# Happy Hogswatch! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 25, 2003, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-hogswatch/220971 "2003-12-25T05:06:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bb73d2/32.png) [@HDS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HDS)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-hogswatch/220971/1 "2003-12-25T05:06:49Z")
Hope the Hogfather brings lots of sausages for all you Pratchett fans! ---
**Author:** ![Loneraven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@Loneraven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loneraven)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-hogswatch/220971/2 "2003-12-25T13:08:08Z")
Happy Hogswatch to you too, **HDS**. Anyone else hear the noise of pigs hitting the roof during the night? ---
**Author:** ![HDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bb73d2/32.png) [@HDS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HDS)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-hogswatch/220971/3 "2003-12-25T15:12:42Z")
I heard hogbells jingling. And I awoke to a lovely blood pudding in my stocking. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-hogswatch/220971/4 "2003-12-25T15:47:32Z")
“Cower, brief mortals!!!” Oops, I mean “Happy Hogswatch, all!” ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-hogswatch/220971/5 "2003-12-25T15:48:55Z")
Happy Hogswatch all! ---
**Author:** ![Natroga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/85f322/32.png) [@Natroga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Natroga)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-hogswatch/220971/6 "2003-12-25T19:34:36Z")
Not to rain on your parade or anything, but I _think_ Hogswatch-Night is on December 31. _slowlybacksoutofthread_ ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-hogswatch/220971/7 "2003-12-25T19:53:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Natroga \* > **Not to rain on your parade or anything, but I _think_ Hogswatch-Night is on December 31.** Cite? 😃 How does the calendar work on a turtle anyway? Not to mention all the magical field slowing down light… ---
**Author:** ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-hogswatch/220971/8 "2003-12-25T20:57:36Z")
Well, according to _Hogfather_ it’s the last day of the year, but it’s also the shortest day of the year, so presumably Hogswatch is the winter solstice and the new year starts the next day. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-hogswatch/220971/9 "2003-12-26T02:06:25Z")
I wish I had the funds to get sausages for Hogswatch… ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-hogswatch/220971/10 "2003-12-26T06:20:44Z")
Heh. My parents sent us one of those multi-item food packages, which included two sausages. It also had some cheese and other goodies in it, but they don’t read Pratchett, so they don’t know that this means something else to me. They’re beef sausages, though, more’s the pity. I prefer pork sausages. ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-hogswatch/220971/11 "2003-12-26T12:15:09Z")
But are they innabun? ---
**Author:** ![Natroga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/85f322/32.png) [@Natroga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Natroga)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-hogswatch/220971/12 "2003-12-26T12:51:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Helena \* > \*\*Well, according to _Hogfather_ it’s the last day of the year, but it’s also the shortest day of the year, so presumably Hogswatch is the winter solstice and the new year starts the next day. \*\* Okay, you’re right. Winter solstice makes sense. I apologize. Well then, happy (belated) Hogswatch, folks! ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-hogswatch/220971/13 "2003-12-26T13:08:35Z")
Actually, I did have sausage for Hogwatch breakfast. Good stuff too. Happy Hogwatch everybody! ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-hogswatch/220971/14 "2003-12-26T16:56:47Z")
Sausages are also traditional for Ground Hog Day, February 2.