tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post1956429557455986336..comments2024-03-27T10:35:46.596+01:00Comments on Ravalation: A Christmas wishlist - Star Wars editionRavanelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03447777640056476366noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-64011582078371136552015-12-26T22:21:26.682+01:002015-12-26T22:21:26.682+01:00Whoa! 3 times?! I'm also deeply in love with B...Whoa! 3 times?! I'm also deeply in love with BB-8 and I haven't even seen the Force Awakens once!Ravanelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03447777640056476366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-49950993332329635882015-12-25T14:10:34.642+01:002015-12-25T14:10:34.642+01:00A little late but Merry Christmas Rav! Having watc...A little late but Merry Christmas Rav! Having watched the movie 3 times now, I reallyyyy want a BB-8 Sphero toy!Hafflehttp://leveluphaffle.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-59844900515453914892015-12-24T00:00:47.997+01:002015-12-24T00:00:47.997+01:00Ohh, that's so awesome! I'll need to see a...Ohh, that's so awesome! I'll need to see a picture! How tall is it?Ravanelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03447777640056476366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-82384859580344510932015-12-23T07:38:24.158+01:002015-12-23T07:38:24.158+01:00I really really tried not to buy it as a Christmas...I really really tried not to buy it as a Christmas present for myself, but I failed yesterday when I was really tired :'(Heleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05231077962211761336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-18983952244301660362015-12-22T16:55:41.970+01:002015-12-22T16:55:41.970+01:00That's true, he looks so cute! I usually don&#...That's true, he looks so cute! I usually don't want things that don't have a function in my house (just takes space and needs extra cleaning), but I could totally make an exception for BB8. Maybe slice off the top of his head and make him into a "bijzettafeltje" (okay, maybe that would be evil, haha)!Ravanelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03447777640056476366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-83781742918364873192015-12-21T09:00:09.212+01:002015-12-21T09:00:09.212+01:00Great list, I'm only missing the real BB8!Great list, I'm only missing the real BB8!Heleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05231077962211761336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-60025495187829494152015-12-18T13:21:47.932+01:002015-12-18T13:21:47.932+01:00I so want to be found alive with the Yoda hat haha...I so want to be found alive with the Yoda hat hahaha, I LOVE it!!!!<br /><br />About Sinterklaas / Santa, we always celebrated the two. WITH presents (I am 51 btw, and we did that as kids already). But, I have to admit, with Christmas there were less presents. As adults we don't celebrate Sinterklaas anymore, just Christmas, with just a few presents.<br /><br />And about Santa being a fake Sinterklaas, haha yessss. Nowadays kids believe in the both I think, but when I was a kid, Sinterklaas was real, and de Kerstman (Santa) was something 'those silly American kids who dindn't know any better' believed in :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-28136286174741703312015-12-18T03:07:52.969+01:002015-12-18T03:07:52.969+01:00I collected far too many Star Wars merchandise whe...I collected far too many Star Wars merchandise when I was little and have been mostly sitting out this round, but one thing I've been thinking of collecting are the Funko figures. They're just really cute! (And maybe the ornaments, only because I have the old ones that Hallmark released.)Minjuhttp://www.pixelkaffe.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-53581394797060934552015-12-13T22:49:44.992+01:002015-12-13T22:49:44.992+01:00Me too! If only it were a bit more affordable...Me too! If only it were a bit more affordable...Ravanelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03447777640056476366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-84673932809819666702015-12-13T21:39:55.496+01:002015-12-13T21:39:55.496+01:00Ah, thanks Shintar and Ravanel for the explanation...Ah, thanks Shintar and Ravanel for the explanation! Like I thought your explanations are much more interesting than reading it on Wikipedia. :)<br /><br />As for your curiosity, yes, it is true I am not that big into Star Wars. But I think Wishlist is a general enough topic for anyone to chime in. That, and this is something I forgot to mention before, I am big into fluffy. That stuff you listed are all fluffy to me. Not because I perceive a lack of utility, simply because it is themed thus making it very expensive and very hard to find here.<br /><br />For instance, just browsing through ThinkGeek makes me drool with the amount of things I'd like to have. Unfortunately it would be just too expensive and impractical for me to buy it (due to all the importing costs in money and time).<br /><br />Since you shared something about Sinterklaas and Christmas over there, I guess I will share a bit of how it is around here. As you may have guessed it is almost like in everywhere else, except for the lack of snow. We also have a different name for Santa here. We call him "Papai Noel", which can be roughly and terribly translated into "Daddy Noel". It doesn't sound nearly as bad in portuguese. :p<br /><br />Anyway, don't ask me why he got a name change here, specially since everything else about him is pretty much the same. I am sure there is some perfect explanation about it.<br /><br />I am not sure if this is a tradition in other places but here children are encouraged to write to Santa asking for gifts and telling how nice they were. Our mail company this year even did something cool where people can "adopt" a letter that some kid wrote for Santa and then buy them their gifts. I think that is aimed mostly at the poorer children too.<br /><br />Another tradition that may differ is that we have a feast to celebrate Christmas where the family gathers to eat turkey and exchange gifts.