find the use of win=
ter
> > symbolism to celebrate Christmas incongruous? Any Hypernotians from
> > Australasia, Latin America, et alia, like to comment?
>
> Well. I live in the tropic, and all the snow, and reinders, and Santa =
Claus is
> actually seen as USA cultural colonialism (a succesfull one). I know U=
SA is not
> the only country with white Christmas (I've myself lived in Europe).
Hmm. That seems to only to be the case, though, because they are aware
of their separate identity from the Americans. Take me, for example. I =
could
just as well say that all the stuff about Santa and the Reindeers in all =
that cold
weather with snow and stuff is cultural colonialism perpetrated by the No=
rthern
mercantile establishments like Macy's and such, because I for one have al=
most
never actually seen snow. The last time it snowed in Houston, it was 198=
4, and
the weather was abysmally strange that year. I was 5, and it was quite a=
strange
experience. But we Texans are not generally consciously aware of the cul=
tural
differences that exist between the North and the South, unless we make a =
point
of studying them. So, I question whether it's more people like Castro (wh=
o recently
said exactly those same sentiments), who would profit whether psychologic=
ally
or politically by espousing those views. Certainly, if the people at lar=
ge had no
interest in such bits of Americana, and didn't support it by their purcha=
ses, the
stores wouldn't have them. They aren't being forced to have them. :)
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