Thread:Tooniee/@comment-5278765-20141123210942/@comment-4287993-20141123213124

Yup, I like the timing of the hiatus. All the pictures you need are up, I think.

What is the closing policy? I never heard of that.

That's nice. I wish we had Thanksgiving too. November and early December are not really festive here. All adults work a lot before the holiday break and all teenagers have exams. University students don't have exams until January, but they're given time off to study because it's a massive amount. So basically everyone is busy and there's no time to slow down and get together to celebrate until Christmas. There's also a thing called Sinterklaas on December 6, which is a day where young children get presents and candy from St. Nicholas, who (according to the story the parents tell their kids) comes into your home with his helpers through the chimney and drops off the presents. It's obviously the parents who get up in the middle of the night and lie out all the candy and presents. It sounds weird, but it's a thing and it's really fun when you're young. Until you're old enough to figure out that the story does not make sense at all, which when they tell you the truth. Maybe you already heard about it, but that would surprise me. However, once you know the truth, it's not really a thing anymore.