Re: American Dutch dialects

--- On Wed, 3/4/09, tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

> From: tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...>
> Subject: [tied] Re: American Dutch dialects
> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2009, 5:48 AM
> > > We also use the term Chris/Kris Kringle, from
> German
> >
> > German Christkindl.
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus
> >
> > The story of the Da. nisse or Sw. tomte needs some
> clarification:
> > the nisse or tomte was originally a house spirit, a
> leprechaun-like
> > small imp to whom you should set out food or he would
> sour the
> > cows' milk, burn down the farm or whatever
> mischief he could think
> > of. Andersen has one story about a nisse at Christmas.
> You used to
> > by cut-out cardboard nisser (kravlenisser) to put on
> top of
> > paintings or mirrors or wherever you might stick them
> at Christmas
> > time.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomte
>
>
> Torsten

Interesting, Kris Kringle is just like Santa Claus here