hulloansonDec 28
Natasha 🇪🇺

TIL: that weird, liminal space between Christmas and New Year, when no one knows quite what day it is, or what they’re supposed to be doing?

In Norway 🇳🇴 there is a word for this time period: romjul, literally "space christmas"

Happy space christmas folks ...

Dec 27 at 2:49pmWeb
Show threadPilum::🌞Dec 27

Thank you @Natasha_Jay !

Currently enjoying my Space Christmas by arranging some music. 😁

Show threadthe roamerDec 27

@Natasha_Jay

Oh, "space christmas" is a good word. Romjul. In German, one says "zwischen den Jahren", "between the years".

Show threadJérômeDec 27

@Natasha_Jay is the Netflix show home for Christmas somewhat accurate for what Christmas is in Norway?

(Assuming you’re from Norway but not quite sure you are! lol)

Show threadQuinn NortonDec 27
@Natasha_Jay my tribe just calls it CCC 😂
Show threadcoldclimateDec 27
@Natasha_Jay Betwixtmas in our house
Show threadClaire McNabDec 27
@Natasha_Jay
Show threadNikkileah 🎮🚄🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇧Dec 27
@2legged @Natasha_Jay this normally sums up the period for me but this year I gotta shake off the cheese fug and get to work
Show threadClaire McNabDec 27
@Nikkileah @Natasha_Jay Commiserations. The cheese fug is every human"s birthright.
Show threadNikkileah 🎮🚄🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇧Dec 27
@2legged @Natasha_Jay oh, I've got 2 days off before New Year and a French cheeseboard with my name on it 😁
Show threadGergovieDec 27

@2legged @Natasha_Jay

jester high on ketamine

Show threadAltbotDec 27

@Gergovie A person stands holding a microphone, wearing a dark blue jacket with a name tag reading "MUSK" and a circular emblem on the left chest, and an orange block-shaped cheese on their head. The background consists of horizontal pink and white stripes.

Fourni par @altbot, généré localement et en privé en utilisant Qwen3-Vl:30b

🌱 Énergie utilisée : 0.048 Wh

Show threadDeborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦Dec 27
@2legged @mayintoronto @Natasha_Jay youvreally captured it! 😵‍💫
Show threadClaire McNabDec 27

@deborahh @mayintoronto @Natasha_Jay Thanks, but I didnt create the drawing. I stole it off someone else on Mastodon.

They did a great job

Show threadDeborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦Dec 28

@2legged @Natasha_Jay #alt4you

Dec. 1st to 26th: festive

Dec 27th to 31st: confused, full of cheese, unsure of th4 day of the week.

Show threadHywelDec 27
@Natasha_Jay also, Merrineum 🙊
Show threadGreenSkyOverMe (Monika)Dec 27
@Natasha_Jay cool
Show threadPeter BrownDec 27

@Natasha_Jay in Scotland it’s called the daft days.
Around midwinter the dawn gets earlier, and the sunset gets later. But the two are out of sync. Dawn is three seconds later today than it was yesterday but it’s cancelled out by the sunset being 53 seconds later.
So the days are getting longer in spite of the sabotage of a later dawn.

Historically, nothing of any importance was done during the #daftdays

Show threadLydia SchochDec 27
@Natasha_Jay I love this phrase. Thank you for sharing.
Show threadDave ClarkDec 27
@Natasha_Jay can borrow from the Catholic tradition and make your Christmas twelve days!
Show threadJules she/herDec 27
@Natasha_Jay the cats have had two dinners tonight because in addition to not knowing what day it is apparently neither of us know what time it is either, so at least someone's benefiting from the confusion
Show threadLett Osprey   🍉 Dec 27

@Natasha_Jay How do you know?

It could be "room christmas"

or "rum christmas"

I bet lotsa people would enjoy "rum christmas"

Show threadLett Osprey   🍉 Dec 27

@Natasha_Jay We cannot tell a room, space, or rum apart.

It is sad.

We apparently need more words

Show thread🔥 this is fineDec 28
@lettosprey @Natasha_Jay in defence of Norwegian, rum and room are in tone 1 and tone 2, so we have that going for us
Show threadLett Osprey   🍉 Dec 28
@agathos If Norwegian (and English) could just start accepting accents, we could avoid a lot of this confusion on written text :O
@Natasha_Jay
Show threadマリオ (Mario Menti)Dec 27
@Natasha_Jay
English actually has a (probably not official) word for it too, Twixmas
Show threadOliverUvDec 27
@Natasha_Jay nice! In Swedish we call it Mellandagarna (the days in between). But I like space Christmas more
Show threadBarbara SliwinskaDec 27
@Natasha_Jay in poland 'szczodre gody', traditional about 2 weeks from winter solstice
Show threadSteggyDec 27
@Natasha_Jay I call it Cheesemas
Show threadChuck MillerDec 27
@[email protected] friends call this time period Kwanzaa. A blessed Kwanzaa to you!
Show threadchrokakiDec 27
Does anyone know the Danish expression for it? TIA
Show threadPeter DrakeDec 27
@Natasha_Jay The Romjulan Neutral Zone?
Show threadMatt Hardy 3.11 for WorkgroupsDec 27
@Natasha_Jay there’s also this https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=merrineum
Urban Dictionary: merrineum

The days between the butthole of xmas and the junk of new year. (Mer-uh-nee-uh-m) merry perineum

Urban Dictionary
Show threadBunRab Is Old And TiredDec 28
@Natasha_Jay
And also to you! We should all post photos of our favorite moon or galaxy or something each day.
Show threadTottsDec 28
@Natasha_Jay also the days when you are uncertain when the bins go out .....
Show threadLeander LindahlDec 28

@Natasha_Jay in Swedish it's "mellandagarna" – the days in between.

The Cure made an entire album to celebrate this expression 😅

Show threadoscarfalconDec 28

@Natasha_Jay

Happy Space Christmas!

Show threadAJ (Rising Soul)Dec 29
@Natasha_Jay Cool, I have Space Christmas most days then! lol