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When I was a kid, we advanced Christmas by 12 hours each year. Where "Christmas" is defined as "when can we open our presents?" At first, it was the morning of
by Stratoscope 4y ago
When I was a kid, we advanced Christmas by 12 hours each year. Where "Christmas" is defined as "when can we open our presents?"
At first, it was the morning of the 25th.
The next year, we asked "Please, can we open one present on Christmas Eve?" And so we did, that night.
The year after that, it was "What about the morning of Christmas Eve? Just one, please?"
You can figure out the next year. "The evening of the 23rd? Please?!?"
Maybe the real lesson is that Christmas can be every day of the year. Every day that you hope something wonderful can happen.
- pluijzer 4y agoUnrelated but this message just thought me that 'to advance' some time is to make it earlier. I always assumed the opposite because it sounds like you push it forwards in time.
- OJFord 4y agoI'm afraid to say 'push [or usually bring] it forwards in time' also typically means 'earlier', not later! We say 'push it back' to mean make something later. I suppose it all makes some sort of sense if you picture the future as a queue of things facing you - you can bring elements forward (nearer) or push them back (further).
- pluijzer 4y agoInteresting analogy about the queue and funny how language shapes ones mental model. I would have never pictured time like that.
- OJFord 4y agoNo, sure, it is a funny way to picture it. I only really thought of it to explain the phrases that come naturally to me (just because I'm used to them).
- AussieWog93 4y ago>Maybe the real lesson is that Christmas can be every day of the year. The Filipinos take that literally! My wife and I went there on our honeymoon, and they already had the carols and decorations out in September!