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    Quote Originally Posted by Dreamwoven View Post
    The 20th day of Christmas is called the twentieth Knut, Knut (Canute in English) being the name day: see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Knut%27s_Day.

    It marks the end of Christmas. Then the Christmas tree is thrown out, traditionally "danced out" after the decorations have been removed.
    Interesting article, DW, I didn´t know about St Knut. In Brazil the Christmas period ends officialy on Jan 6th., the Three Kings Day.
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    Thank you, Danik. You are doing a great job, by the way.

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    Thanks, DW. I´m just enjoying myself.
    "I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
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