<br /><br />Lastly, the whole sock on the chimney so Santa can put gifts isn't a thing here as far as I know. Chimneys (or any other kind of heating system) are pretty rare here. I mean, it is not like it ever gets cold enough so that we need it. :p<br /><br />Now that I bored everyone with useless trivia, back to our regular commenting!Rakunohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00253609981961681014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-44425377003666952332015-12-13T21:21:57.870+01:002015-12-13T21:21:57.870+01:00These are all awesome - especially love the Death ...These are all awesome - especially love the Death Star light!Danielle Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15432659542347555085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-52108118855741527622015-12-13T19:09:07.038+01:002015-12-13T19:09:07.038+01:00@Rakuno: I was super curious when I saw you commen...@Rakuno: I was super curious when I saw you commenting on this blog post, because I had a feeling this stuff wasn't exactly your cup of tea! ;)<br /><br />Shintar's explanation of Sinterklaas is pretty much perfect. I can expand on it that it's mostly aimed at children, but people usually keep celebrating it with friends and family even when grown-up. <br /><br />In the Netherlands (I think this part may vary from country to country), children sing Sinterklaas-songs in the evening and put something for Sinterklaas' horse (e.g. carrot) in a shoe in the weeks before the 5th of December. In the mornings, they'll 'magically' find sweets as a thanks from Sinterklaas in their shoe. This will only be the case when they've 'been good', though; parents threaten their children that Sinterklaas will take them back to Spain (where he supposedly comes from each year) in his empty presents satchel if they've been bad! ;)<br /><br />On the 5th of December, there's a gift night, sometimes with "Sinterklaas" and his helpers visiting the house. It is customary to wrap the presents in creative packages having to do with the receiver (e.g. a part of their personality, hobby or an important event that happened in the past year) and to attach a rhyme explaining the gift and/or packaging. <br /><br />People without children usually still celebrate Sinterklaas, but then as a sort of "Secret Santa".<br /><br />@Shintar: Because of Sinterklaas being so popular in the Netherlands, and revolving so much around giving gifts, a lot of people don't do presents at all with Christmas. Christmas is mostly about being with family, cosyness and such and also a bit about Christianity for those that believe. Santa Clauses are generally shunned because people consider them as 'fake Sinterklazen'. However, in more recent years, there's a trend to give gifts with Christmas as well, although not in comparable manners to Sinterklaas.<br /><br />While the Dutch are usually not very nationalistic, they are very fond of their Sinterklaas celebration, as reflected by my long explanation in this blog post. <br /><br />*looks around* Huh, why is everyone asleep?<br /><br />/end of history lesson in Dutch traditions ;)<br /><br />Ravanelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03447777640056476366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-8877457536350192872015-12-13T14:22:55.855+01:002015-12-13T14:22:55.855+01:00That sounds so awesome! I bought myself a Jedi bat...That sounds so awesome! I bought myself a Jedi bathrobe lately (because I needed a new bathrobe and I really couldn't stop myself), but I've been wearing it all the time when I don't need to go out in the house. It may have helped that it's Sweden and the radiator was broken for 2 months, though...Ravanelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03447777640056476366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-66949232833335712622015-12-13T14:05:25.818+01:002015-12-13T14:05:25.818+01:00I can say this much: Sinterklaas is the celebratio...I can say this much: Sinterklaas is the celebration of Saint Nicholas (traditionally on the 5th/6th of December), who later morphed into Santa Claus and was imported back to Europe as the jolly chap in red who brings gifts on Christmas. So for many Europeans he's now celebrated twice in one month, under slightly different names. Funny how these things work, isn't it?<br /><br />Have to admit though that this is the first time I've heard of Dutchies not also giving gifts for Christmas...Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-72223946711909710162015-12-12T23:01:21.624+01:002015-12-12T23:01:21.624+01:00I've never seem much point in Wishlists either...I've never seem much point in Wishlists either because if I was going to spend money on myself I always knew exactly what I wanted to buy at the time. Nowadays I just use it for Steam/GoG for those games I might be interested in buying if they go for a discount. Since they send an e-mail when that happens it can be pretty handy. Another case would be if it is the type of game I am not in the mood right now but if I really get an urge to play that type of game at a later that I can just check the Wishlist.<br /><br />And you know that you will have to explain what Sinterklaas is, right? :) Sure, I could just use Wikipedia for that but I think your explanation might be more interesting!<br /><br />Speaking of Wikipedia, I checked there to see what a Wall Tattoo is and it seems it is just kinda like a giant sticker for walls made out of vynil. It is also called a Wall Decal.<br /><br />And I could use the Chewbacca overall for that too... On the other hand my attempts of a glare of death at those moments never seemed to work either. So I guess people would just laugh at me trying to roar threatening while wearing a fluffy overall. >_><br /><br /><br /><br />Rakunohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00253609981961681014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-40070852485818383602015-12-12T16:14:45.222+01:002015-12-12T16:14:45.222+01:00Way early, I received a Wookiee bathrobe from Thin...Way early, I received a Wookiee bathrobe from Think Geek. It hasn't been cold enough to to wear it yet, but come January, rrooaarr! Action figures are my big weakness. I'm not letting myself even stroll through the toy department.Atherenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773969634802702992noreply@blogger.com