Talk:Saint Knut's Day

message: St Knut day is one of the most wonderful days of the year. It probably one of the most widely celebrated events in the world. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.167.155.163 (talk • contribs) 08:51, August 29, 2006 (UTC)
"It probably one of the most widely celebrated events in the world." - that's crazy talk—Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.224.33.137  (talk • contribs) 01:12, December 27, 2006 (UTC)
: I think we can remove this entire section, don't you think? 85.227.226.235 (talk) 17:24, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  And here we are, with no protests. Okay, so away it goes.85.227.226.235 (talk) 10:46, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Most Celebrated 

message: Why is this a Sweden-related stub? Surely, if anything, it should be a Denmark-related stub, considering Knut was a King of Denmark.
Deaþe gecweald 09:29, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Because this day is celebrated in swedish-culture communities. 85.227.226.235 (talk) 17:25, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well it is a celebration of Knud den Hellige, who was killed in a church. That's enough to make it a part of Danish history as well. The fact celebration in Denmark was later removed (after the Protestant reformation) doesn't diminish this anyway. Dylansmrjones (talk) 02:51, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No, no, no - you're missing the point. You need to source the claim it has anything to do with Knud to justify the Danish connection. 85.227.226.235 (talk) 10:44, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Also, it would be preferable if there was a sourced statement "This was celebrated in Denmark up until NNNN, when it stopped because of XXXX". Unless these alleged facts can be found, I suggest we remove everything that suggests this celebration is linked to Canute (see other sections of this Talk page). Thanks. 85.227.226.235 (talk) 10:44, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Do I also have to find a source for the colour blue being blue? Take a look at Roman Catholic saints. But yes, we need sources. There is so much more to write. I'll visit the library later today. Dylansmrjones (talk) 11:21, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sweden 

message: St. Knut's Day has not been celebrated in Denmark for many decades and most Danes has never heard of it.83.93.233.16 — Preceding undated comment added 12:05, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Which is why the connection to the danish king is tenous at best and needs to be sourced or removed. 85.227.226.235 (talk) 17:26, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Denmark 

message: I slapped a Unreferenced template onto this page until somebody either finds a source for these claims or removes them. Specifically, why is King Canute involved when this celebration is mostly an internal swedish affair? 85.227.226.235 (talk) 17:24, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unreferenced template 

message: Do note that this time period only makes sense if you start counting from Christmas Eve, not Christmas Day. Of course, unlike many other countries, Christmas is celebrated on the 24th in Sweden, not the 25th. 85.227.226.235 (talk) 17:29, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You start counting on the 25th as being the first day of Christmas. December has 31 days, the 31st being then the 7th day of Christmas. The 5th January is the 12th day of Christmas. So the 13th January is the 20th day of Christmas. Counting does not start on Christmas Eve. 83.251.103.57 (talk) 14:37, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Twenty Days 

message: I don't know much Swedish or much about this holiday, but Knutmasso and St. Knut's Day seem to be about the same thing. Knutmasso seems to be a transwiki, which I cleaned up as best I could. Hopefully someone who knows better than I do can take a whack at it. --Xanzzibar (talk) 22:54, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It is not Knutmasso, but Knutmässo, with an a with an umlaut. I don't know if the Swedish letters å, ä and ö are translated to a, a and o in English Wikipedia (it seems odd as a name is what it is). If they're not, Knutmasso should be changed to Knutmässo. Mässa means mass in Swedish. /15-01-09  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.9.190.127 (talk) 14:36, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge

message: The first paragraph says "is a traditional festival celebrated in Sweden and Finland on 13 January." and "Christmas trees are taken down on Tjugondag jul, and the candies and cookies that decorated the tree are eaten.[citation needed]" These two sentences describe a tradition that is not celebrated anymore. I'm middle age, and I've never celebrated it. It 'used to be' a traditional 'festival' maybe a century ago. Nowadays, it is not celebrated at all and only referred to by its name.
Many people don't even have a Christmas tree. If they do, the tree is trashed long before 20 days after Christmas, which is obvious considering having a real, half dead pine tree inside for three weeks is kinda "messy". If the tree is not real, ie plastic, it is stucked away some days after Christmas. Candies and cookies are by most Swedes not even put in the tree (if they even have a tree then). If they are, they are definitely not eaten 20 days after Christmas.
Sometimes I wonder who writes these articles in the first place. Are they a hundred years old or have sources that are? ;) /15-01-09  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.9.190.127 (talk) 14:49, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  Anecdotes not being data and all that aside: our family still has our real spruce tree in the living room, with lights and decorations, to be dismantled later today after the tree has spent 22 days indoors.  While it might be common to get rid of the Christmas trees well before New Year's Day, at least in Finland that is not always the case. Greyer (talk) 12:14, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: First paragraph not up to date to present days