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Interview - MOC Nine - Jan 23 - Interview about the past

Interview - MOC Nine - Jan 23 - Interview about the past
Saar, Jan 23, 2021
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Interview - MOC Nine - Jan 23 - Interview about the past

312 words in Dutch
364 words in English

How did you used to celebrate Christmas Eve in the past?
WARD: We always celebrated Christmas Eve with my family. Just my mother, my father, my brother Jonas and me. We have never celebrated Christmas or Christmas Eve with my moms parents. On New Years’ Day we went over there to read our new years’ letter. After dinner, we opened our presens. Most presents under the Christmas Tree evolved music. Mostly CD’s. Jonas and I had a lot of CD’s.
SARAH: We celebrated Christmas Eve at my grandparents house. With my dads’ parents. The whole family got together. My grandparents, my dads’ older brother and his family, my dads’ sister and her family, my dads’ younger brother and his family and us. That were a lot of people! At the end of the evening, we opened one present. We opened the other presents on New Years’ Eve with my moms parents.
Did you have a favorite meal that you ate on Christmas Eve?
WARD: My mom didn’t like to cook on Christmas Eve, so she ordered gourmet or fondue (sorry, there are no words to translate in English). She loved it that we sat around the table together roasting our own meat. She made the soup and dessert herself. But we didn’t have a favorite. It changed every year.
SARAH: We always had soup as appetizer. Most of the time it was tomato soup. As our main course we had meat balls with krieken (sorry I couldn’t find the translation in English) and bread. The meat balls were baked too much. I didn’t like it at all, but my brother didn’t seem to mind. Lol. As a dessert we always had ice cream.
Can you remember what kind of presents were under your Christmas Tree?
WARD: Like I said, Jonas and I were into music when we were kids. So we always got presents that had to do with music. We got a lot of CD’s, but one year, I got a piano.
SARAH: I can’t remember much of it, but I know we got a lot of board games. My brother, my dad and I used to play a lot of board games.


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    • flowersgal
      Lovely layout and interesting journaling.
      Jan 23, 2021
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    • Saar
      @marijke Thank you so much for your kind words, Marijke. I like these templates. It's a list (top 5) template, but it can easily be used for journaling.
      Jan 23, 2021
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    • Saar
      @marijke Oh, ik ben een heel klein beetje bekend in Gent. Mijn eerste vriend zat op kot in Gent. En mijn vader heeft vrienden in Destelbergen en een klant (hij is boekhouder) in Lochristi.
      Jan 23, 2021
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    • Saar
      @threadjungle Thank you so much for your kind words. I really appreciate them.
      Jan 23, 2021
    • Saar
      @bcgal00 Thank you so much Rae! Thank you for hosting this fun challenge.
      Jan 23, 2021
    • Frumpje
      @Saar, dat is inderdaad niet zo heel ver weg! Maar Nieuwjaarsbrieven met Kerst kende ik niet (tot de vriendinnen dit als kind wel bleken gedaan te hebben), zou een Kempisch dingetje kunnen zijn ;-)
      @marijke, jij woont iets verder, maar kom wel graag/vaak in Gent, al is dat nu al een hele tijd geleden natuurlijk.
      Jan 23, 2021
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    • Saar
      @HeatherB Thank you so much, Heather! I hope you know how much I appreciate them.
      It's not that common to open presents on New Years' Eve. Most families open their presents on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. But my mom wanted us to open presents when we celebrated with my moms' parents. And that was always on New Years' Eve.
      Jan 23, 2021
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    • Saar
      @flowersgal Thank you so much for your kind words. I really appreciate them.
      Jan 23, 2021
    • designbylime
      Fantastic page as always and a wonderfull interview. So funny how memories are so different from one child to another.
      Jan 23, 2021
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    • Saar
      @Frumpje Mijn familie en ook die van Ward houden niet zo stevig vast aan de tradities van kerst MOET op de 24e of de 25e gevierd worden. We hebben al jaren gehad dat we kerst vierden op 27 of 29 december. We kijken wat voor iedereen het beste uitkomt i.v.m. werk en dergelijke. Mijn vriend zijn dochter heeft bv. de nieuwjaarsbrief voor haar grootvader pas vorige week gelezen (vanop een afstand weliswaar).
      Jan 23, 2021
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