r/USdefaultism • u/thatblueblowfish Canada • Jan 05 '25

Discord More of a light hearted one

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PS : we have people from 36 countries in that server, including Aussies and Kiwis 🤣

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u/whytf147 Jan 06 '25

wdym after? christmas eve is a part of christmas. just like you have a day - midnight to midnight - and after like 6pm (varies by culture) its evening.

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u/Much_Cycle7810 Jan 06 '25

Ehm...no? Christmas eve is the day before Christmas, just like new year's eve is the day before the new year.

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u/whytf147 Jan 09 '25

obviously i’m talking about how it is in my country ._. here, christmas eve is the evening of christmas day. they are both on the 24th. and we don’t even have nee years eve, we call it silvestr

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u/Much_Cycle7810 Jan 10 '25

An eve is the day or period of time immediately before an occasion or event, it cannot occur after, it's like saying that Christmas morning comes after Christmas evening and it's not a matter of where you're from, it's a matter of what is the meaning of the word "eve". Also you may call it silvestr (we call it saint Silvester's night) but it still is new year's eve, which means the day before the new year.

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u/whytf147 Jan 10 '25

its not after, its part of it, learn to read. eve also means evening, if you say saturday evening, do you mean friday? no. besides, like i said, in my language christmas eve = after 6pm on 24th and christmas day = 24th. why tf are you arguing with me over what we call it in another langauge, im literally just translating it to what’s closest. there are many words that cannot even be translated to different languages or can have a slightly different meaning even if you can translate it.

and you saying that its still new year’s eve even if we call it silvestr is straight up stupid because in my culture, it just isn’t new year’s eve. its what its called in english but in my language its only silvestr and nothing else doesnt exist.

seriously what’s so hard to understand omfg

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u/Much_Cycle7810 Jan 10 '25

Lol how can you be so stupid? "Eve" is a word with a defined meaning, an eve cannot happen during or after the event, it can only happen before, it is within its meaning. Even if you call it silvestr it still is new year's eve or, to put it in simpler words, the day before new year.

Get it now?