At the beginning of December you could meet drunk saints and devils holding one another's shoulders to keep balance being watched by embarrassed angels.
"Beer is still cheaper than soda in Czech pubs." I can attest to that.
"Shaky mothers can make a deal with St Nicholas, or the devil." Okay, I fell out of my chair laughing at this. It got me. So did the wedding dress line.
I've heard of other European countries with three "benefactors," not just Santa or Father Christmas. I can see it here.
"With almost iron causality." I love how you just dropped an Iron Curtain reference like it was nothing.
Thank you so much! I’am so happy you enjoyed it this way! I wasn’t really sure, if I expressed properly, what I wanted to say. If the stories were funny. I am so glad! 😌
Like some of your previous stories, this one is wonderful. A fairy tale from another land. I enjoyed this pre-season story from across the Atlantic (I heard my parents joke about the ocean, calling it "the pond" when I was little, and I'm sure there is history there, but I don't know what it is.) Thanks for posting an early holiday story!
Thank you for your kind understanding of my stories! It’s a great feeling to have such a good friend “in a distance”. ☺️To your question about “the pond”: I guess it came from first colonists or sailors crossing the ocean. I am sure it’s a black, sarcastic humor!
I remember something about it being a joke, yes sarcastic humor used when traveling, as if it didn't take two weeks at best to travel on a ship from Europe to the Americas.
Something that might have originated in England about crossing the ocean, as if it was just a "pond" an easy thing to do ... once steamships and ocean liners came into existence. I like to think of the massive oceans of the word as ponds, now that we can all communicate every hour of the day no matter where we live :-)
"Beer is still cheaper than soda in Czech pubs." I can attest to that.
"Shaky mothers can make a deal with St Nicholas, or the devil." Okay, I fell out of my chair laughing at this. It got me. So did the wedding dress line.
I've heard of other European countries with three "benefactors," not just Santa or Father Christmas. I can see it here.
"With almost iron causality." I love how you just dropped an Iron Curtain reference like it was nothing.
Fully enjoyed it beginning to end.
Thank you so much! I’am so happy you enjoyed it this way! I wasn’t really sure, if I expressed properly, what I wanted to say. If the stories were funny. I am so glad! 😌
Your stories are lovely. Thank you for sharing 😊
Thank you so much! ☺️
Like some of your previous stories, this one is wonderful. A fairy tale from another land. I enjoyed this pre-season story from across the Atlantic (I heard my parents joke about the ocean, calling it "the pond" when I was little, and I'm sure there is history there, but I don't know what it is.) Thanks for posting an early holiday story!
Thank you for your kind understanding of my stories! It’s a great feeling to have such a good friend “in a distance”. ☺️To your question about “the pond”: I guess it came from first colonists or sailors crossing the ocean. I am sure it’s a black, sarcastic humor!
I remember something about it being a joke, yes sarcastic humor used when traveling, as if it didn't take two weeks at best to travel on a ship from Europe to the Americas.
Something that might have originated in England about crossing the ocean, as if it was just a "pond" an easy thing to do ... once steamships and ocean liners came into existence. I like to think of the massive oceans of the word as ponds, now that we can all communicate every hour of the day no matter where we live :-)