Everwood - Everwood Melting Pot (OT3) #39: Cultural Exchange - Page 3

**jediwands** · 11-25-2018, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by stlavin95 (View Post)

That sucks lol

Yes. LOL!

I didn't pay or attempt to watch but I know several people who did.

**jediwands** · 11-25-2018, 04:29 PM

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Me neither

It's why I just can't watch much Soccer internationally. I will watch the National Team but as a rule, I cannot watch the sport in Europe. It's just too dirty and the energy and so dark. Europe/South America... so much darkness circling around the sport.

**stlavin95** · 11-25-2018, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Wilpen (View Post)

Yes. LOL!

I didn't pay or attempt to watch but I know several people who did.

That doesn't surprise me

**stlavin95** · 11-25-2018, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Wilpen (View Post)

It's why I just can't watch much Soccer internationally. I will watch the National Team but as a rule, I cannot watch the sport in Europe. It's just too dirty and the energy and so dark. Europe/South America... so much darkness circling around the sport.

Yes there is

**jediwands** · 11-25-2018, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by stlavin95 (View Post)

That doesn't surprise me

Yep.

**jediwands** · 11-25-2018, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by stlavin95 (View Post)

Yes there is

It seems fine in your country like the US.

I just think Europe and South America...

**stlavin95** · 11-25-2018, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Wilpen (View Post)

It seems fine in your country like the US.

I just think Europe and South America...

Partly because like you guys, it's not the number 1 sport

**jediwands** · 11-25-2018, 06:23 PM

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Partly because like you guys, it's not the number 1 sport

That’s an excellent point.

Our countries are sane.

**stlavin95** · 11-25-2018, 11:13 PM

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That’s an excellent point.

Our countries are sane.

Yes they are

**jediwands** · 11-26-2018, 02:42 AM

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Yes they are

Hahaha

everwoodfan52 · 11-26-2018, 09:29 AM

So glad you two are having a nice convo while i’m Gone!

BTW.,... they have Bkack Friday here in the Netherlands. I’ll Post a picture when I get home.

**jediwands** · 11-26-2018, 09:51 AM

What do they have a Black Friday for? Interesting!

everwoodfan52 · 11-26-2018, 11:50 AM

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What do they have a Black Friday for? Interesting!

To get people to shop. The stores were packed and people were carrying huge TVs down the street!

**jediwands** · 11-26-2018, 12:03 PM

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To get people to shop. The stores were packed and people were carrying huge TVs down the street!

So they kind of copy the US tradition but without the Thanksgiving?

Definitely smart then, lol.

**jediwands** · 11-26-2018, 12:30 PM

Interesting... so one town in the Netherlands does celebrate Thanksgiving but it has to do with Americans/America...

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One town in the Netherlands
Thanksgiving isn't a national holiday for the Dutch. But in the city of Leiden, there's an annual Thanksgiving celebration on the same day as the American holiday.

According to Smithsonian's Colin Schultz, it has to do with the American Pilgrims' travel route. Before heading to the New World, the Pilgrims took shelter from English religious persecution in Leiden. From 1609 to 1620 they called the city home, and today's Thanksgiving celebration is held in their honor.

The celebration is a nondenominational service at Pieterskerk Church. The service is America-themed: One year, the assembled sang "God Bless America" and the US ambassador read the president's Thanksgiving Day Proclamation. Afterward, according to a sheet on the US Consulate in Amsterdam's website, "people gather briefly for coffee and cookies before they go home and cook."
https://www.vox.com/2014/11/27/72226...canada-liberia

So it makes sense (and is actually really cool) they'd "steal" Black Friday from us since it's connected to the America, their Thanksgiving in the one town.

Nice! I never knew this.

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