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Nabarz wrote:"Salve,
Wishing you all a great Dies Natalis Solis Invicti / Winter Solstice/Shabe Yalda/ Yule.
Yule
The sun is setting low on the western horizon.
Sky serpent swallowing him once more
Yule night has arrived; sun's longest slumber.
We eat and drink all that is red
Wine, pomegranate and watermelon,
The colour of dawn, a reminder of what we eagerly wait for.
Shamash, Marduk, Sekhmet,
Descending immortals, you'll rise again
Apollo, Ra salutations to you.
Good night Osiris, weak and tired lying in your coffin,
Enclosed by darkness, tricked by Seth again!
An infant sun is born, Horus soaring up onto the sky.
Mithras born of a rock and out from the cave,
Becoming sol invictus and turning the wheel
Darkness, now a fading memory.
Oak king sings outside, as the Holly king lays slain
Dawn has arrived, Yule has ended.
Drink up your wine
-by Nabarz.
Valerius Claudius Iohanes wrote:Non multum, meo in casu. In my case, not much. But I am damned glad to be off work for a few days.
Tiberius Dionysius Draco wrote:Salvete Omnes -
Seems like a lot of us here like Asian cuisine. It used to be somewhat of a tradition that on Christmas Day we would order take-away Chinese. Great food and no kitchen-stress whatsoever!
This year I'll be celebrating Christmas Eve with friends and Christmas Day will be spent with our family.
No plans so far concerning New Year's Eve. (I suddenly noticed how we call the last evening of the year "Old Year's Eve" over here. It actually makes a lot more sense too. Those whacky Americans with their strange names and funny metric system. )
Happy holidays everybody!
Valete bene,
Valerius Claudius Iohanes wrote:Salve, Quinte Valerii -
Great to hear that you're advancing towards your PhD. Which focus?
And, of course, hats off to you (or anyone) who's got their Greek language skills up and running.
As to my own barbarous Latin, what I was after was casus/casuus - 'fall', 'chance', 'that which happens'. I was trying to render 'case', 'situation'. Of course, you're also right that I WILL be spending quite a bit of my holidays hac in casa familiari.
Bene vale!
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